How far would you paycheck go if you were paying Bangkok prices for the products and services you use back home?
- A bottle of cold water, available anywhere: twenty cents
- A twelve-ounce Coke, sweetened with cane sugar: fifty cents
- A bowl of gourmet coconut ice cream, topped with huge chunks of fruit: eighty cents.
- A plate of pretty good pad thai with chicken in a family joint: $2.00
- A one-hour foot massage and pedicure: $2.00
- A plate of excellent pad thai with chicken in a five-star hotel restaurant: $8.00
- An eleven-course meal in a basic, non-chain restaurant, with beer, for eight people: $10.00 per person
- A ninety-minute theraputic massage, with tip: $20.00
- A one-hour, pain-free cleaning using the most advanced dental technology on the planet (no insurance needed): $25.00
- Unlimited (excellent) pizza, unlimited (excellent) pasta, a filet cooked to perfection, and a serving of terimisu in a glass-walled, fancy-schmancy restaurant 35 stories above the city, with unlimited cocktails, wine, or beer: $31.00 per person
- Round-trip airfare to a weekend resort town, plus two nights at a new four-star hotel: $140.00 per person.
- Three bedroom, two-bath flat in a mountain resort town, with a personal driver, maid, and cook available 24/7, six days a week: $450 per month.
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