This myth is actually true.. see myth #2 for the reason…
April 21, 2007
Myth #2 Life is cheap in the 3rd world
Well it is if u decide not to buy anything. But I’m sure it’s the same with you guys who are sipping ur cappuccinos reading this blog. Mmmmmmmmmmm cappuccino with skim milk and no sugar. I knew this gr8 little place called Qube on Bathurst st. … anyway, out off the day dream to reality. I’ve been in Armenia for 2 weeks and I have already spent $300. Now u may think that’s not much $s but let me give u some facts. I do NOT spent money on, accommodation, internet, travelling to and from work, and the first week I did not spent any money on food either. I still haven’t visited any tourist attractions or been outside Yerevan. So it is puzzling right… Well I do enjoy some western luxuries such as mobile phone cards, use taxis at nights and buy food besides potatoes.
U c I, who have no living expenses (rent, water, electricity, council rates etc), will need minimum $600 per month to live in the 3rd world, yet the average income (ie the norm) is $160 per month. so the way they maa they live is through sharing. All members of the family work and for majority of the population they do not pay rent so they combine all their income and live on basics.
Myth # 1 It is a life changing experience
It is a life changing experience but it sucks. You see things such as having a running hot water, refrigerator, showers etc they all do not exist. But more on that in the “Survival Pack”
