Week 1 - How $1 becomes a big deal
February 18th 2009 First day getting into Bangkok, I tipped 100 Baht (just under $3) for a 450 B massage. (Which I thought was incredibly cheap given that it was 2 hours and they really crack your spine and so far no dissection symptoms).
Today, I walked a mile to save 40 B (just over $1). And went to several different shops to save 5 B on ice cream.
Didn't take long for the conversion by 35 times to not rea
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