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Username: Asia
Post Number: 143
Registered: 10-1997
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 12:19 am: | |
What amazes me is how incredibly inexpensive Thailand remains. In fact, it's actually cheaper now than it was years ago. Case in point. The exchange rate (45 baht per dollar) is almost double what it was 10 years ago (25 baht per dollar). Yet, many things have not changed price over the past years. For example, 10 years ago, the White Inn hotel in Pattaya was 400 baht per night or at an exchange rate of 25, $16 per night. Now the same hotel is STILL 400 baht per night, but with a 45 baht exchange rate, it comes to under $10 per night. So the prices have actually dramatically decreased, something hard to find in this world. In short, if Thailand is not a deal, I dont' know what is.
You can even get girls along Beach road for 300-400 baht (mostly during low season, May thru October). The general rule is the older the girl, the lower the price. Of course, the uglier ones often will go for less as well. |