Anytime one arrives in a foreign country, there's always a need to quickly understand how much the money is worth. Yes, you can read and discover that one USD = 31 Thai Baht = .78 Euros. But that still doesn't tell you what the money is worth or what it can buy. In the US, for example, if I buy a single serving of Coke at a 7-11, I'm probably going to pay at least $1.30. Here, that same bottle of coke is only 17 B, less than half the price. A bottle of water? In the US, about the same as the Coke, maybe more. Here, it's between 6-10 B, a quarter of the price.
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