For a Westerner, India is pretty cheap to travel around, particularly as the exchange rate is currently the best it's been in years. One day in Kochi it felt like I'd done nothing but spend, so I thought I'd tot it up. Even I was surprised, so I thought I'd share it so you can see just how far a few quid can stretch on a typical day in India.
Prices in pence sterling (but is exactly the same as rupees - 1p is 1 rupee currently).
8 - chai (cup of tea)
45 - dosa (breakfast dish)
32 - idly (breakfast dish)
10 - chai (masala tea)
485 - hotel room
110 - lunch (beef and rice byriani in restaurant)
20 - sugarcane juice
20 - 1l bottle of water
4 - ferry ride to fort Cochi
5 - Dutch palace entrance
40 - birthday card for my Gran!
1 - envelope
40 - postage stamps to UK
5 - postage stamps for letter to Bangalore, India
30 - 2l bottle of water
35 - ice cream in a cafe
4 - ferry ride
40 - two hours in Internet cafe
200 - dinner (85 curry dish, 16 2x parota breads, 20 2x chapatti breads, 70 fruit salad and ice cream in restaurant)
30 - 2l bottle of water
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1,163 or
£11.63
Amazing eh?
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