Green IslandArgentina Prices Part 2
June 13th 2009 19:44
These are the daily expenditure lists from 4th June to 13th June. The biggest expense, a roof over our heads and a bed has fallen since leaving the bigger cities and deviating from the Lonely Planet route. We managed one night camping in the mountains of northern Argentina, but it was freezing. We checked into a hostel the next night.
Cordoba Backpackers (33 per person) = 66
Bus to Alta Gracia (4.75 per person) = 9.50
Entry to Jesuit Monastry = 8
Supermarket = 11.50
Entry to Che Guavara House (5 per person) = 10
Bus back to Cordoba = 9.50
Supermarket = 19
Total = 133.5 (88.5 under budget)
Bus to Tucuman (96 per person) = 192
Taxi from Tucuman coach station to Tucuman Hostel = 6
Tucuman Hostel (33 per person) = 66
Supermarket = 18
Coke cola = 5
Total = 287 (over budget 65)
Tucuman Hostel = 66
Los Lenos Restaurant = 35
Supermarket = 38.5
Total = 139.5 (82.5 under budget)
Bus to Tafi Del Valle (18 per person) = 36
Camping for night (10 per person) = 20
Sandwiches = 9
Fags = 4
Supermarket = 19.50
Total = 88.5 (133.5 under budget)
Nomade Hostel (30 per person) = 60
Lunch in El Mellor = 17
Supermarket = 18.5
Found 100 peso in street
Total = Spent 95.5 and found 100 = -0.5 (222.5 under budget)
Nomade Hostel = 60
Supermarket = 12
Supermarket = 11.25
1 beer in hostel = 6
Total = 89.25 (132.75 under budget)
Bus to Amaicha del Valle (13 per person) = 26
Supermarket = 8.50
Cuty Pacha Hostel (20 per person) = 40
Lunch in Los Amigos Restaurant = 17
Dinner in hostel (15 per person) = 30
Fags (2) = 9
Wine = 5
Total = 135.5 (86.5 under budget)
Hostel = 40
Bus to Quilmes junction (8 per person) = 16
Lift from Quilmes junction to Quilmes Ruins = 11
Entrance fee to Quilmes Ruins (10 per person) = 20
2 empanadas = 3
Lunch in a restaurant in Amaicha = 30
Pachamama Museum entrance fees (10 per person) = 20
Postcards = 6
Supermarket = 14
Fags = 5
Total = 165 (57 under budget)
Hostel = 40
Lunch in Los Amigos Restaurant = 30
Fags (2) = 10
Local shop = 8
Total = 88 (134 under budget)
Running Totals:
Budget Allowance for 17 days = 3,774 Argentine Pesos
Actually Spent = 2,827.95
Difference = We´ve saved 946.05 pesos
The hostels have been getting better. From having to covertly smoke 1 skins on the roof in Cordoba, we could openly smoke it up in Tucuman and Amaicha. Sadly the gear ran out on the 12th. Probably for the best because our bus to Quilmes was stopped by the police and people with rucksacks were searched. However, the search was quick and they didn´t have a dog.
Another drug fact: the history of Tango is connected with cocaine. When it was invented in 1918 cocaine was legal. It was originally a dance between 2 men. Eventually the scene moved up to men and prostitutes dancing while of course still doing the coke. And today the real hardcore tango is men, women and prostitutes dancing with clandestine coke. Listening to the edgy vocals and seeing the jerky movements in the dance steps it now makes more sense with the coke background.
For more go to Really Long Link
or click here
04-06-09
Cordoba Backpackers (33 per person) = 66
Bus to Alta Gracia (4.75 per person) = 9.50
Entry to Jesuit Monastry = 8
Supermarket = 11.50
Entry to Che Guavara House (5 per person) = 10
Bus back to Cordoba = 9.50
Supermarket = 19
Total = 133.5 (88.5 under budget)
05-06-09
Bus to Tucuman (96 per person) = 192
Taxi from Tucuman coach station to Tucuman Hostel = 6
Tucuman Hostel (33 per person) = 66
Supermarket = 18
Coke cola = 5
Total = 287 (over budget 65)
06-06-09
Tucuman Hostel = 66
Los Lenos Restaurant = 35
Supermarket = 38.5
Total = 139.5 (82.5 under budget)
07-06-09
Bus to Tafi Del Valle (18 per person) = 36
Camping for night (10 per person) = 20
Sandwiches = 9
Fags = 4
Supermarket = 19.50
Total = 88.5 (133.5 under budget)
08-06-09
Nomade Hostel (30 per person) = 60
Lunch in El Mellor = 17
Supermarket = 18.5
Found 100 peso in street
Total = Spent 95.5 and found 100 = -0.5 (222.5 under budget)
09-06-09
Nomade Hostel = 60
Supermarket = 12
Supermarket = 11.25
1 beer in hostel = 6
Total = 89.25 (132.75 under budget)
10-06-09
Bus to Amaicha del Valle (13 per person) = 26
Supermarket = 8.50
Cuty Pacha Hostel (20 per person) = 40
Lunch in Los Amigos Restaurant = 17
Dinner in hostel (15 per person) = 30
Fags (2) = 9
Wine = 5
Total = 135.5 (86.5 under budget)
11-06-09
Hostel = 40
Bus to Quilmes junction (8 per person) = 16
Lift from Quilmes junction to Quilmes Ruins = 11
Entrance fee to Quilmes Ruins (10 per person) = 20
2 empanadas = 3
Lunch in a restaurant in Amaicha = 30
Pachamama Museum entrance fees (10 per person) = 20
Postcards = 6
Supermarket = 14
Fags = 5
Total = 165 (57 under budget)
12-06-09
Hostel = 40
Lunch in Los Amigos Restaurant = 30
Fags (2) = 10
Local shop = 8
Total = 88 (134 under budget)
Running Totals:
Budget Allowance for 17 days = 3,774 Argentine Pesos
Actually Spent = 2,827.95
Difference = We´ve saved 946.05 pesos
The hostels have been getting better. From having to covertly smoke 1 skins on the roof in Cordoba, we could openly smoke it up in Tucuman and Amaicha. Sadly the gear ran out on the 12th. Probably for the best because our bus to Quilmes was stopped by the police and people with rucksacks were searched. However, the search was quick and they didn´t have a dog.
Another drug fact: the history of Tango is connected with cocaine. When it was invented in 1918 cocaine was legal. It was originally a dance between 2 men. Eventually the scene moved up to men and prostitutes dancing while of course still doing the coke. And today the real hardcore tango is men, women and prostitutes dancing with clandestine coke. Listening to the edgy vocals and seeing the jerky movements in the dance steps it now makes more sense with the coke background.
For more go to Really Long Link
or click here
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