One of the good thinks about starting in Ecuador is that their currency is US dollars, so the conversions are really straight forward. It also makes it really obvious how much cheaper the cost of living is. A bottle of coke is roughly $0.45, bottle of water $0.25 and a beer $0.80. The buses cost $0.25 while a taxi usually costs $1 or $5 if you are going from one end of the city to the other. The most expensive houses in Quito, are in a closed community and cost roughly $200K.
We found out the average income is $275 a month. So when they ask how much our flight cost, what we pay in rent and what the minimum wages is in Canada they automatically say we must be rich, but I guess by their standards we are which is a strange dynamic.
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