Traditionally, the day after Christmas features the boxing day sales. In Thailand, there are no boxing day sales. The next week is quiet up to New Years when the partying and buying starts again. However, prices in Thailand tend to be better than North America for most things, except vehicles.
Some items are incredibly cheaper. I am astounded at what North Americans pay for a soft drink from a vending machine. The last time I was in Canada during the summer, it was very hot, so I stopped into a supermarket and pulled a bottle of coke out of the machine at the checkout counter and put it back immediately as soon as I noticed the price $2.50, WTF!
Here is a pick of a similar machine outside a restaurant on my street.
You will notice the same bottle of coke is 15 baht or approximately $.50. This begs the question, 'When are you dumb f..ks in North American going to wise up and stop paying such outlandish prices for a soft drink out of a machine. I can guarantee Coca Cola is making a profit in Thailand, as is the restaurant who owns the machine. Some people in Canada are laughing all the way to the bank!!!
I did not buy any Christmas gifts this year as a protest to the commercialization of Christmas, but I did buy Thavorn 2 pairs of Converse shoes today, that we had been trying to find in Thavorn's size (5) for the past couple of weeks. Thavorn now owns the coveted Triad of Converse shoes that every Thai girl under 35 wants to have.
The triad consists of red, black, and white high tops
Sveta, my Russian friend is staying on at our place until December 28th when she will fly back to Malaysia. She seems to be enjoying her time in Bangkok and joined us for our post gym lunch at McDonald's. She had not eaten at MacDonald's in 2 years and thought the prices in Thailand were higher than she remembered in Malaysia so I decided to fact check it at the McDonald's Hamburger Index on the internet
and sure enough, Malaysia's McDonald's prices are the second lowest in the world and cheaper than Thailand. The McDonald's Hamburger Index is an excellent method of judging how expensive a country is to travel within.
TTYL
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