Standard of living in a country of the world

How much money do you need to live somewhere ?

This is a frequent question I had from travelers, and I wanted to give an easy tip to know very quickly how is the cost of living in a country and how the economy is there.

All you have to do is to check the GDP per capita in the country and compare it with other countries you know.
You can find this information on Wikipedia at : List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita.

Cost of living
Artist : Awantha

Examples of GDP per capita (2012 – Source : Wikipedia) :

  • Costa Rica : 12 946 $.
  • Nicaragua : 4 072 $.
  • Canada : 42 533 $.
  • France : 36 104 $.
  • Tunisia : 9 795 $.

 

 

This information very quickly indicates that you can live with 4000 $ for a year in Nicaragua for example, which makes around 340 $ for a month.

Add the fact you’re a traveler, so life for you could be more expensive : 600 $ for a month.

You like alcohol? 800 $ a month… 😀

Last night of festivities in Playa Del Carmen!

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Updates on the Caribbean Culture Festival

It is the last night of this second edition of the Caribbean Culture Festival! Festivities will be all over Quintana Roo, but I will be celebrating here in Playa del Carmen. A  Colombian movie (La playa)  will be presented at 6 pm, followed by the Mexican band Sonex and finishing in beauty with an incredible artist from Spain: La Mala Rodriguez.

If you didn’t have the chance to be here to enjoy all the free events presented by the festival, well come down next year, during the second week of December, it will happen again!

La Mala Rodriguez

Nouvelles du Festival de la Culture des Caraïbes

Ce soir est la dernière soirée de la 2ième édition du Festival de la Culture des Caraïbes! Il y aura des festivités gratuites dans plusieurs villes de Quintana Roo, de mon coté je célébrerai à Playa Del Carmen!  Le film colombien La Playa sera présenté à 6pm, suivit du band Mexicain Sonex à 8pm, terminant avec une artiste invitée d’Espagne que j’adore, La Mala Rodriguez!

Si vous avez manqué le festival cette année, et bien venez au Mexique l’an prochain autour du 10 Décembre pour profitez de tous ces beaux événements culturels gratuits!