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RE: Travel Tip #9: Dental Work is Now a Holiday Vacation!
I agree with how your money could go a long way in other countries. However, I don't see the difference anymore with this developed and developing categorization. The people in the developed countries get high salaries to afford the high cost of living, while it is cheap to live in the developing countries for the low salaries of people.
The only difference I see is the mentality and attitude, thinking too much and living up to this developed category can create arrogance and portray over glorification of lives. There are more bad and crazy things going on in the developing nowadays lol.
Couldn't agree with you more. I'm not big on labeling and titling people, places, and things. But it's the language we use, so I do the best I can, regarding the devoloping this and developed that. So much of the expense I've come to understand in the developed world is to maintain that lawn, the lawyer, the red tape, the FDA regulators, the code inspectors, high property taxes, the politicians, the new electronic menu on the Ipad at your dinner table, the fancy neon signs, the high electric bills, the overly high standard of everything. All that cost, and makes running a business in places like the US so damn expensive, passing the costs onto the "consumer" Don't you like being called a consumer by the way?
I just had a great healthy plate of Pat-Si-Ew (stir fried flat noodles, with chicken and vegetables for a dollar sixty. The restaurant is a cement floor, an open air kitchen, and some bamboo strung together. Their probably in violation of 100 different codes back in the states. But I'd take this food over a Big Mac and fries any day of the week.
I think everyone's a consumer. Don't you think?
Wow, I'm getting hungry again!
As you know the food is great here. Yes we are all consumers. But I don't like the label. I prefer to go with a label like "spiritual being from planet earth!"
I just put another travel report, this time on Aruba. That's certainly no budget travel place but had the pleasure of going there twice compliments of my folks! Hope you find it interesting- Dan
I will check your posts soon, I have like 48 people to check haha. I hope you're monitoring your sp - https://steemnow.com/, it should only be 11 upvotes per day, which is kinda hard. With all those nice articles out there.
I hope you decide to become an insta-whale soon hahaha, so you can upvote me everyday! :P Or pls. ask your whales to check out my posts too, I'm living off steemit surprisingly lol. I need their 1% upvote.
Hey that's pretty good being able to live off steemit in your first couple month's. I'm impressed. I've run your name past several biggies on here and will continue to do so when it seems appropriate. Don't see myself moving money out of where I currently have it to become and insta-whale. But my earnings are quickly growing and I plan to leave most of it in the platform. So my up-votes should gain power over time. But it will be a while. You are a busy social butterfly on here. Good for you. What I like about steemit is that overtime you could really blow up on here with 2000 followers and 100 dollars every time you post. Great potential steemit offers. The thing that bugs me, is I could be at the beach, pool, bar, tour, walking around, having fun, meeting people. To see hours go by as I sit in my hotel room has been something I've had to decide if it's worth it, and I just have to go at my own pace or I'll get frustrated. It's obvious I write long responses and stuff. Takes time, I'm just genuine like that and enjoy speaking my mind. Thanks for the steemnow.com tip and keep up the good work you soul child consumer you!
Just balance it, find some time to write then go to the beach hehe.
Yeah, I think that's the good way to do it.
Have fun there. :)
So I go to the beachfront pool side restaurant to get steemit work done the other day. Only to get totally pulled away by friends I've made. I ended up having a beer and hang out in the pool all day then yesterday visited two beaches a waterfal a mountain top bar.......waaaaa lol :) I should be networking with the bigs on here and going through yesterdays photos.
Good advice you have though.
I'm enjoying myself. But wish I could focus better.
Enjoy your day with friends first and write later. :)