{"id":1946,"date":"2011-12-13T16:26:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T21:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2021-03-16T17:49:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T22:49:18","slug":"question-of-the-day-what-can-you-buy-with-1000col","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/12\/question-of-the-day-what-can-you-buy-with-1000col\/","title":{"rendered":"Question of the day: What can you buy with $1,000 Colombian Pesos?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Depending on how you look at it, COP$1,000 can go a very long way… Or barely get you anything at all. As Marina A. Assaedi points out, it won’t get you even a bus ride in Colombia, and, yet, it can buy you 3 cups of coffee if you know where to look.<\/p>\n

\"If<\/a>
If you can get all this for $1,000, just imagine what this much can get you! (Photo courtesy of Brent Hellickson http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bmh4you\/54927441\/)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With this strange fixture of Colombian economics in mind, we thought we’d put it to Twitter and Facebook to find out just what can you buy with $1,000COL?<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>@jeisonamaya (Twitter)<\/strong>
\nYou could buy a bonbonbum<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>@jlpastor (Twitter)<\/strong>
\nA carrot, 1 lb of potato, one onion and a small tomato OR 2 chicken wings OR a tinto and a piece of bread<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Federico Arciniegas (Facebook)<\/strong>
\nA delicious Chocoramo!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Eder Carrascal (Facebook)<\/strong>
\nYou can have lunch for $1,000!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>@valentinaalvi<\/strong> (Twitter)<\/strong>
\n2 Malboro Lights and 2 Halls sweets<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>Sandrine Swolfs (Facebook)<\/strong>
\nA chocolate Jet<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>HotelsInColombia (Facebook)<\/strong>
\nTrocipollos!!!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>Xocolata Caldes<\/strong> (Facebook)<\/strong>
\nFizzy apple juice… A bar of Milo…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>@PaulBFowler (Twitter)<\/strong>
\n5 minutes on the phone bought from a woman selling chiglets (or 4 minutes and some chiglets).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Johanna Amaya (Facebook)<\/strong>
\nSome Chicken SuperRicas with a Ponymalta \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>@JGGarciaMora (Twitter)<\/strong>
\nWalk in the center and eat hamburgers for – ‘how much?!’ – One thousand! For just $1,000!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Meritxell Cruet Garcia (Facebook)<\/strong>
\nEggs, rice, bread and Coca Cola!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Lina Maria Melgarejo Saavedra (Facebook)<\/strong>
\nA delicious Colombian coffee<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Any more suggestions of course leave them in the comments, on our Twitter <\/a>or on our Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you want more information on what you money can get you in Colombia, check out this post here on living costs in Bogota.<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m going to buy me $1,000 worth of treats!<\/p>\n

Paul<\/p>\n

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