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What Can You Buy With 1 Dollar Around The World?

What Can You Buy With 1 Dollar Around The World?

You think you can't get very far with just 1 dollar in the pocket ?

Well, think again.

It is true that in the United States or in France, a dollar does not represent much.

But in some parts of the world, it's amazing what you can do with $1.

So let yourself be surprised and find out what $1 is worth around the world:

What Can You Buy With 1 Dollar Around The World?

Egypt: 1 dish of Koshary (rice, spaghetti, lentils and fried onions).

India :1 all-you-can-eat rice meal (with rasam, sambhar, papad, fromage blanc, banana leaf).

Austria: 1 kornspitz (supermarket pastry).

Los Angeles - United States :1 hour parking in town.

Vietnam :1 Non La -chapeau-, (or 1 DVD, 3 pairs of sandals, 5 packets of instant noodles...)

Nepal: 1 momo and 1 soda (i.e. 10 meatballs and 1 25cl soda...)

Italy: 1 bottle of table wine (or 1kg of spaghetti, 6 bottles of mineral water or 1 tablet of ibuprophen...)

Portugal: 1 espresso.

Cebu - Philippines: 1 foot massage of 30-40 min.

Dubai - United Arab Emirates: 1 jabal al noor shawarma.

Bogota - Colombia: 1 coffee and 1 cookie (or 1 arepa -burger with cornbread- with spicy aji sauce...)

England: 1/2 liter of diesel (or 2 cigarettes, 3/4 of a liter of milk, 2 daily newspapers...)

Seoul - South Korea: 1 metro ticket and 1 mask.

Budapest - Hungary: 4 small apples (or 30 min of parking in town, 1 newspaper, 1 complete Mcdo burger...)

Croatia :1 scoop of ice cream.

Denmark :1 liter of milk (or 1 postcard with national stamp, 1 cucumber, 1 bar of chocolate...)

Costa Rica :1 watermelon (or 1 papaya, 1 pineapple, 1 large cup of coffee...)

The Canary Islands :1 cup of tea (in Santa Cruz, in the South of the country you can only have 1/2 cup).

France :about 40% of a Starbucks espresso.

The Faroe Islands :1 chewing gum (or 2 apples at the supermarket, candy...).

Australia :1 scratchy (lottery ticket to win other $).

So where are you going to spend your next dollar?