Travel Week 16
Day 106:
| Shampoo & Mouthwash | 465 |
| Steaks | 220 |
| Salad | 79 |
| Happy Hour beers | 400 |
| Beer(s) | 200 |
| Total: | 1354 ARS (17.95 USD) (RMB 125.4) |
Not much to say other than went to another language meetup on the Thursday night (Cerveza & Espanol). The bar seemed more expensive than I remembered. It was also so hot and humid, I devoured much more beer than I was planning to.
Day 107:
| Nueva Candela lunch | 265 |
| Coffee beans, cereal, milk | 449.75 |
| Dinner | 513 |
| Total: | 1227.75 ARS (16.15 USD) (RMB 112.8) |
After cooking for myself all week, I decided to go out for a nice set meal lunch. I was halfway through a suprema (breaded chicken breast) when I realized it was very pink inside. It didn’t make me sick, but I was currently developing a head cold.
Day 108:
| Vegetables (celery, carrots, parsley, etc) | 110 |
| Black pepper | 40 |
| Whole chicken | 270 |
| Total: | 420 ARS (5.53 USD) (RMB 38.6) |
Decided to make a big batch of chicken soup to fight the cold and spent the day inside.
Day 109:
| Ice cream | 110 |
| Coffee and waffles | 250 |
| Total: | 360 ARS (4.74 USD) (RMB 33.1) |
Continued to eat chicken soup, but went out for ice cream in the afternoon and then again to meet a friend at a cafe for a merienda (late afternoon snack).
Day 110:
| Quiche, salad, lemonade | 220 |
| Rent | 4200 |
| Choripan | 200 |
| Tortillas, cheese, soda, candy | 327.75 |
| Total: | 4947.75 ARS (62.79 USD) (RMB 438.7) |
Went out for for a healthy lunch. As I was running low on cash, I needed to hit up Western Union (New exchange rate from today on is 78.8 pesos per dollar). Prepurchased some ingredients to make fajitas the next day.
Day 111:
| Vegetables | 210 |
| More vegetables | 50 |
| Lemon and cilantro | 30 |
| Happy hour beers | 410 |
| Pitcher cocktail | 280 |
| Empanadas | 120 |
| Total: | 1100 ARS (13.96 USD) (RMB 97.5) |
I hit up the farmers market again for fresh ingredients to make vegetarian fajitas after a fairly quick (third) visit to the ophthalmology clicnic. In the evening, I checked out a new bar for another language meetup.
Day 112:
| Contact lens | 380 |
| Discount drinks at supermarket | 495 |
| Steak lunch | 630 |
| Cheap headphones | 190 |
| Flipflops | 300 |
| Swimming pool | 60 |
| Popsicle | 20 |
| Beers at Mundolingo | 350 |
| Mojitos | 350 |
| Total: | 2775 ARS (35.22 USD) (RMB 246.1) |
Bought one additional contact lens from the same shop I had patronized before and was delighted to receive a discount of 20%. In my Airbnb, a couple bottles of Corona had been staring at me from the fridge. I finally succumbed to the temptation when the supermarket put Coronas on sale and I could replace them. A lot of my things have been breaking or wearing out so in a fit of “treat yo self” spending I replaced a few items before chilling at the public swimming pool and heading to the Mundo Lingo language meetup because I couldn’t be bothered to try to organize anything special for myself.
For these two weeks hanging out in Cordoba, I’ve been averaging about 22 dollars a day, which is slowly bringing down the total average for the trip.
Running Total: 3128.40 USD (RMB 21858.4)
Daily Average: 27.93 USD (RMB 195.2)