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What can $1 buy you in Indonesia?

Indonesia: What a Dollar Can Buy You

• 1 load of laundry (about 3.5 kg)
• 1 creamy avocado shake.
• 2 km taxi ride.
• 4 liters (1 gal.) of drinking water.
• 1 pre-cut pineapple on touristy Seminyak beach, Bali.
• 1 hour of Internet access.
• 1 vegetarian meal in a typical warung.
• 2 liters of gasoline.

Is 1000 rupiah a lot?

Rp 1,000. This is a mere pittance. It can hardly get you anything, mostly just used for change when necessary. Also, this bill has largely been replaced with coins.

What you can buy in Indonesia?

Then continue reading below, because here’s a list of the top 10 things to buy in Indonesia!

• Chocolate.
• Batik.
• Gamelan instruments.
• Celuk jewelry – One of my favorite Indonesia souvenirs!
• Incense.
• Congklak (dakon board game)
• Batik Paintings.
• Pottery.

How much do groceries cost in Indonesia?

Average Daily Costs While meal prices in Indonesia can vary, the average cost of food in Indonesia is Rp192,873 per day.

Is Indonesia cheaper for Indian?

India is 28.2\% cheaper than Indonesia.

What can you buy with a 1000 Indonesian rupiah?

A 1000 Indonesian Rupiah will at best fetch you some candy, a fried snack, a soap and maybe a glass of mineral water, among some other smaller things. While this may seem awfully little for one thousand Indonesian Rupiah, your perspective would quickly change if we told you that you could buy all this with just 7 cents.

Is the Indonesian rupiah too low?

(Rupiah) has three useless zeros at the end. What you see as 10,000 rupiah is actually 10 rupiah. 1 US dollar is equals to 14,000 Rupiah which is actually 14 Rupiah. That makes Indonesian currency 14 times weaker than US dollars. This is NOT too low.

What can I do with idr200 in Indonesia?

IDR200 is still used as a small change by minimarket. But if you want to use your IDR200 to buy something, you can get a small candy, copy your identity card in photocopy shop (got 1 copied). , Born in and been living in Indonesia for 30+ years.

What are the best things to buy in Indonesia?

Sleeping pills (a medication called CTM). Well, you can buy many things for example a ‘kue’ any traditional Indonesian home-made cake, a few small pieces of kerupuk (prawn crackers) packed in a tiny plastic pouch or a satisfied ‘thank you’ from a beggar. How about that for inflation! What are some ways I can diversify my portfolio?