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Originally Posted by Mayan
I see many many plane loads of PRC tourists...... but I do not see them spending much money at all. I remember staying at Palazzo last year and was in the lobby when a group of PRC tourists returned and gathered at the lobby presumably waiting for instructions from their tour guide. Their chatter was so loud and I overheard them boasting about how much they had spent that day.
A: "Wan le zhen tian wo yi fen chien tou mei yong."
B: "Nen shen jiu shen ba. Mei pi yao hua zhiji de chien."
C: "Lao Zhang suo le tui. Wo men de tuan shi chuen bao de. Se meh chien ye buyong fu."
One of them came to seat beside me as all the other seats were taken. I took the opportunity to talk with him. I found out they were all colleagues from Henan. This was a company trip and the company paid for airfares/accommodation/meals/sightseeing tours. All other expenses were to be borne by themselves. So I asked him how much has he already spent. His reply stunned me. "Everything is so expensive here. How can we afford? I want to buy a bottle of drinking water at the convenience store this afternoon, it cost 23 baht. I did not buy because it is too expensive for that bottle of water."
In my heart I was saying its only 23 baht and you are so calculative. Like that what for come?
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To us 23 baht is just 90 cents. To them is almost 5 RMB. So cannot compare la.