A Basket of Goods: Santiago, DR

Hello from Santiago in the Dominican Republic! This is the nearest city to either of our Dominican ports (Puerto Plata and Luperon) that boasts a McDonalds, and thus all prices are based here in the city. Keep in mind that the currency here is the Dominican Peso. You can find the exchange rate with a quick internet search.

Getting to Santiago from Luperon, from the town center, you grab a gwah-gwah (public shared-taxi) to Imbert. This costs 50 pesos and takes about half an hour (mind you that the driver puts four people in the back seat and two in the front passenger seat of a regular four-door sedan). From Imbert you grab an air-conditioned express bus to Santiago for 90 pesos (complete with your own seat!). Here in the city, all our goods are easy to find. Here are the prices:

Big Mac: 130 pesos
Coke (16.9 ounce bottle): 20 pesos
Haircut: 130 pesos

ABG