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hnajee wrote:

Yes, if you don't eat or drink out.

How should this be possible? When you work you also need enjoying your leisure time. What life is this? How does it work without going out and eating outside? I am always on budget in Ethio but 600 is the minimum I need per day. I really don't get how you guys press you costs down. Especially the prices are always higher the whiter your skin is the higher the prices. Therefore I do shopping in my boyfriend's company. Otherwise Ethiopians always betray me and cash more.

hnajee wrote:

After a couple of visits, smiles and even offering to pay them them a couple of Birrs more, you will be surprised how they change.

See, hnajee, exactely this is the point. Why should I pay more? When I'm in Ethio I share the same conditions as Ethiopians too. I can't see any reason to pay more just because I am Faranj.
And paying for a smile? It's like buying a smile. That is not my style. Sorry for saying this but I find it poor to pay for smile.

In case Africans would be treated like this in Europe they would terribly complain about such manners. But for them it is allowed? I am always horrified about "farenj-prices". This is a kind of "upside-down" RASCISM! When I ask "why do I need to pay more because I am white?" don't expect someone would reply. They pretend not to understand English. This is basically the only thing I don't like about Ethiopia.

herenbeyond wrote:

Are you simply paying more because you are from a western country?

Of course. Don't believe me? I have lived in Kenya and Ghana and visited Ethiopia 6 times now, so I know what I'm talking about. Unfortunately my skin marks me as a Western.

nikhil1941 wrote:

at least 15000 Birr cost of living for foreigners in Ethoipia

Nikhil
Welcome to 大咖福利影院. As this is your first post could you please introduce yourself to other members.聽

With regard to the post how did you find this figure you quoted. Have you lived there before.

Stormkid wrote:

Hello to all first,my question is very simple,can I live in Ad,,, Ab,, Ethiopia on 66,100 bird a month, anyone can answer thanks

A nice appartment in Addis that can impress the girls and not too far from Bole, is at least 15 000 birr month. Food in nice restaurants like Romina is around half the price from US/Europe. Nightclub drinks somtimes 50 birr per drink and more. A small new car will cost you at least 200 000 birr.聽 So if you want to have a nice lifestyle with a lot of (girl)friends, it's easy to spend $2500 per month.

Berlin1973 wrote:

Your last sentence is disqualifying yourself. No interest to communicate with you. You don't know how it feels living with a big blue-lilac birthmark in face and hand. Little undereducated kids in Etio screamed "monste"r behind me. Any idea how it feels? A behaviour which is unthinkable here in Europe. it says more than enough about your people.

My suggestion for you: Complain to the administrators that they will delete my account as well as my postings here. Wish you good luck and happy time in Africa. I'm having better countries to see than Ethio after all horror I experienced regarding my birthmark. And my Havard-studied Ehtiopian friend seems to have more mental intelligence than you. An Ethio with no chance to extend his horizont due to lack of money and other chances.

Bye :-)

"Monster"? I think they scream "money". Actually the real young ones think that money means white person.

Kray wrote:

@Berlin1973......It is a known fact that as a non-ethiopian citizen you will be charged more.聽 This does not just apply to Ethiopia though.聽 You will find it in all of southeast asia as well as nearly any country within the african countinent.聽 Often times they simply see you as a tourist, which happens also in the U.S. and Europe in tourist areas.聽 It is what it is and it is not going to change simply because you disagree with it.聽 I see both sides.聽 If you are not married to a Ethiopian native, then you had better learn how to make Ethiopian friends really fast who can help in getting you what you need at local cost.聽 Plus, you might just make a few lifelong friends.

No one can really answer the question as to what a westerner can live on comfortably in Ethiopia, especially if he or she is arriving without a nice support group(locals).聽 But even with local support if that particular westerner thinks that he or she will be living a western style on a cheap budget, then he or she need not come.....it just ain't going to happen.聽 Instead of going out for drinks, entertain that your place and have everyone simply bring a cooked dish.聽 Invite a few locals from where you are working and ask them ways that they stay within their monthly budget, etc.

It is ok to pay extra and get extra special treatment. It is not ok to pay twice and use the same unusable toilet.