SH> The per capita income of a Yukoner is about $CAN 761.77.  That would be
 SH> about $US 587.77 or just over $15 US.

About the same as here then.
In Bulgaria they only make about $180 per month.

 BF>> Sunday morning a go to Bulgaria for two weeks and at the Sky Shop I buy
 BF>> 1l 18 yo Glenfiddish for 45 USD and here it cost 115 USD. The difference
 BF>> (70 USD) is tax.

 SH> And you'd pay about the same for that in our local liquor store.  And have
 SH> a good trip.

I'm back now and it was very intresting in Bulgaria.
We lived in a "turist complex" guarded by a police without any
authority. The only
thing they did was to stop cars randomly to take a bribe. The whole country is
built on bribes and runed by the maffia. The big boys drove around in Mercedes
600 and the local farmers ride donkeys. If he was lucky he had a horse.
The Bulgarians don't like the gipsys since they steal so much. They had to live
in tents on the field when the crop is ready to harvest to protect it from beeing
stolen by the gipsys. And then I had to protect myself from beeing robed by the
Bulgarians.....
Had to hire a saftyt depositbox to keep the passport, laptop and money in, otherewise
it was gone the next day. Talk about double standads.
Bulgaria have had 12 governments in the past 14 years since they became free from
the communists and who can make a difference in one year?
Of the about 8 million in Bulgaria, 1 miljon are unemployed and after 6 month they
get nothing so to survive the have to steal.
The funny thing is that they spend 80% of their wages on cloths and all looked very
chick but not a dime on repairing or maintenance on their houses. If a window was
broken they just moved to another room.
I have so much to tell but perhaps you are not intrested.

//Bj”rn

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