Comments on: Cost of living: South Africa Vs Amsterdam

By: Diggy

Diggy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:48:18 +0000

Hey Henri!
Yeah it surprised me too and that’s why I made the post I haven’t really been to Spain, I’d like to go for a few weeks this coming summer and see what it’s like, blogging on the beach!

Keep well Sir!

By: Henri Junttila

Henri Junttila — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:13:13 +0000

I went with the inbetween choice (literally) and moved to Spain. The weather’s good and the cost of living is good.

I was pretty surprised to see that the cost of living in both ams and sa is basically the same!
.-= Henri Junttila´s last blog ..What is Success? =-.

By: Diggy

Diggy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:25:40 +0000

Hey Zoli!
Yeah the internet is a massive expense in South Africa but if you work on the internet then you have little choice Thanks for stopping by!

By: Diggy

Diggy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:25:01 +0000

Would love to visit Coast Rica! Good luck with your blog and adventures this year

By: Diggy

Diggy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:24:31 +0000

Hey Alan!
Thanks for the kind words Sir! Initially I also thought it would be way more expensive in Amsterdam but it’s actually not too big a difference

By: Diggy

Diggy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:23:45 +0000

Hey Maren!
Wow, thanks for the comment and kind words:) Gladd to hear that you enjoyed the article! I have looked at your site before but it’s looking much better now! Good to see you are making progress! Don’t give up

By: Diggy

Diggy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:12:27 +0000

Hey Danny!
Thanks for stopping by! It is the complete cost of transport in South Africa. It is either renting a small car including insurance, maintenance and petrol or it is buying a small car (in monthly installments usually over 5 years) and including maintenance and petrol.

By: Danny Cooper

Danny Cooper — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:16:10 +0000

Hey Diggy, I love comparisons like this, it’ll definitely help when I come to travelling in the future.

One question: in terms of transport in South Africa, is that buying or hiring a car, and what about insurance, tax, petrol..

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:03:49 +0000

Wow, great post Diggy. I was surprised – I thought Amsterdam would have been way higher. I was shocked at the $150 price for Internet in South Africa!! I’m used to paying ~$50.

By: Zoli Cserei

Zoli Cserei — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:38:49 +0000

This also surprised me a little, and I think that both internet taxes are huge!

For $12.5 I get 30 mbps international bandwidth, and 100 mbps towards servers from Hungary and Romania, uncapped. $150 is a lot for me, but even $30.