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Sticker Shock

Something most people experience when they go to buy a new car, not usually associated with chips/crisps!

9.75 for a bag of Lays BBQ chips? OK, I know we were on an island and they have to import things like this but still, 9.75??? That's some serious markup, at least on a first glance!

We were in Bequia and came across a market that just happened to have Lays BBQ chips (my favorite US crisp but far behind Walker's Tomato Ketchup and my all time favorite Walker's Roast Chicken crisps, both of which are unavailable in US stores due to Americans having no sense of adventure) and something in my brain said I must have some so I bought them.

It's really not that bad after the conversion from East Caribbean Dollars to US Dollars since at the time the ECD was at 36 cents to the US dollar. It wound up being about $3.50 US or so, actually cheaper than we find here in the US if they're not on sale.

Funny side note:
I made a tour guide on this trip a little mad but I did it unintentionally. He said that the most popular currency in the Caribbean islands was the EC Dollar and I commented that it might be accepted most places but certainly not the most popular. He asked what I thought the most popular was and I replied the US dollar. I then said there were islands in the Caribbean that won't accept the EC Dollar (or the Pound Sterling) but they'll all take the US dollar. He didn't agree with me at all and that's alright. He certainly did accept my USD gratuity though!

Anyhow, I know this is a shit shot, something I grabbed in the spur of the moment. Sure, I could have taken some time with this like Richard Harvey UK, Jim Frazier, and toddkeith533, all of whom produce some fantastic still life photos but I was too busy having fun!

PS:
For those in the Show Your EXIF group you should note that the actual lens used is a Tamron AF 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II VC All-in-One Zoom for Canon APS-C Digital SLR. For some crazy reason it always shows up as a Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8, a lens I\'ve never owned or used!

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Taken in: St Vincent and Grenadines / Grenadines / Port Elizabeth (show map)

Taken on: November 11, 2023

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Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7, f/5.6, 1/80 sec, 80mm, ISO 6400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS Rebel T7
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length:	80mm
ISO:	6400
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	GIMP 2.10.18
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