What the World Costs- Taiwan

Free: one betel nut to try
8 New Taiwan Dollars: ($.24): ramen packet at 7-11 (surprisingly more expensive than US!)
10 NTD ($.30): grilled mushroom or tofu skewer on the street
15 NTF ($.45): gushan ferry to Cijin Island
16 NTD ($.48): metro ride on the MRT
18 NTD ($.55): bottle of water
20 NTD ($.61): ring of jasmine flowers
25 NTD ($.76): can of Mr. Brown's iced coffee; oodles of noodles
30 NTD ($.91): pearl milk (boba) tea
35 NTD ($1.06): medium Cafe Americano at 7-11; 1.5 kilos of rice
40 NTD ($1.21): order of stinky tofu; sea salt iced latte
45 NTD ($1.36): Noodle soup at a roadside noodle stand
46 NTD ($1.39): 500ml can of Taiwan Gold Medal beer
49 NTD ($1.48): 600ml bottle of Taiwan beer
50 NTD ($1.52): drycleaning for 1 dress shirt (gee, I pay that in the US)
70 NTD ($2.12): starting price for a cab
75 NTD ($2.27): medium Cafe Americano at Starbucks
80 NTD ($2.42): student entrance into the National Palace Museum
85 NTD ($2.58): 6 inch turkey sub at Subway; bowl of beef noodle soup
90 NTD ($2.73): bus from airport to Taipei
100 NTD ($3.03): bag of coffee; cake set at 85 sky tower
110 NTD ($3.33): Big Mac extra value meal at McDonalds (I couldn't eat any more noodles)
150 NTD ($4.55) pint of Warsteiner beer at Taipei Artists Village
180 NTD ($5.45): student ticket to Taipei Museum of Fine Arts; chicken burrito at Pancho's
200 NTD ($6.06): large Carlsburg at Tavern Premiere
280 NTD ($8.48): regular priced movie ticket for Prince of Persia (awful!)
315 NTD ($9.55): one night at Camels Island hostel
350 NTD ($10.61): shoe recobbling
400 NTD ($12.12): ride to the top of Taipei 101, the second-tallest building in the world
465 NTD ($14.09): whole fresh fish, bbq'ed in Cijin
500 NTD ($15.15): one month of Wifi around the city
885 NTD ($26.81): one night in studio apt in Kaohsiung 202 hostel
1,265 NTD ($38.33): Taipei to Zuoying (Kaohsiung) bullet train
6,400 NTD ($193.94): Beginners Mandarin, two days a week for 2 hrs.
7,500 NTD ($227.27): monthly rent for one room in a Taipei apartment
40,491 NTD (1,227): roundtrip, open-ended flight to Taiwan