The key is comparing apples to apples or seafood to seafood.

Spend a month in Brazil eating fresh fish and seafood and fresh meat, vegetables, fruit and everything else which is local, cheap and (in my opinion) delicious or spend a fortune buying an imported packet of microwaveable curry and chips and carte d'or ice cream.

Same thing applies to just about everything. You wouldn't go to France and expect the best deals on BMW nor to Germany and expect discounted Citroens. Or maybe you would, I know nothing about cars really but doesn't sound very logical.

I bought a fantastic pair of casual coconut leave trousers which are great for beach wear both in Brazil and Spain and they cost me 3.84 Euros. I wear them all the time when not working and 4 months on they are still in mint condition.

No, I wouldn't go to Brazil and buy Armani, or Gucci or Prada but then again in that heat I wouldn't want to wear an Armani suit - would you?

When in Rome, be British!?

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Yes, I work for a Real Estate company doing market research and analysis but I'm not involved in sales.

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