Let’s Visit The Paraguayan Grocery Store…

Many years ago, a young man with lofty, artistic ambitions learned a hard lesson: writing doesn’t pay. But this didn’t deter the budding wordsmith. And instead of accepting defeat, William Sydney Porter stole money from a local bank and fled to Honduras.

While in hiding, Porter penned his first collection of short stories, Cabbages and Kings, reshaping the literary landscape and becoming world-famous under his pen name: O. Henry

I thought about this often while visiting Paraguay.

Paraguay is a low-cost, sleepy country that’s great for distraction-free creative work.

There’s not a lot going on, allowing you to focus on important projects. And, Paraguay is extremely affordable, especially if you’re earning is U.S. Dollars.

To illustrate this point, I went to my local grocery store.

Here are common food staples, with their prices converted from Paraguayan Guarani to USD:

Bread — $0.89 Per Kilogram

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