TABLE 1: Costs of Trip Relating to Specific Countries (One Person) Includes local
transportation, food, lodging, and other expenses for 16 months.
|
Country
|
Cost
|
Days
|
Cost/Day
|
Mitigating factors
|
| Panama/Costa Rica |
$893 |
35 |
$25.5 |
Stayed for free with friends for over 3 weeks. |
| Hawaii |
$557 |
14 |
$39.8 |
|
| Ind. Samoa |
$534 |
15 |
$35.6 |
Cost includes a lost $100 traveler's check |
| New Zealand |
$1,058 |
21 |
$50.4 |
Rented camper bus two weeks, flight from north to south island ($177) and return
car ferry tickets. |
| Singapore |
$168 |
6 |
$28.0 |
|
| Indonesia |
$572 |
30 |
$19.1 |
|
| Malaysia |
$353 |
15 |
$23.5 |
|
| Thailand South |
$569 |
25 |
$22.8 |
|
| Vietnam |
$736 |
28 |
$26.3 |
Bought $200 of custom made clothes in Hoi An, including a suit, several pairs
of pants, a wool coat, several silk shirts, and shipping. |
| Thailand North |
$756 |
34 |
$22.2 |
Includes parcel shipping costs of $64 and Thai massage course fee of $85, but
we also rented a room for an entire month for only $36 each. |
| Laos |
$197 |
12 |
$16.4 |
Includes roughly $18 for a visa. |
| Thailand |
$172 |
19 |
$9.1 |
Spent only $30 or so for all living expenses for an 11 day stretch in a Buddhist
meditation retreat. |
| Cambodia |
$260 |
7 |
$37.1 |
Spent $20 on a visa and $40 on an Angkor Wat ticket. |
| Thailand |
$133 |
2 |
$66.5 |
Only passed through 2 days - spent $53 on shipping and roughly $12 on airport
departure tax. |
| India |
$563 |
31 |
$18.2 |
Includes a $75 visa purchased at home. |
| Nepal |
$1,323 |
42 |
$31.5 |
Spent $35 on shipping, $60 on gifts, $286 on an internal flight for trekking,
roughly $300 on 21 day trek, and $20 on a visa. |
| Bahrain |
$0 |
1 |
$0.0 |
One night stopover - airline paid for hotel, transportation, food, and departure
tax. |
| Greece |
$848 |
23 |
$36.9 |
|
| Turkey |
$751 |
27 |
$27.8 |
Includes a $45 visa on arrival and $25 overnight intl. bus to Sophia. |
Michelle left and I started traveling solo. Starting from here, I stayed primarily
in dorms rather than double rooms. Keep note of how long I spent in each place,
as some stays might be too short to give a fair representation of sample costs.
|
| Bulgaria |
$78 |
4 |
$19.5 |
Includes $21 overnight intl. train to Bucharest. |
| Romania |
$164 |
6 |
$27.3 |
Includes $28 intl. train to Budapest. |
| Hungary |
158 |
5 |
$31.6 |
Includes $47.92 intl. night train to Split |
| Croatia |
$221 |
6.5 |
$34.0 |
Includes $10.10 intl. train from Zagreb to Ljubljana. |
| Slovenia |
$83 |
3.5 |
$23.7 |
Stayed with friend. Includes $27.87 intl. train to Venice. |
| Italy |
$338 |
4 |
$84.5 |
Only in Venice, which is very expensive. International train ticket to Vienna
was also pricey at almost $87.57. |
| Austria |
$156 |
3.5 |
$44.6 |
Includes $7.91 intl. train to Bratislava. |
| Slovakia |
$58 |
2 |
$29.0 |
Too much internet and good food. Otherwise it is a very cheap place. Includes
$5.26 intl. bus to Prague. |
| Czech Republic |
$133 |
4 |
$33.3 |
Includes $15.53 intl. train to Dresden. |
| Germany |
$269 |
7.5 |
$35.9 |
Includes about $10 for postage and $20 for Palm accessories, but I stayed at a
friend's house for free for several nights. Includes $36.74 intl. bus ticket to
Amsterdam from Berlin. |
| Netherlands |
$216 |
4 |
$54.0 |
Includes $12.85 intl. bus ticket to Bruges. |
| Belgium |
$122 |
2 |
$61.0 |
Includes $57.97 high speed Thalys train to Paris. |
| France |
$278 |
5 |
$55.6 |
Includes $52.48 bus to Spain and $20 haircut. |
| Spain |
$395 |
8 |
$49.4 |
Includes $35.15 domestic train and late night $25 taxi ride to airport, but flight
out covered under "flights" table. |
| UK |
$263 |
4 |
$65.8 |
Flight out covered under "flights" table. |
| Ireland |
$1,436 |
22 |
$65.3 |
Includes a $318.66 splurge for a hired car, $87 for gas, $117 for gifts, and $63
for clothes that I needed for cold weather. |