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Guatemala: Budget & Other Numbers
After narrowly scraping in under budget in Mexico, I was expecting Guatemala to be a hell of a lot cheaper. In many ways it was – thanks to cheap chicken buses and short distances, I spent less than a...
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Honduras Round-up & Budget
I’m not going to write a long post about my impressions of Honduras like I did for Mexico & Guatemala, as in my brief time in the country I didn’t get to see all that much and it’s hard to get a...
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Colombia round up & budget
Colombia was a last-minute addition to my itinerary based on the rave reports I’d read from other travel bloggers, and as I travelled through Central America, I heard more and more people gushing about...
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Peru: Budget & Other Numbers
I spent nearly six weeks in Peru, and right up to the day I arrived in Cusco, nearly five weeks in, it was on course to be my cheapest country yet. So what went wrong? Well, firstly, Cusco is quite...
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Bolivia Round-up & Budget
I could have sworn when I was planning my trip that I’d left myself enough time for a month in Bolivia. But somehow I screwed up and that month turned into two weeks, which really isn’t enough time to...
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Argentina (steak) Round-up & Budget
Five days in Argentina is nowhere near enough. But it certainly was wnough to stuff myself with steak, drown myself in red wine, and clog my arteries with dulce de leche. For if my little jaunt through...
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Chile Round-up & Budget
Poor, underrated Chile. I didn’t meet a single backpacker in Latin America who reckoned Chile was their favourite country. Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia…yes, frequently. Chile?...
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Australia & New Zealand Round-up and Budget
I have some mixed feelings on the 28 days I spent in Australia & New Zealand.Obligatory Sydney Harbour shot I might as well start with the positives. First off, it was really nice to catch up with...
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East Timor budget and other numbers
You’d think that Asia’s poorest country would be a cheap place to travel. Unfortunately, the presence of huge numbers of expats on fat UN salaries means you’d be wrong. It turned out to be one of the...
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Indonesia Budget & Other Numbers
My wallet was looking forward to getting to Asia, as everyone had told me it was even cheaper than Latin America. And, I didn’t do too badly – food & drink were the cheapest since Bolivia, and...
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