{"id":595,"date":"2008-07-23T18:45:03","date_gmt":"2008-07-23T17:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/followtheroad.com\/en\/expenses-all-our-travelling-costs-at-a-glance\/"},"modified":"2009-05-23T20:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-23T19:16:00","slug":"our-travelling-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/followtheroad.com\/en\/our-travelling-expenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Expenses – all our travelling costs at a glance"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the first year of travelling<\/span> (13\/01\/2006 – 12\/01\/2007) we have<\/span> spent $5200<\/span>, which is about $7 per person per day. These expenses do not only include food, but also the digital Canon EOS camera ($500), which we have bought in the US online auctions, Katja’s visits to the doctors ($600, concerning her back problemish), one local flight in Mexico ($460, urgent matter)…<\/p>\n

In the second year of our trip<\/span> (01.2007-01.2008) our costs were sinificantly higher – $10’700<\/span>. Including 5 weeks of Cuba, where we exceeded our budget 3 times, 3 weeks “holidays” in Germany and Lithuania in May’07, then new video camcorder, a new telephoto lens for the photo camera, new self-inflatable mattreses from alpkit.com, new only 1 kg weighting backpack for Katja, as well as 5 months living in Cuenca (Ecuador), which becomes more expensive than being on the road… <\/p>\n

In more details – year 2007<\/span>:<\/p>\n

Expenses <\/span>(total $10’900 — $15 person\/day):
$1650 – Treatments for Katja, Dentists, Vaccinations
$1400 – Equipment: travel gear, audio-photo-video, Psion repairs
$725 – Renting appartment in Cuenca, Ecuador 5 months
$150 – Border crossings (legal entry\/exit fees, visa prolongation)
$110 – FollowTheRoad t-shirts and cards
$270 – two second hand desktop computers for work in Cuenca (still on sale)
$180 – accommodation (70% in Cuba, Jan’07)
$300 – intercity transport (50% in Cuba)<\/p>\n

Income <\/span>(total $5’700):
$600 – Writing articles about our trip (Lithuanian travel magazine and CoolWorks.com blog)
$3700 – Programming websites
$1400 – Other<\/p>\n

Year 2007 balance -$5’200<\/p>\n

TRANSPORT<\/span><\/p>\n

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Transport relatively does not cost for us, as most of the time we hitch-hike. During the first 2 years (2006-2007) we have traveled around 27000 km by hitch-hiking, and additionally we have spent in total $375 dollars (4700 km) for the buses, trains and boats. $170 (2100 km) out of all expenses for the intercity public transport, we have left in Cuba, as over there the controled political system and rules make hitch-hiking extreemly difficult. By the way, we always pay for the city transport whenever we need to use it.<\/p>\n

ACCOMMODATION<\/span>
Accommodation we normally get for free, as we carry a 3 kg tent. We sleep either inside the tent or inside the houses of local people. During the same two years 2006-2007 we have spent $400 for accommodation, and half of these expenses we had in Cuba (21 days, $260 – Jan-Feb, 2007). After making quick calculation, we see that accommodation roughly costs $0.27 per person per day (5 months appartment rental in Cuenca, Ecuador is not included).<\/p>\n

FOOD<\/span>
In Mexico and Central America most of the time we were preparing food for ourselves. We carry a camp stove<\/a>, which works with ordinary unleaded petrol for the cars. When we arrived to Panama, we noticed that for $2 it is possible to get rice, beans and a salad (we are vegetarians). So we started to buy such plate in the side street restaurants. In South America, specially in Ecuador, lunch is served for $1.00-$1.50, which makes eating “outside” even more affordable. We are talking about a very local restaurants for local people or hot food served in the markets, no luxury…<\/p>\n

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Before finishing this article, we will admit, that at the begining of our trip we tried to fit into the $3\/person budget per day. Actually, $10\/day for a couple of travellers hitch-hiking around and sleeping in a tent in Cetral America should be more than enough. Some of the South American countries seem to be cheaper, so in this case the bugdet might be even lower.<\/p>\n

When we were traveling in Africa<\/a> (2004) for around 2 months, we have spent almost $700 each. As Augustas holds a Lithuanian passport, he needed visas for every country, so the earlier mentioned $700 also includes $200 left in different embassies. Cost for visas over there were typically around $20-$50, and sometimes even up to $100. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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