Expenses

  • Europe was about 2-3 times more expensive than Asia. We usually spent about $30 day (for the two of us) in Asia whereas we had to really work at staying around $60/day in Europe.
  • We also noticed that the cost of 3 meals for the two of us was roughly equivalent to the cost of one night's accomodation for the two of us, regardless of the country.
  • "Restaurants" below implies any food we didn't cook, including food stalls and hostels that served food for a small fee.

Country Days Average Daily Expense for the two of us in US$ 
(food, lodging, public transportation)
Fiji 7   restaurants
New Zealand 20 43.00 12 cities -- cooking
Australia 54 62.68 7 cities -- cooking
Hong Kong 7 54.29 restaurants
Singapore 9 63.33 restaurants
Malaysia 9 37.77 Kuala Lumpur, Penang -- restaurants
Thailand      
  • south/beaches
 28 34.33 restaurants
  • middle/Bangkok
 5 34.33 restaurants
  • north/trekking
 5 0.00 restaurants/trek meals free
Nepal 8 29.63 Kathmandu, Pokhara -- restaurants
India 5 42.30 Delhi, Agra -- restaurants
Great Britain 26 65.38 restaurants in London, cooking elsewhere
Greece 21 ?   :-( Athens, 3 islands -- restaurants
Ireland 3.5 54.29 Dublin -- cooking
Northern Ireland 3 58.52 Belfast -- cooking
France 10 43.21 Paris -- stayed with friends
Switzerland 2.5 78.44 Berne, Interlaken -- cooking
Italy 5 79.14 Rome, Venice -- restaurants
Austria 5.5 53.52 Vienna, Salzburg -- restaurants
Germany 5 107.72 Munich, Berlin -- restaurants
Czechoslovakia 4 31.84 Prague -- restaurants
Poland 6.5 33.04 Krakow, Warsaw -- restaurants
Sweden 12 41.81 Malmo, Stockholm -- stayed with friends
Netherlands 2.5 70.04 Amsterdam -- restaurants
Belgium 1 162.37 Brussels -- splurged, our last city