Bolivia was undoubtedly the cheapest country I had been in in South America. Unfortunately the expenses below don’t reflect that but there were extenuating circumstances. Staying at a party hostel was a necessity. I needed the diversion and a place to recharge and connect with people. I also stayed in…
Category: Finances
This section covers the costs of each leg of my adventure so as to provide a bit of an idea of how much was spent in each city/country.
I had no intention or expectations of spending so much time in Peru. To be honest, Peru never really held all that much intrigue for me. Sure there’s Macchu Pichu and while working with Peru Hop on their old site, I learned about the desert in Ica, and a couple…
I didn’t realize I spent as much time in Ecuador as I did. In truth I only went to a few places, the Galapagos, Montanita, and a few nights in random places as I rushed through the country to meet a friend in Peru and to avoid the USD expenses…
Well, I survived. When I left my old life I had no idea what to expect and whether I’d be able to afford living on the road. I had looked at my income and made some educated guesses but there was no way to know. Today, I know. Life on…
Colombia was a disaster in terms of tracking all my spending. Christmas and New Years were rather expensive, as I wanted something different in terms of food and drinks. There was a lot of activity at first but this was also where I got lost for a while and had…
Panama is the country I spent the least amount of time in. At 14 days, it was a bit of a pass-through country. I hadn’t planned on staying long and thought it would be a gateway to Colombia, which it was. I did spend most of the time in Bocas…
Costa Rica. Ugh. Ok, yes it’s beautiful, but god does it really have to be that expensive? It’s absurdly expensive and I don’t understand why. Of all the countries I’ve been to so far, this one made the least sense. Granted some of the places I went to were tourist…
Nicaragua was never on the radar. In fact I only went there because 1. I had to flee the costs of Costa Rica and 2. I was already so close I couldn’t find a reason not to at least check it out. I hadn’t planned on staying very long but…
Mexico is fantastic and still very affordable. It’s definitely a country I’ll spend more time in. My time there was split between about 2 weeks alone before V joined me and about a month or so alone after she left to go back home. The time spent with her was…
We only managed to go to 2 places in Guatemala: Finca Tatin in the jungle, and Antigua in the mountains. So all in all, V and I only spent 8 days there. What we wanted to do was climb a volcano and spend time in the jungle so that’s what…
We only went to 2 places in Belize and to be honest, that was enough. Belize was a let down and likely the country I liked the least. While the snorkeling/diving is breathtaking, there didn’t seem to be much else on offer. I’d go back for more snorkeling and diving,…
My time in Florida was spent at my Dad’s and my Aunt’s so housing costs were nil, but I still had lots to buy to prepare for the trip so travel investments were high and well, the USA is all-around expensive so it’s not surprise I still ended up spending…
Second stop and the ride continues. NYC was full of surprises but how expensive it turned out to be, wasn’t one of them. Despite staying with friends for most of the almost 2 weeks I was there, it managed to suck a good chunk of money out of my bank…
My first stop, and in truth, there was still lots to do in terms of securing my ability to work from abroad, things to buy, last minute details to take care of, research to do, etc. But here’s the breakdown for posterity’s sake of my Toronto expenses which included buying…