Travel
We recently spent just over six weeks (47 days including travel days from Mexico) touring Colombia. I wanted to detail our expenses over that period of time so that others can judge if they can afford to do the same type of trip.
Including our airfare from Mexico City to Medellin, Colombia, we spent a total of $3,062 CAD ($2,250 USD) for the two of us. That figure includes all food, travel, accommodation, booze, and entertainment.
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- November Expenses
We'll do another update mid December after our Colombia trip is over to be able to show you what it cost in total for the entire six week trip. In the meantime, we'll continue with our standard monthly report, detailing what we spent during November....
- Good News And Bad News...
Both of them to do with traveling! Actually, the good news is great news. And the bad news isn't really so bad...just an annoyance. So, since the bad news isn't really that bad, lets get that out of the way first! Our return flight from Medellin,...
- If It Were My Home...
We're quickly realizing that six weeks in Colombia will not be long enough. Just the same as when we spent four weeks in South Korea, and South Korea is a lot smaller than Colombia. I came across an interesting website the other day that compares...
- Colombia - More Negative Than Mexico?
As you may know, we are going to spend 6 weeks touring Colombia this fall. When we announced this, the first thing my mother says is along the lines of "Can't you pick a friendly country?" Well, I think one of the reasons that we want to...
- Los Barriles (day 4)
Thursday January 31...11:00pm End of the month, and in adding up our expenses, we find that this has easily been our cheapest month yet. Including miscellaneous expenses such as entertainment, meals out, propane, booze, laundry, etc, we spent a total...
Travel
Colombia, on $39 USD per day
We recently spent just over six weeks (47 days including travel days from Mexico) touring Colombia. I wanted to detail our expenses over that period of time so that others can judge if they can afford to do the same type of trip.
Including our airfare from Mexico City to Medellin, Colombia, we spent a total of $3,062 CAD ($2,250 USD) for the two of us. That figure includes all food, travel, accommodation, booze, and entertainment.
Click here to read more...
- November Expenses
We'll do another update mid December after our Colombia trip is over to be able to show you what it cost in total for the entire six week trip. In the meantime, we'll continue with our standard monthly report, detailing what we spent during November....
- Good News And Bad News...
Both of them to do with traveling! Actually, the good news is great news. And the bad news isn't really so bad...just an annoyance. So, since the bad news isn't really that bad, lets get that out of the way first! Our return flight from Medellin,...
- If It Were My Home...
We're quickly realizing that six weeks in Colombia will not be long enough. Just the same as when we spent four weeks in South Korea, and South Korea is a lot smaller than Colombia. I came across an interesting website the other day that compares...
- Colombia - More Negative Than Mexico?
As you may know, we are going to spend 6 weeks touring Colombia this fall. When we announced this, the first thing my mother says is along the lines of "Can't you pick a friendly country?" Well, I think one of the reasons that we want to...
- Los Barriles (day 4)
Thursday January 31...11:00pm End of the month, and in adding up our expenses, we find that this has easily been our cheapest month yet. Including miscellaneous expenses such as entertainment, meals out, propane, booze, laundry, etc, we spent a total...