Solo travelling around sea for 3 months for £3000? Where to spend my time?
Replies: 6 - Last Post: Nov 18, 2012 11:54 AM Last Post By: ohsky
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Solo travelling around sea for 3 months for £3000? Where to spend my time?
I'm planning on taking a gap year around Thailand,Cambodia,Vietnam and maybe Laos for 3 months. Would £1000 a month be enough to travel and stay in decent hostels,and to see some of the sights? The £3000 doesn't include the plane tickets though,my parents kindly offered to pay for that.Also is 4 countries too much for 3 months? Or would it be better to stay in 2/3 countries for longer?
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hi£1000 a month for SE Asia is a good budget....you should have no problems getting to see and do all that is on offer. Generally a month in each of the countries mentioned is good however fitting an extra country in shouldnt be a problem.......i guarantee you will meet other backpackers trying to do the same in less time. i would suggest spending a full month in Vietnam, fantastic place to travel and cheap, and dividing the remaining 8 weeks between the other 3 countries.
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Dont forget about things like travel insurance, inoculation's, backpack, gear etc. that can eat into your budget. All though i agree it is a good budget never hurts to save up abit more to give you some freedom and some big nights out could obviously hit the budget if your not careful. I am in se asia now and its the perfect place to not to far ahead im always staying longer places i like and getting bored at others and leaving sooner than i expected etc.6
I should have mentioned that the £3000 that I have budgeted is only for food,hostels,the travel between places and general spending money.I have saved almost 4000 so I'm hoping that the extra 1000 will cover travel insurance,anything else I need to buy and I hope I have money left over in case I overspend,I'm not very good at budgeting though so I guess I'll need to learn.
