Where’s the money?

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Some friends of ours had told us one of the greatest things they did while in Africa was to visit the Mountain Gorillas in Uganda.  They were able to go to the National Park Office, buy a permit in cash, and then make their way to see the Gorillas.  Unfortunately it wasn’t so simple for [...]

Two Years of Travel Costs Less Than You Think?

Two Years of Travel Costs Less Than You Think?

We’ve made no secret of our budgets as we’ve posted our spending for each and every country we’ve passed through along the way. Just about everything included brings us to a grand total of: $59,114 That number is for both of us for 21 months of travel. It includes all of our airfare, (except the [...]

Budget for Backpacking Asia

Budget for Backpacking Asia

We spent nearly three months in Asia and found things to be a good bit more expensive than we’d expected. This was for a few reasons but mostly had to do with needing a visa for almost every country (included in the ‘Misc’  column in the table below) in the region and using planes to [...]

How to make your travel dreams a reality

How to make your travel dreams a reality

So you want to go overseas this year, but you aren’t ready to sell it all and vagabond your way around the world? You don’t have to quit your job, give up your apartment and sell your worldly possessions to have an amazing travel adventure in 2011. And I’m not talking about just staying home [...]