Round The World

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hello people, im going round the world on november 10th.
i have a rough guess of how much im taking (im working on a budget so its hostels and cheap stuff). was wondering if anyone had been to these places and could give me a judge on how much they spent etc. any info is welcome!

thailand 5 weeks
cambodia 2 weeks
vietnam 2 weeks
laos 1 week
malaysia 2 weeks
hong kong 1 week
australia 5 weeks
fiji 2 weeks
hawaii 1 week
LA and las vegas 2 weeks

thanks!

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well really its 5 days in hawaii...

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any help will do! someone help! lol

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I've backpacked around Thailand, Laos and Malaysia a number of times since 1995, each time for periods of between 1 and 4 months, and from personal experience I would recommend you take as much money as you can afford and if possible, have access to more if required.

Obviously it depends on what you want to do when out there: doing little else than sitting in a hammock on your beach hut porch for a month reading books is going to be cheaper than taking trips, seeing the sights and travelling to different places. Of course you 'can' do it on the cheap, but there's no point going all that way and not being able to experience it properly through lack of funds. Worrying if you can afford to do stuff 'and still eat this week' can be pretty soul destroying... I've done it.

The best advice I can give is do a bit of research: decide on a few things you know you'd definitely like to do/experience in each Country, find out current costs and budget accordingly. Also look at/sign up to some travel/backpacker forums and pick everyone's brains... they'll be no shortage of advice from people who've just come back, who will be more than pleased to pass on information...

Have a look here for South East Asia: http://www.khaosanroad.com/

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oh no that really does help! yeah ive had a look at places i want to go to in each place and prices etc.
did you go to cambodia at all? im trying to fid a firing range where you can shoot AK47's. you heard of it?

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''oh no that really does help!''

lol... it's kind of pointless anyone telling you how much they spent in each respective country as everybody has their own agenda/plans whilst away!

At a rough guess, you're going away for 6 months: I'd budget on a grand a month (£250 a week which works out at approx £35 a day) not including your flights.

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^ That would be the minimum I'd allow for the reasons I stated in my first post...

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yeah when i type i somethign dont make sense! haha

thank you for your help though!