The 5000 Project

This isn’t a list of everything that I have spent money on, otherwise the page would be too long – its pretty much the cost of living for the cheapest spots of each area, and transport + visa costs.

Summary per location

Bali (not kuta)

30 day visa on arrival – $25
Fried rice/noodles – $1
Large bottle of water – 30c
Internet cafe / hr – $1
Bus ticket to malang – $15

Malang

No idea with food, the family I was staying with paid for everything
Internet / hr – 50c
Train ticket to yogjakarta (last ticket, aircon) – $21

Yogjakarta

Night in main tourist strip – $7
Outside of tourist strip:
Fried rice/noodles – 50c
Internet – 20c
Bus to anywhere in the city – 30c
Prambanan temple – $14
Bus to borobodur temple 1 way – $2
Borobodur temple fee – $15
Train to Jakarta no aircon – $13

Jakarta

Motorbike from train station for 8km in peak hr – $5
Bus to anywhere – $1
Rice/noodles – $3
Outskirts of city:
Rice/noodles – 80c
Bus to Palembang – $22

Palembang

Public bus – 50c
Nasi padang (rice with 3 other dishes) – $1
Minivan to Jambi – $6.50

Jambi

Car to tungkal – $5
Ferry tungkal -> Batam – $27.50

Batam

Ferry to singapore ~$15 didn’t write it down :(

Singapore

Night in far too clean dorm room – $18
Bus to johor bahru – $2
Small bottle of cheapest beer – $5

Tioman

Can of beer – $1 (although that is when I bought 3, bar special)
Bottle of rum – $8
A meal – ~$2
Sharing a bungalow with two others – $5/night
Fishing rod – $8
Ferry two way – $20

Endour rompin

Shoes – $11
Tent hire – $5/night
Campsite – $3/night/site

Taman nagara

Entry fee + camp fee $4
Mosquito net – $12
Sleeping bag – $13
Dorm accom in base camp – $3/night

This is about the time when I lost the discipline to continue posting cost updates. Below is a paste of the cost summary per country, as a straight paste from my bank statement:

Cost Summary per Country

Indonesia:
18/04/2011 Wdl ATM BANDARA NGURAH RAI DENPASAR IDN IDR10000.00 $109.88 (The bad start, expensive hotel)
18/04/2011 Wdl ATM Commonwealth Bank MELASTI – BAL IDN IDR15000.00 $173.27
26/04/2011 Wdl ATM TAMAN WISATA BOROBUDUR MAGELANG IDN IDR10000.00 $108.62
13/05/2011 Wdl ATM PLN UB SBS PALEMBANG IDN IDR5000.00 $55.27
16/05/2011 Wdl ATM Commonwealth Bank IMAM BONJOL, IDN IDR5000.00 $58.53
(Duration: 18/4/2011 -> 17/4/2011 = 29 days)
Indonesia Total: $505.57 $17/day (should be less, crossed to singapore with some indo money)

Singapore:
17/05/2011 Wdl ATM UOB A0570101 SINGAPORE SGP SGD50.00 $38.18
(Duration: 17/5/2011 -> 19/5/2011 = 3 days)
Singapore Total: $38.18 $12/day (left quickly, this would be a lot more if I stayed longer, plus I still had some indo money exchanged)

Malaysia:
20/05/2011 Wdl ATM RHB BANK MALAYSIA SL TODAY’S MA MYS MYR300.00 $94.03
20/05/2011 Wdl ATM PBB – MSG1 087 JOHOR MYS MYR300.00 $94.03
26/05/2011 Wdl ATM AMBANK BERHAD MSG TTW1 MYS MYR300.00 $94.13
05/06/2011 Wdl ATM AMBANK BERHAD TUMPAT MYS MYR200.00 $62.85
(Duration: 19/5/2011 -> 6/6/2011 = 18 days)
Malaysia Total: $345.04 $19/day

Thailand:
08/06/2011 Wdl ATM KRUNG THAI BANK SONGKHLA THA THB1150.00 $35.79
10/06/2011 Wdl ATM UOBT ATM BANGKOK THA THB3150.00 $98.74
13/06/2011 Wdl ATM TRAD FERRY PORT TRAT THA THB3150.00 $99.21 ~$50*
(Duration 6/6/2011 -> 14/6/2011 = 9 days)
Thailand Total: $184.53 $20.50/day
*crossed the border with $50 worth of thai money

Cambodia:
16/06/2011 Wdl ATM ABOA ABA ATM.SMILE MIN PHNOM PENH KHM USD104.00 $98.06
22/06/2011 Wdl ATM Toul Tumpoung CITY KHM USD104.00 $98.54
Thai money +$50
(Duration 14/5/2011 -> 26/6/2011 = 12 days)
Cambodia Total: $246.60 $20.55/day

Vietnam:
26/06/2011 Wdl ATM Commonwealth Bank 90 LE LOI TRA VNM VND300000.00 $14.38
28/06/2011 Wdl ATM DA LAT – PGD MINH KHAI HANOI VNM VND1020000.00 $47.74
29/06/2011 Wdl ATM DA LAT – PGD MINH KHAI HANOI VNM VND2020000.00 $94.07
06/07/2011 Wdl ATM ACB PGD PHO CO HOI AN NAM ATM 01 VNM VND1030000.00 $46.88
09/07/2011 Wdl ATM SGD 198 TRAN QUANG KHA HANOI VNM VND1020000.00 $46.32
08/08/2011 Wdl ATM KS THUY LAM HA NOI VNM VND1030000.00 $48.30
12/08/2011 Wdl ATM BARD LAO CAI VNM VND1020000.00 $48.19
(Duration 26/6/2011 -> 12/8/2011 – 25days* = 21days) *Emergency trip home
Vietnam Total: $392.76 $18.70/day

China:
14/08/2011 Wdl ATM HEKOU GEJIU CHN CNY600.00 $91.34
18/08/2011 Wdl ATM Gucheng local branch DALI CHN CNY700.00 $104.29
22/08/2011 Wdl ATM Sifang Street,Lj LIJIANG CHN CNY700.00 $105.86
25/08/2011 Wdl ATM Sifang Street,Lj LIJIANG CHN CNY1000.00 $150.06
02/09/2011 Wdl ATM MAANBEILU CHENGDU CHN CNY1000.00 $147.02
05/09/2011 Wdl ATM CHENG DU CHENGDU CHN CNY1000.00 $147.62
09/09/2011 Wdl ATM 010.064.038.073 CHENGDU CHN CNY1000.00 $148.13
10/09/2011 Wdl ATM NO9 RENMINBEI RD Chengdu CHN CNY1000.00 $150.53
15/09/2011 Wdl ATM LZ ZhangYe Road 143 GANSU CHN CNY1000.00 $154.13
21/09/2011 Wdl ATM DHNJZHH JIUQUAN CHN CNY1000.00 $153.30
26/09/2011 Wdl ATM CCB CCB.XINJIANGBRANC CCB.XINJIA CHNCNY1000.00 $162.58
07/10/2011 Wdl ATM CCB CCB.XINJIANGBRANC CCB.XINJIA CHNCNY1000.00 $163.96 * Kyrgyz visa money
12/10/2011 Wdl ATM NO100CHANGANZHONGROAD Xian CHN CNY2000.00 $319.12
30/10/2011 Wdl ATM KASHI URUMQI CHN CNY1000.00 $148.75
(Duration 12/08/2011 -> 30/10/2011 = 79days)
China total: $2146.69 $27.17/day **Inaccurate daily average due to visa costs

Kyrgyzstan:
05/11/2011 Wdl ATM ATM 112 “OSH” BRANCH OSH KGZ KGS4000.00 $84.78
10/11/2011 Wdl ATM ATM 474 “ZHIBEK ZHOLU” BISHKEK KGZ USD200.00 $197.04
14/11/2011 Wdl ATM ATM 474 “ZHIBEK ZHOLU” BISHKEK KGZ KGS4500.00 $96.52
22/11/2011 Wdl ATM ATM 474 “ZHIBEK ZHOLU” BISHKEK KGZ USD200.00 $203.98
29/11/2011 Wdl ATM ATM 189 ZHIBEK ZHOLU # BISHKEK KGZ USD200.00 $201.92 *
29/11/2011 Wdl ATM ATM 189 ZHIBEK ZHOLU # BISHKEK KGZ USD200.00 $201.92 * Uzbek+Iran Visa money
(Duration 30/10/2011 -> 29/11/2011 = 30days)
Kyrgyzstan Total: $986.16 $32.87/day **Inaccurate daily average due to visa costs

~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: At this point the project had failed, I had only just gone over the $5000 limit, not anticipating china costs for tourist locations and visa costs for central asia was the main reason for failure ~~~~~~~

Uzbekistan + Turkmenistan + Iran + Armenia:
10/12/2011 Wdl ATM ATM Khiva Hiva UZB USD500.00 $494.66
** No International ATMs in Turkmenistan or Iran so the money had to be enough to last
(Uzbekistan Duration: 1/12/2011 -> 28/12/2011 = 28 days)
(Turkmenistan Duration: 28/12/2011 -> 1/1/2012 = 4 days)
(Iran Duration: 1/1/2012 -> 25/1/2012 = 25 days)
(Armenia Duration: 25/1/2012 -> 1/2/2012 = 7 days)
4 Countries, 64 days = $494.66 $7.7/day

Georgia:
02/02/2012 Wdl ATM ATM TBC-243 (Tb. Centr Tbilisi GEO GEL200.00 $113.57
07/02/2012 Wdl ATM PCG 10 Chavchavadze Av BATUMI GEO USD100.00 $93.66 **25 USD for the turkey visa
(Duration: 1/2/2012 -> 9/2/2012 = 9 days)
Georgia Total: $207.23 $23.02/day **Inaccurate daily average due to visa costs

Turkey:
09/02/2012 Wdl ATM TRABZON DEGIRMENDERE S TRABZON TUR TRY200.00 $106.91
13/02/2012 Wdl ATM ISBANK/3154-2994/NEVSE NEVSEHIR TUR TRY250.00 $134.00
24/02/2012 Wdl ATM ISBANK/0809-2818/OTOGA MUGLA TUR TRY250.00 $135.37
04/03/2012 Wdl ATM CANAKKALE SB 1 MERKEZ CANAKKALE TUR TRY200.00 $106.31
(Duration: 9/2/2012 -> 10/3/2012 = 31 days)
Turkey Total: $513.28 $16.55/day

~~~ Knowing that I was running on no money, this is when I started to speed up the travel, expensive europe was approaching, couchsurfing and hitchhiking were the only options

Bulgaria:
11/03/2012 Wdl ATM PLOVDIV,AVTOGARA RODOP PLOVDIV BGR BGN200.00 $127.08
19/03/2012 Wdl ATM RFB ATM 056715 SOFIA BGR BGN100.00 $64.04
Serbia:
19/03/2012 Wdl ATM RBRS ILIJE GARASININA BEOGRAD SRB RSD5000.00 $56.60
24/03/2012 Wdl ATM SOCIETE GENERALE SRBIJ BELGRADE SRBRSD5000.00 $57.58
Hungary + Austria:
27/03/2012 Wdl ATM KH BANK BUDAPEST HUN HUF5000000 $219.59
Czech Republic:
06/04/2012 Wdl ATM RAIFFEISENBANK A.S. BRNO CZE CZK2000.00 $104.30
09/04/2012 Wdl ATM CSOB 1702 BRNO BRNO CZE CZK2000.00 $103.27
Germany + Netherlands + Belgium:
18/04/2012 Wdl ATM OSTSAECHSISCHE SPK DRE SBGOMPITZ DEUEUR300.00 $378.17
(Duration: 10/3/2012 -> 8/5/2012 = 58 days)
Total Europe: $1110.63 $19.14/day

Grand Total: $7171.33 in a 12 month journey from Bali to London (not including the 3 week trip back)