last night, with some fear and trepidation, i looked over our bank account and funds. ouch! things are not looking good. we spent wayyy too much money in japan. we really should have stayed there for like half of the time that we did. in the end, it looks like we somehow blew through about 7,500$ between the two of us in just 5 weeks. to put that in perspective, that’s the same amount of money we spent in the previous 4 and a half months. yeah. ouch. 4.5 months in india, myanmar, thailand, singapore, and indonesia costs us the same as just 5 weeks in japan.
initially when we started out this trip, the plan was to come home in mid-september. we were doing pretty well financially though, and spending little, so as we kept adding countries, we decided that probably we would end up extending our trip until the end of december and get to see most of the places we really wanted to see. but i think that our excesses in japan may have put an end to all that. staying out till the end of december seems pretty much out of the question now, and with some *huge* plane ticket prices looming in the near future (africa to s.america), i really am starting to wonder how much longer this really will all last. i dunno… maybe the end is near…
*sigh*
so, with all that in mind, i have a question for all of you out there. i’ve been doing a tiny bit of contract work out here while on the road. luckily for me, i can do work pretty much anywhere that has an internet cafe. so, does anyone out there know of anyone or any company that needs any web programming work done? i’m well versed in: asp.net/c sharp/vb script/asp/mysql/sql/php. i can set up databases etc as well. well, anyways, lemme know!
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I’ll pull for ya man … I know Ray Galong has some stuff with Hayes and Defeet. And there’s that always looming vBulletin upgrade. And I want to change the photoPOST galleries to Copermine. I’m in France for two weeks (tour de france babaaay!) But I’ll mention it once again. Good luck!!
yeah, if CR needs any work, totally let me know. i’d love to earn some extra dollars. so, how’s france? are you in paris? or where?
Yeah, I kept reading your entries in Japan and thinking $$$. I averaged about $77/day in Japan and I was in dorms and eating at 7-11. A lot of the cost was my train pass.
Hi guys,
It was great to meet you and hope you arrive safely in St Peterburg (you never know with these Russian airlines). By the way, the Buryat history museum was great, we saw the baby growing :). Hope to hear from you soon!
Good luck to you!
Did you get my email? Also, does the end is near mean South America in December won’t happen…
man.. i *wish* i averaged that much!! i think we let loose a bit too much there. ate good food. had *decent* hotels. ugh. we were too used to living good (as its easy to do in cheap countries for hardly any money), and it was hard to really be frugal..
i *hope* it will happen. i’m gonna have to do a serious assessment of my finances. how flex are you schedulewise?? if we had to do it maybe november or even as early as october, would that work??
oh, and yes, i got your email.. sorry i havent written back yet.. i’ve ben a bit sucky about emails lately… i’ll write soon though!!!
December would work best, but that doesn’t mean the other months are out of the questions. When you know more, I will, too…
I just wanted to make sure you got it… you can respond whenever… mostly, I wanted to know about SA.
Hi guys! It was great to meet you, too. 🙂 Yeah, we made it to St. Pete, and you were right — it’s so nice here! Our hostel, as you predicted, has no hot water, but it’s really clean, and close to Nevsky Prospekt. I hope your trip is going well. Ciao!
hey! i was really glad to meet you guys as well. glad you liked the history museum. well, good luck for the rest of your time in russia and have fun in china!!
But it looked like you had a lot of fun!