So we all know there's no one so cheap as a backpacker. So where are the cheapest places in the world to travel and live?
Failing that, what's the cheapest ways you can travel around different countries and how?
Like, you can rent a house in the Himalayas for 20-30 bucks a month, buy five kilos of rice, dal, chapatti flour for 5 bucks and then gather your own wood to cook.
Of course then you got to get your own pots first and if you smoke then charas will cost you more than everything else put together...
Still, i reckon you can live dirt cheap in the Himalayas for about $2 a day.
Anyone do better?
thats pretty hard to beat.
i spent 3 months in the canadian wilderness a decade ago. It cost $50 of gas to get there, and about $10 worth of supplies. For about 90 days, I didnt spend anymore money, as i fished, hunted, and gathered berries.
that's $0.67 per day.
Two days after getting out of the forest, I hit the bars and a good Chinese restaurant and blew $200 in one night.
Fuck man, you survived on berries like Yogi Bear?
Yeah, going natural is probably the all time cheapest way to go. If you live on a beach you can fish, if you now what kind of roots you can eat then you can get very thin in the bush. Just don't try surviving on rabbits - they leech vitamins from your body and you end up starving to death.
I lived in the woods in Andalucia, Spain and spent about 20 bucks on groceries each week, often getting the leftovers from the local markets. That worked fine living in a tent in summer, not sure I'd fancy winter that much.
No, there were plenty of trout, pike and slow fat ptarmigans. I ate well. Didnt catch any rabbits though.
Towards the end of stay, I must have fished the river out, and survived several days on blueberries alone. That was interesting. Everything turned out blue. When I came out of the woods, the guy who gave me a ride fed me some bacon, eggs and toast. The fat made me throw up. That was probably the healthiest I'd ever been. I'm different now. White collar job, short holidays, business class hotels.....amazing how fast you can get used to things. itching for a change of pace though.
Winters in Andalucia are pretty mild, arent they? Right down near the Costa de Luz, it can't go down much more than 10 degrees even at night. A good tent and sleeping bag will do you.
Tactless Wrote:Fuck man, you survived on berries like Yogi Bear?
Yeah, going natural is probably the all time cheapest way to go. If you live on a beach you can fish, if you now what kind of roots you can eat then you can get very thin in the bush. Just don't try surviving on rabbits - they leech vitamins from your body and you end up starving to death.
I lived in the woods in Andalucia, Spain and spent about 20 bucks on groceries each week, often getting the leftovers from the local markets. That worked fine living in a tent in summer, not sure I'd fancy winter that much.
You can get around Europe staying at campsites and then having all your stuff secure, showers, that kind of jazz for like 12 euros a day.
Then you can surivive on making your own sandwiches with bread, cheese and tomatoes from the supermarket for another 5 euros a day if you had to.
That's about as cheap as it can be done without sleeping out and dumpster diving.
Yeah, you can camp on almost any beach, anywhere. A good bet for high protein meals in the US and Canada is Peanut butter crackers. I'm not kidding. You can eat for a few dollars a day. Learn to live off the land and eat out of local markets obviously saves money. Really, sleeping rough and hitchhiking is the best way to travel cheap. I would never comprimise my diet. It's the one thing that keeps you going. If you don't eat, you die. One night I was sleeping out on the Thai side of the Cambodian Thai border next to a statue of the king and drank a beer to help me sleep. Yeah, it cost me 50 cents, but it really saved me five dollars. With the money I saved from my hotel I was able to eat and have a beer. Beds are over valued.
You know, i thiink eating is over rated.
Or at least that was how i felt this morning when i read in my indian newspaper that a Jain woman had just starved herself to death as part of a ritual way of leaving life behind.
I'm sure the king appreciated your toast though.
Tactless Wrote:You know, i thiink eating is over rated.
Or at least that was how i felt this morning when i read in my indian newspaper that a Jain woman had just starved herself to death as part of a ritual way of leaving life behind.
I'm sure the king appreciated your toast though.
whats up with these jains anyway?
love the concept, but they are overdoing this self-sacrificial thing.
anyone wonder how such a noble and austere religion can end up being amongst the wealthiest groups in india (and in the west, for those who immigrate)
In Romania for example, you can hit the mountains with a lil' food supplies and do well. I dont know exactly the money you need but, with 100$ you can have a nice trip (of course, asuming that you already have the appropriate gear,e.g: good backpack, tent, sleeping bag and other equipm.) Mountains are great here, beautiful sights, wonderful landscapes.
pfff Wrote:In Romania for example, you can hit the mountains with a lil' food supplies and do well. I dont know exactly the money you need but, with 100$ you can have a nice trip (of course, asuming that you already have the appropriate gear,e.g: good backpack, tent, sleeping bag and other equipm.) Mountains are great here, beautiful sights, wonderful landscapes.
been hoping to go there. hear a lot about the mountains and how its supposed to have the best wildlife in europe. would you recommand starting off with brasov? (assuming you know romania well enough to recommand it).
wouldnt mind buying a cabin somewhere out in the romanian sticks.