Believe it or not, the plan for this money was to buy a new car… True, a new car can be useful & really pleasant to drive, better than an 18 year old one… But is it really worth the money?… Instead, I finally decided to realize a dream I’ve had for a really long time: traveling around the world!
Still a budget needed to be considered as carefully as possible if I wanted to reach Australia in April 2010 – where I have a Working-Holiday Visa for a year – without too much trouble…
You’ll find below a non-exhaustive list of things I had to spend & what I also I bought for this trip.
|
Topic |
Details |
Price in € |
Comments |
Booking Date |
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Administrative |
Passport |
|
Already done |
|
|
Visa |
112 |
Australian Work & Travel Visa |
April 15 |
|
|
Bank charge |
27,48 |
fees for bank transfer to pay my ticket |
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Health |
Vaccines |
284 |
Booster Shot: Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Poliomyelitis Done: Hepatitis B To do: Hepatitis A-Typhoid, Rabies, Yellow-fever Luckily my German health insurance refunds most of the vaccines’ cost! (300€) |
April 1 1994 June 18 – 25 & July 10 |
|
Medical consultation |
53,4 |
Consultation & vaccinations |
|
|
|
Malaria tablets + mosquito spray |
85,58 |
Bought via Farmamundi! |
July 29 |
|
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First Aid kit |
12,95 |
Contents: Sterile gauze swabs 5×5cm, Conforming bandage… |
July 8 |
|
|
Travel insurance – Axa UK |
458 |
Including an extra pre-existing medical condition insurance (62€) |
July 6 |
|
|
Micropur tablet |
16,95 |
|
April 10 |
|
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Plaster Compeed |
8 |
|
August |
|
|
Transportation |
Train Paris – Boulogne-sur-Mer |
17,6 |
|
July 20 |
|
Eurostar Calais-Frethun – London |
62,6 |
|
|
|
|
RTW Flight |
2350 |
July 5 |
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Flight Boston-Seattle |
124 |
July 9 |
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Bus Seattle-Vancouver |
36 |
September 2 |
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Change RTW ticket |
250 |
Change destination & date flight: San-José to Lima |
September 14 |
|
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Ticket Lima-Arequipa |
150 |
|
September 15 |
|
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Equipment |
Jacket |
139 |
light, warm, wind stopper, waterproof |
|
|
Trousers x 3 |
177,95 |
light, quick-drying |
March-August |
|
|
Tee-shirt x 6 |
70 |
light, quick-drying |
April-July |
|
|
Pulls x 3 |
65,9 |
light, quick-drying |
July |
|
|
Underwear |
66 |
light, quick-drying |
April-July |
|
|
Pyjama |
14,99 |
light |
April |
|
|
Shoes |
218 |
trekking shoes, light & waterproof + summer trekking shoes |
June-July |
|
|
Sleeping bag |
130 |
|
May |
|
|
Backpack |
0 |
Farewell gift from work! |
June 22 |
|
|
Camel bag 2L |
19,99 |
|
July 23 |
|
|
Silk gloove |
3 |
|
July 8 |
|
|
Small bagpack |
6,9 |
|
April 10 |
|
|
Towel x2 |
22,8 |
light, quick-drying |
April 10 |
|
|
Torch dynamo |
9,9 |
|
April 10 |
|
|
USB stick 16GB |
29,99 |
|
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|
|
4722,98 |
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I planned to spend a big-maximum of 30€ per day until I reached Australia in April 2010. Hoping to find a job there as soon as possible…
