In this final report, you’ll find the complete itinerary of our 2021/2022 world tour trip, our expenses by country and category (transport, equipment, health, activities, accommodation…) and our favorites.
ℹ️ Presentation
We are a couple of travelers on a 16-month round-the-world trip through North and South America, Southeast Asia, as well as Australia and New Zealand. We are backpacking with a limited budget.
You can find more details about our itinerary and budget by visiting our website: lesgourmetsnomades.fr.
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🛣️ Our Itineraries
✈️ Our Journey
🥰 WORLD TOUR SUMMARY 🌍
⌛ Duration
16 months
478 days
3 birthdays
1 Christmas
🌍 Journey
16 countries
4 continents
4 land borders crossed
✈️ Airplanes
16 planes taken, including layovers
7117€ spent on plane tickets
2 planes taken due to closed land borders (Covid)
Equivalent to €625 of plane tickets that could have been avoided
2 Atlantic crossings
1 Pacific crossing
💰 Global Budget
25,000€ per person, which amounts to an average of 52€ per person per day.
- 12,901€ for transportation, excluding international.
- 8,944€ for food.
- 6,367€ for activities/tourism.
- 5,811€ for accommodation.
👛 Budget by Country
Pays | Overall Budget | Days | Daily Budget per Person |
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 1255€ | 23 | 27€ |
🇨🇦 Canada | 3729€ | 40 | 47€ |
🇲🇽 Mexico | 2344€ | 34 | 34€ |
🇬🇹 Guatemala | 1392€ | 18 | 39€ |
🇵🇪 Peru | 1639€ | 29 | 28€ |
🇧🇴 Bolivia | 1491€ | 26 | 29€ |
🇦🇷 Argentina | 2651€ | 38 | 35€ |
🇧🇷 Brazil | 626€ | 7 | 45€ |
🇹🇭 Thailand | 2147€ | 30 | 36€ |
🇰🇭 Cambodia | 1622€ | 27 | 30€ |
🇻🇳 Vietnam | 1457€ | 26 | 28€ |
🇲🇾 Malaysia | 2376€ | 43 | 28€ |
🇸🇬 Singapore | 516€ | 6 | 43€ |
🇮🇩 Indonesia | 3347€ | 44 | 38€ |
🇦🇺 Australia | 5562€ | 42 | 66€ |
🇳🇿 New-Zealand | 4880€ | 42 | 53€ |
💵 17 different currencies used (2 currencies in Cambodia)
🏥 Health
1238€ for health insurance
3 claims to insurance
2 cases of traveler’s diarrhea, each
5 PCR tests, each
7 vaccines received, each
🎒 Backpack
15kg and 13kg on our backs
€1300 worth of equipment each
5000km on foot (Paris – Petra, Jordan)
That’s an average of 10.5km per day
🚌 Van
3 vans purchased or rented (Canada, Australia, New Zealand)
18,000km traveled in total
❤️ Our favorite countries
(Based on our experiences)
🖼️ Landscapes
🇳🇿 New Zealand / 🇦🇷 Argentina
👨🍳 Local Food
🇹🇭 Thailand / 🇮🇩 Indonesia
🥰 Kindness of the locals
🇰🇭 Cambodia / 🇮🇩 Indonesia
🏛️ Culture
🇲🇽 Mexico / 🇵🇪 Peru / 🇹🇭 Thailand
👩🏼🤝👨🏻 Experiences
🇬🇹 Climbing Acatenango, Guatemala
🇧🇴 A week in the Amazon, Bolivia
🇹🇭 A week looking after elephants, Thailand
💬 The last word…
It’s impossible to list all the wonderful people we’ve met on this trip, or even all the things we’ve learned or seen.
But if there’s one thing to remember, it’s that leaving is not a chance, but a choice.
If you really want to, you have to dare to leave. You can do it. The aftermath is bound to be beautiful and enriching.
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