Advice on RTW trip costing
I wonder if anyone can help me, I'm looking for some very rough advice.
Planning on a RTW trip, but it will take me around 5 years to save up enough.
Now would £50,000 be enough for a 2-3 year trip, including the cost of the bike?
I realise that its very much a 'how long is a piece of string?' type question, I just need some guidance that the figure i'm aiming towards is realistic!
The proposed route would be as follows...
Leave UK, down through Europe pretty quickly, through Turkey, Syria, Jordan. Ferry to Egypt, down to Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa. Then I plan to ship the bike to Brazil; travel down to Argentina and Chile, then up the Pacific coast through Central America if possible, to the states and possibly Canada. From there the trip is a little hazy...
The prefered option is ship to Aus, then Indonesia, Malaysia, Thialand, Laos, Vietnam, China (I understand there are issues re needing a guide there? - the costs may rule China out), then India and back to Europe via Pakistan and Iran.
USA - Russia - Europe would also be an option, but i would rather the Asian route shown above.
I wouldnt consider my living costs to be that excessive, cheap hostels/hotels are fine, and i would certainly force myself to start liking camping before I left!
My current estimates are as follows...
35,000 miles, 3 years or 1095 days
Fuel = £6,300 (from 30mpg at £1.20 per liter (high british prices!))
Food = £16,425 (£15 per day)
Accom. = £10,950 (£10 per night)
Carnet = £5,000 using insurance
Visas etc = £2,000
Bike & Kit = £8,000
Other = £2,000
Total = £50,675
Would be great if anyone has any observations or advice! Budgeting for how much i'll be spending each day in the middle of say, Zambia, just blows my mind.
Also the 3 years is totally a stab in the dark at how long it would take!
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