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Originally Posted by Tourider
Is it really? Why not go with a decent budget and be able to enjoy all that is on offer without permanently worrying about money.
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Imagine.
The dream of europe around starts in your head.
You google it.
The pics you see is a brand new R1200GSA with all the latest accecsories.
You see fancy dinners on pricey resturants.
You see nice hotels.
I dont want that.
I want to see the real europe.
Not just the tourist attractions, i want to see the poor countryside.
And i want to prove that you can do all this with a normal daytime job, a family at home in your house. Prove that you dont need to have that well paid job or save money for 10 years just to be able to do this.
Thats also why i pic the xt600 and not my Tiger 800 XC.
Just to prove you dont need all that luxury to have a lifetime experience.
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9 Oct 2016
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OK, seeing the real Europe:
If you do all your own cooking how do you experience the cuisine of each area? It doesn't have to be fancy but it might be authentic.
If you stay on campsites you are, I would have thought, in a tourist area and in the company of tourists (you might be in denial but you yourself are a tourist). If you stay in small B&B's etc. you may have some exposure to the locals and their culture.
I'm not anti-camping (I've done a lot of it myself) but I do find the "Adventure/Overlander" mantra of doing it "on a budget" a bit tedious. As for proving anything, for Christ sake you're only going on holiday not discovering a cure for cancer!
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Originally Posted by mbay
The pics you see is a brand new R1200GSA with all the latest accessories.
You see fancy dinners on pricey restaurants.
You see nice hotels.
I don't want that.
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Well, I'm not so sure I would agree with you on everything you said.
For sure, I would not want to have a brand new R1200GSA with all the latest accessories, because everyone would then mistake me for a German dentist.
But as for the fancy dinners and nice hotels, what's wrong with that?
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On a somewhat more serious note, to attempt to answer the question that the original poster raised:
Hostels are available in many communities, they offer you a warm and dry place to sleep & have a shower and meet other like-minded people for a very low cost. Camping out is fine, but after a few days, you might want to take a break and stay in a hostel for a change.
You can spend as much or as little as you want on food. For budget planning purposes, consider that whatever you spend on food when you are at home will be the absolute minimum you can get away with when you are on the road. You might want to increase your 'at home' food budget by perhaps 100% to allow for the fact that you won't be able to cook (at a campsite or hostel) every meal that you eat.
Michael
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