When I was 19 I went to Chile to a) supplement my crap university spanish b) check out girls. My game plan was to work to offset the money I would be spending but it didn't work out like that. In any country if you want to work you will probably change your lifestyle to having a fixed abode and then you start wanting to buy 'bits n pieces' that just cost money.
You still go to the pub the same, spend the same money, but your earning capacity is pathetic. And I spoke such bad Spanish I couldn’t impress any girls…
With the bundle you’ve accumulated I wouldn’t worry about trying to supplement your money in less developed countries, only the OECD type options. Now that I am planning to travel again (I’m 24) I have in mind taking 2-3 months volunteer work in South America, hopefully in exchange for a place to stay. I am travelling on about 5000 GBP maybe a shade more.
I’m not really telling you what to do but in retrospect I felt mistakenly I ‘had’ to work when really my savings went a long way through being frugal and not going to the pricey restaurants. Also if you are casual in your plans, things may fall in your lap. My last weekend in South America I got offered a job in a bar next to the best hostel in Buenos Aires. Unfortunately time was up!
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