I had the same problem in the US, then compound that with a couple of cruise ships. I’m very much looking forward to getting back to Asia in February, I always feel much better for eating right.

Hi mysterious traveller! Well, of course, you could make your trip as cheap or expensive as you like, but for people who backpack as we do, I’d expect it to work out cheaper just about every time. We live in Australia normally, our mortgage payments were tiny and still, toting up what we paid on utilities, council payments, food, etc, it came to a lot! One heck of a lot more than we spend on the road. If it didn’t then this sort of travel wouldn’t have been an option for us. Also remember that Asia is our continent of choice, we spend most of our time there and got by on around $50/day. We’re in the expensive countries now, UK and USA, but still, it’s not so bad. If you were really pushed for cash you could always couch surf, plenty of people do. The trick is, spend a day or two in the expensive parts, months in the cheap parts. Thanks for commenting!