Monday 31 December 2007



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Sunday 30 December 2007

Christmas 2009

Happy belated Christmas 2009 and hope you have a great New Year too!

Below: Scenes from the Christmas Peace Declaration in Naantali.

Christmas in Naantali

Below: MoominWorld surrounded by the frozen sea.



Below: The frozen sea at the summer house, Jen and her sisters, our Christmas Tree and Jen with a burnt hand - it's fine now.




Video below: the first clip shows us crossing the frozen sea on the way to the summer house. The next clip is the last half mile to the summer house (Silent Night just happened to be playing on the radio). Clip three is Kimi the dog welcoming us, clip four shows the log fire and the final clip shows the inside of the cottage – just before the crowds arrive.


Sunday 27 May 2007

Round the World (RTW) Trip Costs

Many people have asked us along the way how much the trip has cost. In a spirit of openness, here's the final figures. You may be surprised to find out what good value a year of travel is, both on the mind and on the purse. All data is for the period 14 May 2008 to 14 May 2009 and costs are for two people unless stated otherwise.

Table 1: Expenditure by country (GBP)
Table 2: Expenditure by country (Local Currency Equivalent)
Table 3: Trekking costs in Nepal
Chart 1:
Total Costs per country (GBP)
Chart 2: Average daily costs per person by country (GBP)


Downland data as an Excel Spreadsheet.



Country Days in Country Total Cost Average cost per day per person
Flights1
3,904.05 GBP

Insurance2
592.95 GBP

Vaccines
826.00 GBP

Australia 37 2,802.24 GBP 37.87 GBP
Brazil 14 1,197.75 GBP 42.78 GBP
Cambodia 10 435.53 GBP 21.78 GBP
Chile3 1 144.59 GBP 72.3 GBP
Finland4 8 330.42 GBP 20.65 GBP
Hong Kong4 11 700.33 GBP 31.83 GBP
India 51 2,534.58 GBP 24.85 GBP
Indonesia 47 2,031.43 GBP 21.61 GBP
Japan 21 1,578.55 GBP 37.58 GBP
Laos 12 492.48 GBP 20.52 GBP
Nepal5 75 3,876.63 GBP 25.84 GBP
New Zealand638 2,970.48 GBP 39.09 GBP
Thailand 40 2,504.06 GBP 31.3 GBP
Total
365 26,922.07 GBP


Notes
1 Two OneWorld Tickets (at 1,840 GBP per person) plus costs of ticket changes (totalling 224.05 GBP).
2 Insurance includes BMC Travel Insurance (513.95 GBP) and Worldwide Car Hire Excess Insurance (79 GBP).
3 Chile includes one night at Holiday Inn Express at Santiago Airport (197 USD / 133 GBP).
4 Stayed with friends and family in Finland and Hong Kong. Therefore zero accommodation costs.
5 For a breakdown of trekking costs in Nepal, see Table 3.
6 Includes New Zealand Car hire at 43 NZD per day.

Table 2: Expenditure by country (Local Currency Equivalent)

Country Days in Country Total Spent Average cost per day per person Exchange Rate to GBP during trip
Australia 37 5,713.50 AUD 77.21 AUD 2.04
Brazil 14 3,783.50 BRL 135.13 BRL 3.16
Cambodia 10 644.00 USD 32.2 USD 1.48
Chile 1 124,978.36 CLP 62489.18 CLP 864.36
Finland 8 400.00 EUR 25 EUR 1.21
Hong Kong 11 8,068.20 HKD 366.74 HKD 11.52
India 51 205,833.00 INR 2017.97 INR 81.21
Indonesia 47 36,760,000.00 IDR 391063.83 IDR 18095.63
Japan 21 326,000.00 JPY 7761.9 JPY 206.52
Laos 12 5,929,678.84 LAK 247069.95 LAK 12040.45
Nepal 75 490,301.05 NPR 3268.67 NPR 126.48
New Zealand
38 7,990.72 NZD 105.14 NZD 2.69
Thailand 40 126,140.00 THB 1576.75 THB 50.37


Table 3: Trekking costs in Nepal

Equipment bought in Nepal
67,000 NPR



Annapurna Circuit and Base Camp (no guide or porters)

Duration 30 days
Living Expenses (2 people) 98,000 NPR
Average living expenses per day per person 1,633.33 NPR



Island Peak, Everest Base Camp and Gokyo Valley (no guide or porters apart from Island Peak course)


Duration 22 days
Island Peak Expedition Cost (2 people). Five day self acclimatisation course. 1,400 USD
Flights to Lukla (2 people) 340 USD
Living Expenses (2 people) 145,000 NPR
Average living expenses per day per person 3,295.45 NPR


Chart 1: Total costs per country (GBP)

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Chart 2: Average daily costs per person by country (GBP)
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