While travelling in Timor Leste and Japan, I got to keep track of all my spending in both countries. My time in both places was short and sweet as I only had two weeks’ holiday from work and I wanted to visit my 98th and 99th country to visit all nations. To no surprise…
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Timor Leste is a relatively unknown country and travel destination location in Oceania and is often considered to be part of Southeast Asia. It was to be my country #99 in my mission to visit every single country in the world. Getting to this country wasn’t easy and required a lot of planning. It…
I’ve purposely avoided travelling to Tokyo, Japan, or Japan in general because it’s a relatively easy destination to visit. While I’m going around collecting countries, I want to save the easier ones for later when I’m older and can’t travel to more rough destinations anymore. However, when Alaska Airlines announced its frequent flyer program…
Going to the Atacama desert is part of my minor bucket list when it comes to exploring South America. The Atacama Desert is famous for being the driest place on Earth. Some areas have not seen any rain for over 500 years until most recently. Little did I know that this minor bucket list…
Exploring Easter Island in Chile has been on my bucket list for the longest time. However, travelling there is not easy or cheap. I tried using my travel hacking strategies to book a flight there with my British Airways Avios for around $100 in each direction. And I was successful! Until COVID-19 happened, I…
Who knew that travelling in Chile can be so expensive? Lima in Peru; on the other hand, is relatively cheap. During my most recent trip, I got stranded in Toronto, Canada causing me to lose my non-refundable bookings in Chile. I felt horrible about this because I saved up for months to make this…
On my most recent trip, my girlfriend and I ended up doing a Lima city tour. It was never part of the plan. My girlfriend and I got stranded in Eastern Canada for 5 days because of the poor airport management by Toronto Pearson. Out of desperation to find a way out of Eastern…
Taking some time to travel to Bora Bora has been on my bucket list for the longest time. Normally, I do not care about luxury travel. As a matter of fact, my luxury travel bucket list is very short. One of them is staying in an overwater bungalow in the Maldives. I got a…
Travelling in Bora Bora has always been a dream of mine since 2015. There’s just one problem. It’s too damn expensive to go there! So how can someone that makes between 30-50k a year (I work in fitness so my salary fluctuates a lot) afford to go to this dream travel destination? The answer…
After completing the tabulation of my spending breakdown while travelling in the Maldives and Sri Lanka, the numbers were surprising. Especially when I combined it with my spending breakdown while travelling in Nepal, one thing was made clear. The war between Ukraine and Russia is affecting travellers. The biggest expense on my trip to…
