Backpacking | Budget Travel | Living Abroad
A Southeast Asia travel blog. Featuring trip ideas for backpackers and budget travellers, tips on where to go, how to travel and how to save money on the road.
We’re going to take a look at the 2023 cost of living in Asia, featuring some of the major countries and cities across the continent, including those most popular with people looking for a new life abroad. This should give you an idea of how expenses compare across this vast continent. We’ll highlight some of […]
Below, we’ll take a look at five of the best cities to live in Asia that are affordable but also offer a decent quality of life. They include a real range of different cities but hopefully at least one or two of these will appeal to you. By Western European or North American standards, these […]
A popular destination with travellers for many years, increasingly foreigners are looking at Southeast Asia as a region not just to visit, but to live. In the age of remote working, affordable countries like Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam with warm climates are natural choices for digital nomads and anyone looking for a new life abroad. […]
Thailand is one of the most popular destinations for digital nomads and anyone looking for a new life in a beautiful country with low living costs. In this post, we’re going to look at some of the cheapest cities to live in Thailand and five of the best options for anyone thinking of moving to […]
This post details the estimated cost of travel in Myanmar AKA Burma. Read on for suggested shoestring and more comfortable backpacking budgets for the mysterious Southeast Asian country as well information about the local currency and sample prices. Myanmar Cost of Travel in 2023 Shoestring Backpacker Budget $30/day is a typical Myanmar backpacking budget which […]
This post details the estimated cost of travel in Singapore in 2023. It is known as an expensive place but we have outlined two daily travel budgets – one for shoestring travellers and one for those looking for a slightly more comfortable Singapore backpacking budget. Further down there are details on the local currency and […]
This post details the estimated cost of travel in Indonesia. Read on for suggested shoestring and more comfortable backpacking budgets for this enormous Southeast Asian nation, one of the world’s most populated countries. We also have information about the local currency and sample prices. Indonesia Cost of Travel in 2023 Shoestring Backpacker Budget Like many […]
This post details the estimated cost of travel in Malaysia. Read on for a suggested shoestring and more comfortable Malaysia backpacking budget. We also have information about the local currency and sample prices. Note that the figures on this page are primarily designed for the peninsular part of Malaysia (mainland Southeast Asia). If you want […]
This post details the estimated cost of travel in The Philippines. We have outlined two daily travel budgets – one for shoestring travellers and one for those on a slightly more comfortable Philippines backpacking budget. Further down there are details on the local currency and sample prices for travellers in the country. The Philippines Cost […]
This post details the estimated cost of travel in Cambodia. Read on for suggested shoestring and more comfortable backpacking budgets for the Southeast Asian country. We also have information about what currency to use and sample prices. Cambodia Cost of Travel in 2023 Shoestring Backpacker Budget Cambodia is no longer merely the destination of foolhardy […]
