For the final seven months I’ve been using my little pink folding bike by way of central and japanese Europe… and alongside the way in which I’ve been sharing my month-to-month journey bills with you.
To view my experiences from months 1-6, please see the next:
Final month (July) I traveled from Kosovo to Skopje, Macedonia, the place I stayed for 2 weeks earlier than biking east to the town of Strumica. I stayed in Strumica, Macedonia for 5 days after which pedaled my method into Bulgaria, and from there, south into Greece. I did a little stealth tenting in northern Greece after which cycled down into Thessaloniki the place I spent a couple of days exploring the town earlier than relying on an in a single day bus to Piraeus. The subsequent day, I made my method by way of the streets of Athens and checked right into a tiny basement condo simply exterior the Acropolis – my dwelling for the subsequent month-and-a-half.
Listed here are my journey bills from the month of July:
Lodging:
14 nights in a Skopje, Macedonia condo – 350 Euros ($503.65 USD)
5 nights in a Strumica, Macedonia lodge – 100 Euros ($143.92 USD)
10 nights in an Athens, Greece condo – 230 Euros ($331.04 USD)
Transportation:
Bus from Thessaloniki to Athens, Greece – 35 Euros ($50.37)
Souvenirs
1 T-shirt, 2 different little trinkets – 23 Euros ($33.09)
Meals & Toiletries
Meals, Meals Out & Toiletries – $208.69
TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THE MONTH OF JULY: $1,270.76
If this isn’t the kind of touring you wish to do your self, and also you’re searching for data on how a lot a extra conventional bike tour may cost a little, don’t fear. I’ll be sharing that knowledge with you sooner or later sooner or later. I’ve received a couple of shorter, extra conventional excursions deliberate for the approaching 12 months and I’ll share my bills with you on these journeys as effectively.
I simply want I had been working this website once I first began touring with my bike. My bills again then have been only a couple hundred {dollars} for a complete month’s price of journey. Wanting again now, I don’t understand how I did it!
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