While planning this trip, we constantly kept asking ourselves – how much are we going to bloody spend? Guide books have general spending estimates, and others who’ve chronicled similar treks give rough numbers. With this regularly occurring feature that we’re calling “The Count” we’ll give you a peek at some of the numbers that we’re keeping track of on a daily basis, including spending habits broken down by food, lodging, travel and a couple offbeat metrics. Hopefully, you’ll be able to get some insight about how much or little things cost around the world if you plan on trekking to any of the destinations we’ve visited.

After seven days on the road, we’re pretty happy with how little we’ve spent, with total expenses averaging just over $20 a day. (more…)