Monthly travel prices in South America - FYI
Here are averaged prices for my last 8 months or so travelling in South America (July 2004 to March 2005). Prices are per person, per month, per country, in USD$.
Ecuador $401
Peru $370
Bolivia $390
Argentina $563
NOTES: Method of travelling was camping where possible, cheap hostels where not. Hostels on miserable rainy days, too. Eating in the markets, lots of sandwiches on the road. Few restaraunts, but no eating out of garbage bins. These prices include accomodation, food,  , souviners, postage for packages home, internet and phone, gas, moto repairs and maintenence (mostly done in Argentina), museums and attractions. I don´t know why Bolivia was more expensive than Peru, as it didn´t seem so, but it probably has to do with the amount of  consumed with Dan Walsh. For those who know about Amys crash, those direct costs were removed from the calculations.
Its easy to spend more, possible to spend less. YMMV.
Cheers,
Rene
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