What's the score with Lonely Planet's budgets in the Africa guide?
Er, yeah. A few countries they list in that guide, they suggest you arm yourself with anywhere from $50-100USD a day. And yet Wikitravel, people here, people on the Lonely Planet forum all speak of it doing much cheaper. We're ignoring fuel (not relevant to me) and visa costs here -- food, water, accom. and other day-to-days are what I'm talking about.
Who's right? Do Lonely Planet factor in tours? There's no break down that I can see, anyway, of how they reach that figure. Their Lonely Planet index, which tells of the price for bottles of water, condoms, obscure local foodstuffs and such doesn't really explain how they could hit $100. Or do they have a ... standard? Are they above the grotty $5-a-night holes with bathrooms that look as if someone's just casually let off a grenade in them (yeah, I've seen photos from someone's Ethiopia/Somaliland jaunt)?
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