You know I’m out of topics to blog about when I start posting my travel budget. This one is from my one-week trip to Thailand and Malaysia at the beginning of the month. The main purpose of the trip was for the tennis, but we ended up dollie shopping in Bangkok instead. I extended my trip to include a week in Penang, just because.
This trip is expensive, compared to my month-long trip back in June spanning five countries. However, it still came out cheaper than the budget I drew up when I was still planning for the trip. And this is the moment when I admit that I really cannot be a hardcore backpacker (that sounds sooo wrong). Haggling will never be my forte, and I will splurge whenever I can. And I will never stop buying doll clothes and books.
Shopping aside, the biggest expense in this trip was my 4-day stay at the Sunway Hotel in Georgetown. I needed to work during those four days, so I splurged on a hotel to ensure that I have a stable Internet connection. Ironically, the Internet at the guesthouse where I transfered to was much better. Hmp.
| Bangkok & Penang | |||
| October 3 – 11, 2009 | |||
| MYR 1 = PHP 14 | |||
| THB 1 = PHP 1.4 | |||
| Air Transfer | |||
| Philippine Airlines | |||
| Manila – Bangkok – Manila | US $ 148.00 | PHP 7,290.47 | |
| October 3 – 5 | |||
| Air Asia | |||
| Bangkok – Penang – Bangkok | THB 3,865.00 | PHP 5,817.90 | |
| October 5 – 11 | |||
| Terminal Fee (NAIA) | PHP 750.00 | PHP 750.00 | |
| Airport Tax (NAIA) | PHP 1,620.00 | PHP 1,620.00 | |
| Taxi to and from NAIA | PHP 590.00 | PHP 590.00 | |
| Accommodation | |||
| Bangkok | |||
| HI-Sukhumvit | THB 800.00 | PHP 1,120.00 | |
| 1 night | |||
| Sunway Georgetown | |||
| 4 nights, MYR 170 | MYR 680.00 | PHP 9,662.22 | |
| Hutton Lodge | |||
| 2 nights, MYR 65 | MYR 130.00 | PHP 1,820.00 | |
| Food | |||
| Bangkok | THB 1,212.00 | PHP 1,696.80 | 1 |
| Penang | MYR 129.50 | PHP 1,813.00 | 2 |
| Transport | |||
| Bangkok | THB 610.50 | PHP 854.70 | 3 |
| Penang | MYR 42.00 | PHP 588.00 | 4 |
| Miscellaneous | |||
| Laundry | MYR 6.30 | PHP 88.20 | |
| Admission fee | MYR 9.00 | PHP 126.00 | 5 |
| Books and other things (BKK) | THB 1,835.00 | PHP 2,569.00 | 6 |
| Books and other things (PEN) | MYR 159.35 | PHP 2,230.90 | 6 |
| Travel Insurance | PHP 600.00 | PHP 600.00 | |
| Total | PHP 39,237.19 | ||
| 1 Just three days in Bangkok and my food expense was this high?! I blame it on the crappy airport food. | |||
| 2 I cannot count how many chicken rice and char kway teow involved, but there were plenty. | |||
| 3 Airport express, BTS and taxi. | |||
| 4 This was actually just one taxi ride, the one from the airport to Georgetown. I ended up walking all around Georgtown and Wei pretty much covered my weekend transport. | |||
| 5 MYR 5 for the Khoo Kong Si Clanhouse, MYR 4 for the train up Penang Hill. | |||
| 6 Shopping is the bane of all budget travelers. On the upside, my dolls have new clothes and I have new books. And plenty of Tiramisu and Pocky. | |||
This post was last modified on Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:37
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