I am Thompson Boy

It's been way overdue, but I was always curious about the exact amount spent. After all, those days I don't have tracking apps and wasn't so anal about every cents and dollars spent. So here goes. All based on the exchange rate a few years ago which was NZD1=RM2.5. Now should be RM2.7. Flights to Auckland via Emirates - RM3395 (could have done it slighty better for eg: cheap AirAsia flight to Melbourne and then connect to Auckland with Jetstar) Jetstar Airways Pty Lt Melbourne (flight from Christchurch to Auckland) - RM86.55 Jetstar Airways Pty Lt Melbourne (flight from Auckland to Queenstown) - RM559.83 Car Rental - RM273.18 Petrol Tekapo - RM36.90 Petrol Wanaka - RM28.57 TOTAL: RM4,380.03 Glacier Explorers - RM362.50 Queenstown Gondolo ride - RM67.50 Auckland Zoo entrance fee - RM62.50 MITRE PEAK CRUISES MILFORD SOUNDNZ - RM204.84 TOTAL: RM697.04 Absaloot Hostel - RM83.63 Te Anau Lakeview - RM76.27 JailHouse Hostel - RM91.57 Mt Cook Lodge - RM97.02 TO...

To quote unquote a colleague who has been there like 3 times but each time to experience different sides of Japan (cause thats the kind of traveler we are) - only those who have not been there will complain that Japan is expensive. So let's have a look Stuff you can't control* MAS return flight - 895 Kyoto Accommodation - 486.38 West Japan Rail Pass - 647.51 Osaka accommodation - 326.64 Hiroshima accommodation - 108.33 (discounts due to staying at their sister's hostels in Kyoto and Osaka) Haruka Limited Express (airport express) + icoca - 127.95 TOTAL:  2,591.81 Stuff that you can control* Train, buses and transport (not covered by Japan Rail Pass) - 283.72 Food - 597.93 Entrance fees for temples/etc - 78.40 Laundry & Towels - 14.10 TOTAL:   974.15 Stuff that you don't really need Kyoto Baum cake - 52.92 Mont Bell hat for future travek   - 72.11 B mobile Internet Access - 132.38 GU (clothes and such) - 84.12 Micro Fibe...

Meant to be more discipline in documenting my spend - I always roughly know how much I spent on trips but never the exact detail and breakdown. So I posted some snaps from my last trip here but the damage is as below: Taxi to LCCT - claimed Taxi from Don Mueang Airport to Pattaya - claimed Accommodation in Pattaya - claimed Taxi from hotel to Pattaya Bus station - 30 Bus ticket from Pattaya Bus station to Ekamai Bangkok  - 13 Accommodation in Bangkok - 160 Bangkok National Museum entrance fee - 20 Day tour to Ayutthaya - 166.78 Train/bus tickets from Sala Daeng BTS to Don Mueang Airport - 7 Taxi from LCCT to home - claimed Underwater iPhone cover - 113.82 Eraman Duty Free gifts - 136.70 Not so legal documentations - 150 Food (as gifts), food, drinks and transport (train and boat rides) one week - 400 Total: RM 1,060.60 - 500 (per diem) = 560.60 At a glance it might looked like I did well - I didn't. Because it was a conference and I was staying in good hotel, m...