Korea Budget

Here is the rough estimation on the budget:-

Rough is because i did not jot down the expense, so, it is my high level estimation base on memory. :P Help needed from my travel buddy to validate if anything i miss or if you find anything fishy over here. haha. Anyway, most of the budget come from food. We can't really help it as we are coffee addict and 1 cup of coffee cost at least 3000won. If you really want to save cost from the food, then bring your own meggi/nescafe/sardin. We did bring those stuff... however, what's a travel without tasting the local food? :)

I believe our budget is still considered low.... that is because most of the place we go is those with free access. We do not go to places such as Lotte World, 63 building, Han River cruise which might cost more. Well, whatever it is, it depend on your choice and travel plan. As once you defined the type of holiday/travel that you want to make, there is really no right or wrong in your budget expenditure. :)

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Medan...how it started......

Pada tanggal May...dengan adanya teknologi terkini...terjadinya sebuah conversation

maka, Zu & M telah menginvite diri mereka sendiri utk menemani Az utk reunionnya bersama Dindie.. dan tanpa membazirkan masa....tiket pon dibooking:-

nantikan episod seterusnya.. ;)

Gunung Kinabalu Budget & Details

Our Itineraries

Things to Bring

Summary on Expense

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Contact for Mt Kinabalu Hike Package

Feel free to send a message @ Facebook to El Maestro

Ping me if you can't find him. ;)

Sabah Day 1 - A rough start

Mission Impossible = Conquer Mt Kinabalu

The talk about this mission impossible started from August 2009. Omin who had been to Sabah tried to hike up the Kinabalu trail just for fun. With lack of practice, she managed to get to the 2km station. Then, after my family outing in the same August, Omin and I started to talk on this “mission” seriously. So, we spread the words and in the end gotten 13 people to sign their blood on this crazy adventure.

Crazy it may seem as we are not those hard core active people. Heck, the most my friends and I has been doing is hitting the gym, or the leisure climb up Bukit Jambul in Penang and that once in a while venture into Kerachut. But you have to have a dream, don’t you? Aim for the outer space and hit the sky! :P

One of the group members, Fazilah, had a friend, Cikgu Shamsul @ Boss in KK who arrange this Kinabalu stuff. So, she gave me his contact number and we liaised on the date and fee.
Date : 13May.
Fee: RM440 for 13pax.
(Inclusive of Tour Guide, Lodging at Gunting Lagadan, Certificate, 2x Breakfast, 2x Dinner and 1x Lunch)
** The price varies and keeps increasing. So, don’t be surprise with a different rate if you aim to go. ;)

If you are interested to book, you can send a message to Boss's facebook as below:-

Let him know how many people in your group and when do you plan to go. ;)

Flight bookings were done in December. This is the price that we got:-

PG - KK for 6 pax

KK - PG for 3 pax

After that, we kind of take our own ways…live our own life…do our own business until March, where we started to do some serious training. Azleena wrote about it in her blog -->

Monkey Beach
Penang Hill

Bukit Jambul ( Tumpang link En Pian :P )
Bukit Mertajam


Time sure flies, and here comes April. That’s when Air Asia decided to interfere with our plan. Around end of April, I received an SMS saying that the flights has been rescheduled.

Old
PG-KK 10am -12May
KK-PG 7am -16May

New
PG-KK 8pm - 11May

(since it will be too late to reach Kundasang area, i've call to reschedule us to 11May)
KK-PG 5pm -16May


We continue to be positive and get in touch with our host, Bos and inform him that we need to crash over at his place 1 night. Glad that he welcomes us with open arms. ;) Thanks Bos!

11May – Departure Day!
Fazilah, Azleena and Marlina was already at the airport while I was coming out from my house when we receive an SMS from Akhmal saying that he need to pull out from the trip. ;( His uncle was admitted due to cancer and he does not feel right to go on with the journey. It dampen our spirit a little, but we need to go on no matter what. Thanks Akhmal for sending us off at the airport and we wish that you and your wife will plan another trip for both of you. ;)

We reached KK safely around 11pm, get picked up by Bos and was brought to the “hot spot” in KK. Having a local to bring you around is sure great!




So, that’s it! The introduction. To be continued…. Day 2- The next surprise!

Europe Trip Budget

Hola!

We just finished our trip in the West part of Europe. "We" equals to Laili(Organizer), Judy(Treasurer), Aida(Navigator) and Zue(Planner :P ). We travelled to 12 countries in ~14 days and i am going to write the story little by little. If you have anything to ask, just comment away!

Our path in red line:-

The first question on everybody's mind is -- How much do you spent for the trip?

Thus, FYI, here are the main budget allocations:-

Flight:

Firstly, it depend on which airline you chosed. Being a low budget traveller, we opt for Air Asia. Secondly, it really depend on your luck and the timeline of doing your bookings. Aida, Judy and Laili booked in May and they got the return tickets for RM1578. Laili invited me to join the trip in August, and i got it as per below fare:-

Train:-

Our plan was to maximise our trip as much as possible, thus covering as most countries as we can. There are many type of packages that you can choose for travelling via trains in Europe at Rail Europe World Website.

Laili did some research and comparison. We have 2 options, either buy a Global Pass and reserve the seats or, by a point to point tickets. There are not much difference as below:-

We opt for Global Pass which provide flexibility to travel between 21 countries within 15days.

Besides, it also entitle us for 1st class seat! After purchasing the pass, you are strongly advised to do reservation for Popular countries, else, you might end up without seat throughout the journey. However, Eurail has been kind enough to list down which countries does not need reservation, in our case, below are the reservation list:-

Overall

Hostel:-

The accomodations budget also depend on your preference. For us, we opt for low budget with good review and good locations, the nearer to the train station, the better! We booked the hostels online through Hostel World and Hostel Bookers, thus we pay 10% as soon as we booked, and the balance once we checked in. Here's a summary:-There is a slight variance in the 10% charges due to the currency exchange voltality, so the 10% is calculated in RM base on the charges to our credit card. ;)

Food:-

Let's just assume EUR10 per day, or roughly overall EUR 120 for 12 countries, ~RM570.

Overall basic budget is.......tara taaa taaaa.... RM7233.

I've yet to summarize the detail budget on metros, bus, tram, entrance tickets that we spend in each cities, so, probably i'll do that once i've done writing on all cities. ;)

All in all, it is safe to assume that overall $$$ spent could be within RM10k.

WARNING: The world could be being used here is because there will always be tempations for shopping and this could cause your budget to shoot up more than RM10k, so, don't blame me if that ever happen. You've been warned! :P