Originally Posted by
Losligato
A crazed German in South America touring on a budget of one dollar a day. We never met him but those who did were changed forever by the experience.
He flew into New York, pedaled down to Central America, caught a boat past the Darien Gap and rolled through the Andes. After nearly three years of travel he had gone through about a thousand dollars.
While we have no intention of traveling so inexpensively, the idea opened my eyes to what was possible on a bike and got my heart beating faster.
Losligato,
I really want you to explain how do you live from $1 a day for 3 years.
I can understand CouchSurfing, but you have to tell your host that you don't have the budget to go out on a restaurant. So he can invite you out or just make dinner at home.
What can you buy for $1? Here its 2 tomatoes or 2 apples or half kilo of rice.
One thing to remember is that in such a trip you need to eat good food. You can't eat just onion and bread, you will suffer from malnutrition.
What happens when something on the bike breaks ? Fixing the bike cost money even if you do it alone.
Does this guy have a website ? If not, you are our only hope of knowing the dark side of traveling $1 a day.
Thanks