Ask HN: Taking a sabbatical to somewhere in Asia. How can I make the most of it?

Re:Ask HN: Taking a sabbatical to somewhere in Asia. How can... by sabbatical13 on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @09:10PM (#2681176)

Thanks for the tips toumhi, it seems like a general consensus that Signapore will probably be too expensive.

Thanks also for that last part, its been weird discussing it with friends/family cause they think its crazy taking the trip without a plan of what I'm going to do after; but that's just something I'll have to live with.

Besides housing and food, do you have any other big expenses? Also, you mentioned you've moved between Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam, how easy and expensive is it to move around? I'm considering being in Thailand and taking a few weekly trips to visit the surrounding regions.

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Re:Ask HN: Taking a sabbatical to somewhere in Asia. How can... by toumhi on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @10:35PM (#2681415)

Yeah, I know something about the family doubting of that kind of plans :-)

As for expenses, it depends of your lifestyle of course but it should cost $25/day for basic expenses (housing + food + beers) . If you want to travel around it will cost more. Also language courses you have to pay, yoga classes etc. But everything is much cheaper. I go to a salsa class here and it's $2.5 for 1 1/2 hour.

There are lots of cheap flights between countries, check Air Asia or Cebu Pacific Air for Philippines. Or from Thailand, you can take the bus/train to Laos/Cambodia.

Thailand is more expensive than Vietnam, although it's still much cheaper than most western countries.

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