Week 1 – Still learning
Overall comments Monday – Day 5 Cups of tea – lots. 1 at home 1/2 bottle water at the Cinema (Noah – bad film) – ~£1.75 peppermint tea – 1 at home cost for Day 5 – £1.75 Tuesday – Day 6 Large...
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Right then. making all the pictures on the same line to shorten the post… Monday 14th April- Day 12 Cups of tea – lots. 1 at home peppermint tea – 2 at home cost for Day 12 – £negligible Tuesday...
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Monday 28th April- Day 26 5 cups of tea (1 at home) 1 bottle of water (Reading Station) = £1.59 (interestingly the cheapest drink anywhere, tap water aside, is milk – 73p), but they’d run out)...
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WEEK 5 – Grand Total = £18.30 Monday 5th May- Day 33 – Bank Holiday – Total Cost = £1.00 4 cups of tea (at home) 1 espresso 1 glass apple juice ~ 50p 1 glass rosé = 50p 1 peppermint tea Tuesday 6th May...
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WEEK 17 – Grand Total = £117.20 I’m writing this on an iPad and it’s not easy… There may be some typo’s if i manage to avoid throwing it against the wall. Mind you, it’s the website which is...
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WEEK 18 – Grand Total = €26.65 =~ £22.21 So having read the post from Week 17, I clearly thought I’d have more time lazing around and committing intelligent (or at least intelligible) thoughts down on...
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WEEK 19 – Grand Total = €56.85 =~ £47.38 Monday 11th August- Day 130 – Total Cost = €1.66 2 x tea @holiday flat 1x coffee @holiday flat (no cost) 1 glass white wine (Gruener Veltliner) = €0.00 1...
View ArticleWeek 20 – Italy, Munich, the Black Forest & home…
WEEK 20 – Grand Total = €19 + £3.98 =~ £19.81 Monday 18th August- Day 137 – Total Cost = €6.10 Walk followed by 40th Birthday Party. So somewhat alcoholic but relatively cheap… 1 x tea and 1 x...
View ArticleWeek 21 – Home, Dorset, Kent, Home again, Surrey, Kent again, Home. And rest
WEEK 21 – Grand Total = £12.24 Monday 25th August- Day 144 – Total Cost = £2.35 Home to Dorset 1 x tea @home 1 x tea @friends in Dorset 3 glasses red wine – Gocce di Passione – Nero d’Avola – from...
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WEEK 22 – Grand Total = £16.90 Monday 1st September – Day 151 – Total Cost = £0.00 4 x tea @home 1 x peppermint tea @ home Tuesday 2nd September – Day 152 – Total Cost = £0.80 4 x tea @home 1 glass...
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WEEK 24 – Grand Total = £9.75 Monday 15th September – Day 165 – Total Cost = £1.00 4 x tea @home bottle of IPA Gold 1 x peppermint tea @ friends Tuesday 16th September – Day 166 – Total Cost = £0.75 4...
View ArticleWeek 29 – Au revoir England…
WEEK 29 – Grand Total = £37.58 Monday 20th October - Day 200 – Total Cost = £0.00 3 x tea @home 1 x glass of red wine – Granaro - Montepulciano d’Abbruzzo (Chiarieri) present = £0.00 1 x peppermint...
View ArticleWeek 30 –….and ‘Hello Cambodia!’
WEEK 30 – Grand Total = $26.21 = £16.38 So, just to explain the cryptic titles…. for the next couple of months I’m in Cambodia, attempting to home-school my children, whilst my fabulous wife (aka the...
View ArticleWeek 31 – holidaying on the coast
WEEK 31 – Grand Total = $20.95 = £13.09 Week off as there are lots of public holidays, so we headed off to the South Coast. Monday 3rd November - Day 214 – Total Cost = $3.50 @Lazy Beach...
View ArticleWeek 32 – back in Phnom Penh
WEEK 32 – Grand Total = $20.20 = £12.63 Monday 10th November – Day 221 – Total Cost = $2.20 Cappuccino @Joma Café (Street 155) = $2.20 Tuesday 11th November – Day 222 – Total Cost = $1.50 Tea @home...
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WEEK 33 – Grand Total = $23.01 = £14.38 Monday 17th November – Day 228 – Total Cost = $0.00 Cambodian Coffee @home (included in price of flat) glass of white wine – as before = $0.00 Tuesday 18th...
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WEEK 36 – Grand Total = $30.80 = £19.87 Monday 8th December – Day 249 – Total Cost = $0.55 3 Tea @home 1 x cans of Cambodia Beer @home = $0.55 1 peppermint tea @home Tuesday 9th December – Day 250 –...
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WEEK 37 – Grand Total = $26.25 = £16.94 Monday 15th December – Day 256 – Total Cost = $5.50 coffees at the hotel breakfast (included) 1 x iced coffee @the hotel pool = $3 2 x large angkor bottles of...
View ArticleWeek 38 – Phnom Penh to Malaysia
WEEK 38 – Grand Total = £26.47 off to Malaysia for a week’s holiday on our way home. exchange rate for the blog: 1GBP = 5.4 RM (Malaysian Ringgit) Monday 22nd December – Day 263 – Total Cost = $1.10 =...
View ArticleWeek 39 – Malaysia to home…
WEEK 39 – Grand Total = £1.50 + RM45 = £9.83 long flights and jetlag…. Monday 29th December – Day 270 – Total Cost = RM30 2 Tea @hotel breakfast (probably an OJ in there too) 2 glasses of Tiger Draught...
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