Sunday, April 10, 2016

The Cost Of Freedom

The Stats:

Total days outside the U.S. = 323
... with Julia's sister = 108
... on the road = 215
... countries visited = 9

Different places slept = 90 
Average hostal price per night = $24.09
... in Nicaragua = $24.79
... in El Salvador = $18.09
... in Guatemala = $14.41
... in Mexico = $21.08
... in Cuba = $38.47
... in Belize = $22.96
... in Honduras = $22.42
... in Costa Rica = $27.16
... in Panama = $28

Cheapest lodgings (per night) = $9 (Santa Ana, El Salvador)
Most expensive lodgings (per night) = $156.95 (All-inclusive resort on Cayo Coco, Cuba)

Average money spent on food per day (groceries + meals out) = $18.23 
... in Nicaragua = $19.61
... in El Salvador = $12.39
... in Guatemala = $18.84
... in Mexico = $16.31
... in Cuba = $28.32
... in Belize = $22.87
... in Honduras = $18.19
... in Costa Rica = $17.50
... in Panama = $16.34

Cheapest meal = $0.85 (4 street pork sandwiches in Ciego de Avila, Cuba)
Most expensive meal = $26.77 (Sushi in Antigua, Guatemala)
Churros consumed = 87
EmpaƱadas consumed = 39

Total amount spent on souvenirs = $613.65
... number of Cuban cigars purchased = 16
Total amount spent on activities (tours, entrances fees, & bike rentals) = $1,518.13
... thus, amount spent on activities per day = $7.06

Beaches visited = 37
Pools swam in = 12
Total pictures taken = 17,993
... number of those pictures that were taken by a curious bilingual 2 yr old = 513
... average number of pictures taken per day = 55.7
Pictures kept = 8,100

Friends from home that visited along the way = 4
New Facebook friends = 14

Number of days Julia was on antibiotics = 37
Number of visits to a hospital/doctor's office = 10
Number of sea creature attacks = 5 + 1 for close call with Eel
Number of times we were offered illegal drugs = 43
... number of times we purchased illegal drugs = 0

Cockroaches found in rooms = 22 (all in Honduras)
Times we paid to use the bathroom = 22
Total spent on foreign transaction and ATM fees = $400.38

Average cost per day while on the road  = $63.91
*includes all expenses: lodging, food, souvenirs, activities, visa, etc
... in Nicaragua = $62.89
... in El Salvador = $45.50
... in Guatemala = $56.52
... in Mexico = $58.47
... in Cuba = $118.57
... in Belize = $71.65
... in Honduras = $61.71
... in Costa Rica = $61.53
... in Panama = $64.53

Total Trip Cost (including all flights) = $18,004.48