SE Asia

Well, we bought the tickets and reserved the first month's B&B in Hoi An, Viet Nam.  I've written a preliminary description of the place, which you can find on my pages.  On Nov. 14, we will take a flight from Vilnius, Lithuania to Moscow and from there to Bangkok.  We will probably spend a day in Bangkok and then fly to Danang, Vietnam.  We will then take a taxi to Hoi An (about 20 km to the South) and check into our B&B, The Galaxy Homestay.  After a month, we will assess what we want to do next.

Our B&B is about 1.5km to An Bang Beach and about 1.5km from the center of Hoi An with its Ancient Town, the Night Market, various museums, etc.  With breakfast for two, it is 490USD per month.  We were somewhat limited because we needed to find a place that would accept our dog.  Fortunately, even though Hoi An has only about 70K people, it has about 1,000 B&Bs, hotels and resorts.  So, finding a highly rated one at a reasonable price that would take a dog wasn't that hard.  In fact, after much research we had 10 candidates.

I, of course, need to work during the day.  Our room has a desk and WiFi, so I will probably work there.  There is a balcony, so the dog can lay outside if she wants.  I plan on knocking off about 2:00 PM and going to find my wife, either with or sans the dog.  We will wander around until dinner (we eat about 5:00 PM) eat and then return to 'home'.  Then we will either stay in or change and head to Hoi An for a little entertainment.  Weekends (that may not be Sat. and Sun) will be different.  We may take a taxi to Danang for some big city fun (it has about 1.5 million people), go to Ba Na Hills, Marble Mountains, Silk Village, spend the day at the beach or just hang around the B&B (it has a lawn and a cafe).

I watched 4 videos of different couples who lived 3+ months in Hoi An and shared their budgets.  They all spent between 1,250USD and 1,500USD.  The 1,500USD couple enjoyed Western restaurants and imported beer a lot and that is expensive.  The other three were 1,400USD or less.  Two of them rented a scooter on a monthly contract.  The 1,250USD couple took bicycles everywhere and a couple times per month would rent a scooter.  I also looked at Numbeo.com and Nomadlist.com to get additional support for costs.  After all that, though we have more, we agreed on a 1,500USD budget.  For example, sometime before we return to Europe, I want to do the 2 night boat ride in Ha Long Bay, which will require dipping into our reserves.  

When we get there and gain some experience, I will post how that all turned out, moneywise.  And, of course, photos and maybe a video or two.