I've been back in San Francisco to stay since Aug. 9. I was working by Sept. 5 and finally found a place to live which I moved into on Oct 6.

Now I'm sitting here on a Friday night with nothing to do. I've called everyone I can think of but haven't gotten any bites.

So, I decided to finally sit down with my bank statements and credit card bills that I amassed during my 5 month trip to Southeast Asia and figure out what it cost me.

Drum roll please . . .. .

For 131 days in Southeast Asia I spent $5,461 American including flights, vaccinations, travel insurance and other preparations. That is $41.69 cents per day for my trip.

Only including expenses while I was traveling, my trip cost $29.31 a day.

I wish I had known how affordable it was sooner. I would've gone way before I did. If only I had done the research.

I can't imagine what it must be like for someone using Pounds or Euros. The dollar was not worth what it used to be when I was traveling (Jan 2005-June 2005).