Priceless…
(Imagine some smooth jazz music playing in the background, or alternatively some awful local pop music might be appropriate….)
One Great Escapade Ticket: 900 pounds
Visiting “the greatest testament to love”: 700 Rupees
Making friends with your camel in the Thar desert: 500 Rupees
Afternoon Tea like the Raj in Udaipur: 200 Rupees
Enjoying a Singapore Sling, Billiards Bar, Raffles Hotel: S$30
Street food, Thailand: 15Baht
Learning silly phrases in Thai: the price of one cup of coffee
Taking the 2 day slow boat along the Mekong into Laos: 90,000 Kip
Using unreliable but nevertheless interesting public transport: 20,000 kip
Waking up on a junk in Halong Bay: 500,000 Dong
One Vietnamese tailored suit: US$65
Afternoon tea in a plantation: 15 Malaysian Ringgit
Playing with the scorpions, Uncle Tans, Borneo: 300 Malaysian Ringgit
Swimming with the leatherback turtles, Pulau Perhentian: 40 Malaysian Ringgit
Helicopter over the 12 Apostles, Australia: A$65
Meeting the local wildlife on a camping trip to Kanagroo Island: A$300
Hiring a car for that outback roadtrip for 4 days: A$460
Meeting the scary aquatic inhabitants on a trip in the Kakadu National Park: A$240
Diving on one of the natural wonders of the world, the Great Barrier Reef: A$100
Viewing the jungle from an upside down brids perspective: A$40
Three days 4 wheel driving on a big sand island: A$140
Christmas lunch with all your new friends: A$25
Visiting rare wildlife: N$60
Encountering bottle nosed dolphins at Milford Sound: N$140
A bunk at the end of a hard days walking, at 1100m above sea level: N$40
Dropping 134m and dangling from the end of an elastic band, with the video to prove it: N$245
Tramping round Mordor: N$80
Sunrises and sunsets; mountains, oceans and beaches: a whole years worth of great memories and good times:
Another sunset from the deck of your yacht, Sunset over Lake Srinigar from your own houseboat…
Observing the bizarre “closing the border ceremony between India and Pakistan, View from your bedroom window…
Thieving monkeys stealing your sunglasses and a Himalayan Sunrise
Making a fool of yourself playing the native instruments: priceless
There are some things that money can’t buy, for everything else there’s Mastercard…
Cheesy enough for you?!
Tags: Travel
Nick