Finished the first
full week in Chiang Mai under budget, here are the details -
| 11/30 | weekly start - 2970b | 12/1 | food stalls - 57b = $1.72 |
| 7/11 - 89b = $2.70 |
| Tops - 214b = $6.48 |
| food stalls - 60b = $1.81 |
| Food Stall - 20b - $.60 |
| night food stalls - 137b = $4.15 |
| total - 291b = $8.81 |
| total - 286b = $8.66 |
| weekly - 2684 - 291 = 2393b |
| weekly - 2970 - 286 = 2684b |
| 5854b- 291b = 5563b |
| 6140b - 286b = 5854b |
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| 12/2 | Tops - 278b = $8.42 |
| Tops Cafe - 110b = $3.33 |
| Smoothie Stall - 40b = 1.21 |
| total - 428b = $12.96 |
| weekly - 2393 - 428 = 1965b |
| 5563b - 428b = 5135b |
| 12/3 | food stall - 45b = $1.36 | 12/4 | food stall - 25b = $.75 |
| Tops - 243b = $7.36 |
| Tops - 145b = $4.39 |
| total - 288b = $8.73 |
| Total - 170b = $5.15 |
| weekly - 1965 - 288 = 1677b |
| weekly - 1677 - 170 = 1507b |
| 5135b - 288b = 4847b |
| 4847 - 170 = 4677b |
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| 12/5 | Free Bird Cafe - 245b = $7.42 | 12/6 | food stall - 25b = $.75 |
| 7/11- 22b = $.66 |
| Night market - 115b = $3.48 |
| Laundry - 30b = $.91 |
| Total = 140b = $4.24 |
| Tops - 83b = $2.51 |
| weekly = 1077-140 = 937b surplus |
| Food stall - 50b = $1.52 |
| 4247 - 140 = 4107b |
| Total - 430b = $13.03 |
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| weekly - 1507 - 430 = 1077b |
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| 4677 - 430 = 4247b |
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Because I have practiced the monk style of living for most of my life,
the low expenditure days seem as natural as walking and running, and it
is one of the reasons I am able to save money on low wage jobs, making
adventures such as this one possible.
Speaking of monk style, my evening meal cost me $2.50, which I purchased at the Central Night Market -
