Locations: Tbilisi, Telavi [Republic of Georgia]
This week, I actually moved! I’d been in თბილისი (Tbilisi) for over 2 months so it was about time to go somewhere new.
Transportation
On Thursday, I took a taxi from the a hostel to Tbilisi’s main bus station: $0.91 was my half.
After that, I took a маршрутка (bus in Russian which is what they call the things that are half-way between buses and vans) to თელავი (Telavi): $3.62. It took about 3 hours between all the stops along the way. About half the stops were not at bus stops; people just jump on and off wherever they like.
Accommodation
This week, I discovered a glitch in how I calculated my AirBnB stay. It turns out I scheduled 30 days rather than 31 (which is kind of annoying because it’s the same price so I should have included the extra day). That takes the price for last month to $6.89 per day.
On Wednesday, I stayed at a hostel since there was a day’s gap in my scheduling: $4.35.
On Thursday, I moved into an AirBnB in Telavi with a friend: $3.46 per night for my half.
Food
This is pretty standard. Thursday’s a bit high because I bought all the “you’re in a new place, and need a few ‘expensive’ but slowly used” items.
Other
Travel insurance: $5.03 per day.
VPN: $0.26 per day.
Amazon Prime: $0.33 per day.
This blog: $0.31 per day.
Skype: $0.08 per day.
Chase Sapphire Reserve: $0.41 per day.
Pimsleur’s Russian: $0.69 per day.
On Saturday, I bought a the game Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus: $32.09. Because I can’t resist strategy games…. I think I have slight video game problem….
Summary
| Week 79 | ||||||||
| Category | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Total |
| Travel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.53 | 4.53 |
| Lodging | 6.89 | 6.89 | 6.89 | 6.89 | 6.89 | 4.35 | 3.46 | 42.26 |
| Food | 0 | 5.42 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 10.51 | 21.72 | 40.55 |
| Other | 7.11 | 39.2 | 7.11 | 7.11 | 7.11 | 7.11 | 7.11 | 81.86 |
| Total | 14 | 51.51 | 14 | 16.9 | 14 | 21.97 | 36.82 | 169.2 |
So this is pretty good. Even with the change of scenery, it’s below $200. Thanks Georgia for being extremely affordable. And for the month of July….
| Jul 19 | ||||||
| Category | Week 75 | Week 76 | Week 77 | Week 78 | Week 79 | Total |
| Travel | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 |
| Lodging | 27.56 | 48.23 | 48.23 | 48.23 | 38.8 | 211.05 |
| Food | 29.74 | 32.06 | 24.14 | 32.33 | 18.83 | 137.1 |
| Other | 34.23 | 53.53 | 60.77 | 49.77 | 74.75 | 273.05 |
| Total | 93.63 | 133.82 | 133.14 | 130.33 | 132.38 | 623.3 |
This is a bit higher than June, but still really good. The main difference is accommodation was a bit more expensive, but it’s expected for AirBnBs to be more expensive than hostels so….
See you all next week….
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