This last weekend, when it was crazy-hot down here in LA and everywhere else in the USA, J and I went through our stuff to see what it is we'll be bringing on our travels. What follows is a rough breakdown of what I've spent on new gear, specifically for this around-the-world adventure (all prices are in US dollars). For some context, see our previous post about what we're packing here.
Mike's Clothes
- Fleece: 80 (Icebreaker)
- Shirt: 30 (Northface)
Long shirt: 30 (REI)- Convertible Pants: 100
- Pants: 50 (REI)
- Unders: 45 (3 new, 1 owned)
- Socks: 20 (2 new, 2 owned)
- Shoes: 120 (Montrail)
- Backpack: 225 (Gregory)
- Sandals: 0 (Tevas, owned)
- Shorts: 0 (Side-out, owned)
- Jacket: 0 (London Fog, owned)
That's a total of ~$675. Now to be fair, I probably would have bought the backpack anyway, because J and I are campers, and we're getting into backpacking, so take off that huge one, and I've spent about $450 on new clothing. I think Justine has spent even more, because she had to buy a new jacket.
This doesn't yet take into account our gear or medicines, which consists of (for my part)
- Water Filter: 75 (MSR)
- Plastic canteens: 25 (Nalgene, 1)
- Nalgene Bottle: 0 (owned)
- Misc. First Aid: 100
- Silk Sleep Sheet: 50 (See prev. post)
- Innoculations: (Hep A/B, Tetnus, Dypth., Polio) 250
- Malaria Meds: 100 (Malarone, 100 pills)
- Travel Health Insurance: 450 (Through STA Travel)
And I'm surely leaving some things out of there, but that runs me up an additional $1050, but let me argue some of that price down. First, I'd have to pay for medical insurance of some kind, so let's say I only had to pay 200 for 8 months of care. Note also that the water filter, canteens, and first aid are for two of us, so let's cut that 75+100+25=200 in half. Also, you can't put a price on innoculations, can you? :)
Well, at least taking the first two reductions into consideration, that $1050 becomes only $750, which makes my running total $1200, and I haven't even left the country yet!
-Mike.
2 comments:
wait. what if something really bad happens and you have to use your travel insurance to get medevac´d? then what coverage will you have in the states??? :)
btw. jen wrote that. ;) and kaiser is only about 168/month... in case you needed to sign up. there goes your "argue the insurance cost down" bs, huh? oh and masa said blue cross ins is really cheap too... but you might be screwed on the deductible.
much love,
the other j&m
aka the "original" traveling j&m. copycatters.
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