bah.

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...it's been so long since i last updated this lj (and even that update wasnt a real update) that i dont know where to start with this entry. ^^; i've made several attempts at writing entries before now, but yeah... i've been a mixture of busy and lazy the past few weeks and nothing ever got done.

last night David (figgybee) went back home to Australia

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i had the same issues, wanting to save money but wanting to travel more. i ended up going to okinawa myself last march. i laid out a budget of about 50,000 yen to go to okinawa... and got a pretty sweet deal on okitour.net for a 3 days 2 nights stay in naha for 29,800 yen (including flight). i'm pretty good with money, so i budgeted and researched enough that i only spent about 4900? (i forget the exact amount) on a bus tour along mainland okinawa and then traveled to other major sites myself. my extra travel was mostly by bus/walking to free places, so it was really cheap. food and souvenirs weren't an issue because honestly, there isn't much to BUY of practical use in okinawa... it's mostly the experience, scenery, and food (in my opinion). i'm pretty sure i came back to osaka under budget.

korea was about the same i think... between the cheap transportation (including taxi), staying at a jimjilbang for like 1000 yen/night, my 4 days 3 nights were cheap and amazing.

just saying that you shouldn't sell yourself short on things you really really want to see! saving money can only "buy" you so much... especially since it seems like you'll be fairly secure for a bit in australia. i'm sure you could make something happen if you just carefully budget! (and only bring the amount you're willing to spend.. getting money from the post office only in dire emergencies)

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wow... the budget you set and the amount you actually spent going to Okinawa seems unbelievable.... crazy. i am in awe. ^^;; if i could pull that off that'd be great.... but it will cost me more than 20,000yen just to get to and from Osaka from Kochi and there is no way to get to Okinawa without going to Osaka or Tokyo first. :'[

thanks for the advice etc though, it's nice to hear someone's actual experiences in doing what i'd like to do. :] i will try to figure out how to make traveling work out for me too. >_<;