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Total spent in US dollars: USD-USD + USD-SOL + USD-BOL + USD-ARG + USD-PAR + USD-URG
Total spent in US dollars: 3396.46 USD + 55.56 USD + 163.52 USD + 272.27 USD + 44.77 USD + 75.93 USD
Total spent in US dollars: 4008.51 USD
Total US Dollars 3396.46 USD
Total Peru Sol 185.19 SOL
Conversion - 1 SOL = 0.3 USD
185.19 SOL * 0.3 = 55.56 USD
Total Bolivia Boliviano 1168 BOL
Conversion - 1 BOL = 0.14 USD
1168 BOL * 0.14 = 163.52 USD
Total Argentina Peso 10084 ARG
Conversion - 1 ARG = 0.027 USD
10084 ARG * 0.027 = 272.27 USD
Total Paraguay Guarani 263350 PAR
Conversion - 1 PAR = 0.00017 USD
263350 PAR * 0.00017 = 44.77 USD
Total Uruguay Peso 2531 URG
Conversion - 1 URG = 0.03 USD
2531URG * 0.03 = 75.93 USD
Days before trip
1156.37 USD – flight into Cusco, Peru and out of Buenos Ares, Argentina – 9/5/2018
19.50 USD – Bus Cusco, Peru to Puno, Peru – 11/17/2018
90.98 USD – Hotel - Hacienda Puno – 10/18/2018
51.21 USD – Bus Puno, Peru to La Paz, Bolivia – 9/24/2018
16.00 USD - Hotel Booking Protection Plus – 9/26/2018
28.33 USD – Bus La Paz, Bolivia to Uyuni, Bolivia
32.07 USD – Bus Uyuni, Bolivia to Villazon, Bolivia (Did not take this bus)
160 USD – Paraguay Visa
13.70 USD – USPS Postage to/from Paraguay Consulate in Los Angeles, California
160 USD – Bolivia Visa
13.70 USD – USPS Postage to/from Bolivia Consulate in Los Angeles, California
59.90 USD – GPS maps – Bolivia and Argentina
73.50 USD - Salt flat tour
12.60 USD - Tiwanaku Tour
130.20 USD - Worlds most dangerous road tour
293.80 - Flight from Asuncion, Paraguay to Montevideo, Uruguay
52.11 USD - Regency Way Montevideo Hotel
56.65 USD – GPS map s for Bolivia – first ones did not work
Total 2420.62 USD
Day 1, Saturday, November 10, 2018
0 USD – Luggage on Plane fee
14.6 USD – Lima airport – Exchanged 100 USD for 610 BOL (~=85.4) (14.6 = 100 – 85.4)
Lima Airport – 100 USD -> 3,400 ARG (I think they short changed me 100)
Total daily expenses 14.6 USD
Day 2, Sunday, November 11, 2018
3 USD – Cusco – tip to get guy to carry my bags to a taxi
40 SOL – Cusco – Taxi airport to bus terminal
2 USD – Cusco – tip to taxi driver
1.4 Sol – Cusco – exit tax at bus terminal
9 SOL – Bus stop – two 1-liter waters and 400 ml orange soda.
10 SOL – Bus stop – 200-gram bag of peanuts
6 USD – Puno – Cab to my hotel
1 USD – Puno – tip to baggage guy at hotel
9.5 SOL – Puno – 140-gram bag of crackers and 2.5-liter water
Hotel - Hacienda Puno – paid for on 10/18/2018
Total daily expenses 69.9 SOL and 12 USD (~=32.97 USD)
Day 3, Monday, November 12, 2018
2.2 SOL – South of Puno – 500 ml Inca Kola soda
9 SOL – South of Puno – 2.5-liter water, two cans of grated sardines (thought it was tuna) and 16 gram back of Cheetos
10 SOL – Puno – 2-hour boat trip on Lake Titicaca
5 SOL – Puno – Visitor fee to go to village on Lake Titicaca
5 SOL – village on Lake Titicaca – Necklace
10 SOL – village on Lake Titicaca – ceramic whistle
10 SOL – village on Lake Titicaca – Native boat to the other island
5 SOL – village on Lake Titicaca – 500 ml coke
1 SOL – village on Lake Titicaca – Native boy singing for tips
23.09 SOL – Puno – Loaf of bread, 500 ml Inca Kola Soda
Hotel - Hacienda Puno – paid for on 10/18/2018
Total daily expenses 80.29 SOL (~= 25.09 USD)
Day 4, Tuesday, November 13, 2018
35 SOL – Bolivia hop bus – Trip to Isle del Sol
1 BOL – Copacabana – Toilet
1 BOL – After river crossing – Toilet
2 BOL – La Paz – Tip to bag boy
Hotel Rosario La Paz – paid for on 11/16/2018
Total daily expenses 35 SOL and 4 BOL (~= 11.06 USD)
Day 5, Wednesday, November 14, 2018
12 BOL – La Paz – 2 liters of water
100 BOL – Tiwanaku Tour – entrance fee for Tiwanaku
40 BOL – Tiwanaku Tour - Lunch – Lama, salad, fruit and a 350ml coke
17 BOL – La Paz – USB Charger for Euro plugs (did not work – caused spark when plugged in)
80 USD – La Paz – Canyon driver to hike for Friday
Hotel Rosario La Paz – paid for on 11/16/2018
Total daily expenses 80 USD and 169 BOL (~= 103.66 USD)
Day 6, Thursday, November 15, 2018
50 BOL – Death road tour – Road tax
40 BOL – Death road tour – Monkey tour
35 BOL – Death road tour – Bear tour
6.8 BOL – Town of Yolosa at the end of Death road tour – 500 ml Orange Fanta
6 BOL – La Paz – 1 liter of water
Hotel Rosario La Paz – paid for on 11/16/2018
Total daily expenses 137.8 BOL (~= 19.29 USD)
Day 7, Friday, November 16, 2018
20 BOL – La Paz – tip to driver of Palca Canyon Tour
10 BOL – La Paz – Earrings with shells
4 BOL (should have been 3 BOL) – La Paz – Red gondola to top of La Paz
1 BOL – La Paz – bathroom at top of Gondola
3 BOL – La Paz – Red gondola down to La Paz and orange gondola
3 BOL – La Paz – Orange gondola up
3 BOL – La Paz – Orange gondola down
160 BOL – La Paz – Lama earrings
1.5 BOL – La Paz – Three dinner rolls
21 BOL – La Paz – 1-liter water and 200g bag of Doritos
20 BOL – La Paz – Taxi to bus station from hotel
5 BOL – La Paz – 500ml coke at bus station
5 BOL – La Paz – 500ml orange Fanta at bus station
1 BOL – La Paz – bathroom at bus station– all pooper full
1 BOL – La Paz – bathroom at bus station– second visit complete
2.5 BOL – La Paz – Bus station exit tax
4.24 USD – La Paz - ATM fee
226.81 USD – 3 nights at Hotel Rosario La Paz - La Paz, Bolivia
Hotel slept on bus
Total daily expenses 261 BOL and 231.05 USD (~= 267.59 USD)
Day 8, Saturday, November 17, 2018
30 BOL – Uyuni – Dry cereal, fruit and coffee with a 2 BOL tip
130 USD – Uyuni – Hotel – they only took perfect bills (they rejected 110 USD)
4 BOL – Uyuni – Tip for free ride from tour guide to hotel
8 BOL – Market on Salt flats tour – Stuffed Lama (probably made with lama wool)
15 BOL – Market on Salt flats tour – Change purse and Uyuni salt vile
10 BOL – Market on Salt flats tour – Painted salt ball
30 BOL – Salt flat tour – Ticket to hike on “Isle Incahuasi”
20 BOL – Uyuni – tip to Salt flats tour guide
7 BOL – Uyuni – 2-liter water
Total daily expenses 130 USD and 124 BOL (~= 147.36 USD)
Day 9, Sunday, November 18, 2018
5 BOL – Uyuni – 1 liter of water
40 BOL – Uyuni – Bus ticket to Tupazi
14 BOL – Between Uyuni and Atocha – 2-liter water and 500ml coke
51 BOL – Uyuni – 2-liter water, two 500ml Apple Fanta, 350 gram box of Choco-like cereal, a can of tune and 130 gram pack of crackers
Total daily expenses 110 BOL (~= 15.4 USD)
Day 10, Monday, November 19, 2018
10 BOL – Uyuni – Changed bus tickets so I would arrive in Villazon instead of Tupazi
8 BOL – Near Colchoni – 2 liter water
65 BOL – Uyuni – 120 ml 50 SPF sunscreen (I was getting burned with the dollar store stuff I brought) (The label says FPS, not SPF – must be the same thing)
27 BOL – Uyuni – old spice deodorant and 500ml apple Fanta
1 BOL – Uyuni - Bathroom
1 BOL – Tupiza bus station - Bathroom
30 BOL – Villazon – Taxi to a hotel
180 BOL – Villazon – 2 night in Hotel Ideal
Total daily expenses 322 BOL (~= 45.08 USD)
Day 11, Tuesday, November 20, 2018
14 BOL – between Villazon and Tupiza – 2 liter water and 500 ml Orange Fanta
15 BOL – Tupiza – Mercedes Sprinter van ride with my bike back to Villazon
1 BOL – Tupiza – Bus station tax
5 BOL – Villazon – 12 dinner rolls
5 BOL – Villazon – 2 liter Bady orange soda
Total daily expenses 40 BOL (~= 5.6 USD)
Day 12, Wednesday, November 21, 2018
14.2 USD – La Quiaca – Exchange loss gave then 400 BOL => received 1,600 ARG (14.2 = 57.99 (BOL) -> 43.79)
430 ARG – La Quiaca – Bus to Salta
40 ARG – La Quiaca – Luggage onto bus charge
10 ARG – Salta – Luggage off Bus
1500 ARG – Salta – Hotel
10 ARG – Salta – 1.5-liter orange soda, 2-liter water and 150 gram bag of Doritos
Total daily expenses 14.2 USD and 1990 ARG Pesos (~= 67.93 USD)
Day 13, Thursday, November 22, 2018
1483 ARG – Salta – Premium seats on bus to Corrientes (transfers in Resistencia)
1300 ARG – Salta – Store luggage while I walked around town
300 ARG – Salta – Round trip gondola ride (only used one way (could have saved 150 ARG)
60 ARG – Salta – Souvenir flute at top of Gondola- art area
30 ARG – Salta – 50-gram ice cream bar at bus station.
165 ARG – Salta – 1.5 liter orange soda, 2 liter water and 125 gram bix of crackers.
50 ARG – Salta – To put bags on bus
5 ARG – Bus stop – bathroom
7.77 USD – ATM Fee
Total daily expenses 3393 ARG Pesos and 7.77 USD (~= 99.38 USD)
Day 14, Friday, November 23, 2018
180 ARG – about 30 miles east of Resistencia – 105-gram bag of Doritos, 750 ml water and 1.5-liter orange soda
270 ARG - Resistencia – Bus to Formosa
50 ARG – Resistencia – For luggage on bus
20 ARG – Formosa – tip for guy the removed luggage from the bus
42.74 USD – Formosa – Hotel Formosa (paid with visa)
470 ARG – Formosa – 500 ml Orange Soda, 1.65 liter Orange Soda, 1.5 liter water, 2 cans of tuna, loaf of bread, 200 gram bag of cheese puffs and 130 gram bag of chocolate puffs
Total daily expenses 990 ARG Pesos and 42.74 USD (~= 69.74 USD)
Day 15, Saturday, November 24, 2018
60 ARG – about 20 miles south of Formosa – 1.65-liter orange soda and 50-gram pack of strawberry filed Oreos
200 ARG – Formosa – bus to Clorinda
7.77 USD – ATM fee
1192.60 ARG – Formosa – Pair of long pants, 105-gram bag of Doritos, 1.5-liter Orange soda, 2 cans of tuna, package of 3 cracker groups 321 grams total and 1.5 liter of water
Total daily expenses 1452.60 ARG Pesos and 7.77 USD (~= 46.99 USD)
Day 16, Sunday, November 25, 2018
40 ARG – Formosa – luggage on bus
600 ARG – Clorinda – Hotel – Ar-Tur
205 ARG – Clorinda – 1.5 liter orange soda, 1 liter water, 125 gram box of Rex cracker (like Ritz crackers) and 120 gram roll of chocolate cookies (like Oreos)
389.40 ARG – Clorinda – 3 cans of tuna, loaf of bread, bag of 6 rolls, 2 liter water and 1.5 liter orange soda and plastic bag charge (1 ARG)
Total daily expenses 1234.4 ARG Pesos (~= 33.33 USD)
Day 17, Monday, November 26, 2018
139.58 USD – Asuncion – Ibis Hotel 3 night
7,500 PAR - Asuncion – 600 ml Orange soda and 1 liter of water.
24,600 PAR - Asuncion – 1.5-liter orange soda, 2.25-liter water and 180 gram bag of Doritos
10.03 USD - Asuncion – ATM change for 900 MIL withdrawal
1.23 USD – Hotel foreign fee
Total daily expenses 150.84 USD and 32,100 PAR (~= 156.30 USD)
Day 18, Tuesday, November 27, 2018
14,000 PAR - Asuncion – 1.5 liter orange soda, 140 g Nestle Bono chocolate cookies (Roll ~ 20 Oreo sized cookies)
6,000 PAR - Asuncion – 1-liter Pulp (name brand) cherry soda
21,400 PAR - Asuncion – 1.5-liter orange soda, 2.25 liter water and a loaf of bread
7.77 USD - ATM Fee
Total daily expenses 41,400 PAR and 7.77 USD (~= 14.81 USD)
Day 19, Wednesday, November 28, 2018
29,050 PAR - Asuncion – 1.5 liter orange soda, 2 liter water, 180 g bag of Doritos and 115 gram roll of Toddy Chocolate cookies (like Oreos ~ 11 cookies)
Total daily expenses 29,050 PAR (~= 4.94 USD)
Day 20, Thursday, November 29, 2018
71.45 USD – Checkout at Ibis Hotel – charge for the last night
10,800 PAR - Asuncion – 600ml orange soda and 75 gram bag of Doritos
22.45 USD - Asuncion - Transfer shuttle from IBIS to airport (used Visa)
150,000 PAR – Asuncion airport – Flute and T-shirt
13.69 USD - Asuncion airport – Exchanged 450 PAR for 2.000 URG – (13.69 USD = 75.62 – 61.93 - USD (450 MIL PAR (=75.62 USD); 2000 URG (61.93 USD))
1,300 URG - Montevideo – Taxi from airport to hotel (40.14 USD)
302 URG – Montevideo – 1.5 liter orange soda, loaf of bread and 125 gram bag of Chio Tortillas (Like Doritos)
56..54 USD - Montevideo– Regency Way Hotel Montevideo
Total daily expenses 164.13 USD and 160,800 PAR and 1602 URG (~= 239.53 USD)
Day 21, Friday, November 30, 2018
170 URG – Montevideo – Taxi to bus station
20 URG – Montevideo – Tip to people that removed luggage from taxi
389 URG – Montevideo – Bus to Colonia
144 URG – Colonia – 1.5-liter orange soda, 1-liter water and ice cream bar
206 URG – Colonia – 1.5 liter orange soda, 1.5 liter water (with gas – Con), 150 gram bag of Doritos and 20 gram bag of Rocklets (like M & M s)
61.15 USD - Hotel – Hotel Royal Colonia
Total daily expenses 61.15 USD and 929 URG (~= 89.02 USD)
Day 22, Saturday, December 1, 2018
850 ARG – Moron – Hotel Moron
174 ARG – Moron – 1.5-liter orange soda, 1.5-liter water, 51-gram bag of Doritos and 40-gram bag of Rocklets (like M & M s)
Total daily expenses 1024 ARG Pesos (~= 27.65 USD)
Day 23, Sunday, December 2, 2018
18.98 USD – Atlanta – Exchanged 1,500 Argentina Pesos for 20.77 (they said they changed $3.95, but the rate was horrible ~60/ 1 USD – S/B ~37/ 1USD) – Should have been $39.75 (loss from exchange 18.98 = 39.75 – 20.77)
Total daily expenses 18.98 USD
Day 24, Monday, December 3, 2018
2.5 USD – Portland – max to my house
Total daily expenses 2.5 USD
Post trip expenses
10.84 => (118.49 – 107.65) => 3800 Uruguay Web Value = 118.49; Bank gave me 107.65