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Budget: Bolivia


We spent 18 days in Bolivia and spent a total of $1,570.  That means that we spent on average about $87 per day.

Our expenses were pretty evenly split: $500 on food and drink (about 30%); $340 on transportation (about 22%); $340 on entertainment (about 22% — this was mostly our bike ride down the death road). A major expense was our reciprocity fee at the border — $260 in total! Luckily, we didn’t spend much on camping as we were wild camping in many places in Bolivia.

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