We spent 2 months in Colombia and spent a total of $4,932. That means that we spent on average about $82 per day.
Our largest expense was transportation ($2,127 – about 43% of the total budget), followed by food & drinks ($1,866 – about 38% of the total budget), and finally living expenses ($548 – about 11% of the total budget).
Our transportation budget was higher than normal for several reasons. First, the costs here include about $375 shipping costs (shipping our truck from Panama to Cartagena). Second, we spent about $500 in maintenance on our truck–you may recall we broke our back window in the Guajira, but we also did an oil change and a couple other things. Finally, Colombia is big and gas is expensive–we spent about $870 just on diesel fuel.