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Tips to Backpack cheap in South East Asia

Cheap backpack tips south east Asia

I did some nice things in China and Bangkok so far. But the touristic stuff costs a lot of money! Espacially the nature parks in China. But when you buy one beer on a Rooftopbar in Bangkok you can also sleep a night for that money 😉  Yesterday I had my cheapest day this journey.

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First of all I’m realy happy with my Couchsurf place. (on Khoa San rd you can also sleep for 250 baht) It is a nice appartment good couch and wifi as well. I uploaded all my photo’s and video’s into the cloud. You never know when you loose your phone. (Yes I think that is going to happen this journey 😀 ) But the owner of the appartment has a cleaninglady and she will arrive at 8.00 am.

So I was up early and had a whole day in front of me! Plan was walk the city see Khao San Road, Phat Phong street at daylight and take a boat back. And walk a little trough the neighborhoods. See the real locals by feet.

I’ll give you a resume what I did and spend.

  • Take the Skytrain so close as i can to Khoa San rd. (40 baht)
  • Bought some breakfast on the street on my way to Khao San road. In this case fruit! (30 baht)
  • I had to transfer money online and needed WIFI, bought a icecream at Mc Donalds (20 baht)
  • Walked over Khao San rd. looking for cheap busses to Cambodia.
  • Took the boat back from pier seven to pier one (35 baht)
  • Had a nice lunch omelet with rice and fruit (80 baht) I love streetfood and try to taste everything!
  • Bought a water and a ice coffee at 7/11 (25 baht)
  • Bought some springrolls  on the street (40 baht)
  • Had a diner in a local restaurant Pad Thai and big water with ice (90 baht)
  • Some water and a beer for at the appartment (60 baht)

In Total I spend 420 baht. Yes you can do it cheaper if you want..

At this moment 40 bath is 1 euro so I spended 10.5 euro for one day! Walked 27.5 km and had great food! The day was awesome 🙂

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Paul Ram

Written by Paul Ram · updated 16 October 2026

I am Paul from Amsterdam and I have been writing GoBackpackGo since 2013, from my own trips through 32 countries and 1,000+ days on the road: backpacking in Asia (2014 and 2023–2024), road trips in Australia and New Zealand, and bikepacking trips in Europe.

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Outdoor and sports enthusiast. Since 2013 I’ve been backpacking, bikepacking and motorbiking through more than 30 countries, and writing about it on GoBackpackGo. Everything here comes from my own trips, routes and real costs.

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