Nora, big thanks for give me so useful information. FlyOward seems to be a good idea and right now is already saved into my “Asia” folder. Other ways to do that are buy a train ticket to other country (when the destination is Thailand or Malasia) that you will not use.

About the guide let me tell you also is an excellent resource. My plan for my trip is use my savings and my income from my books, but of course I will be open to find other ways to save money. Also is now in my “Asia” folder.

My first stop will be Chiang Mai where I expect to write in a workstation and meet the place for six months. As you said, we need time and space to work.

Thanks for being so generous.

Hi Luis,
There are many creative ways to live on the road and not spend a lot of money. For example, I have specialized in getting free accommodation around the world in a variety of ways, which saves BIG money! Here’s some more information on that: https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/travel-tips-resources/get-free-accommodation-around-world/

As for onward tickets and visas, yes, this can be a challenge that requires some forward planning. Here’s some info about onward tickets: https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/things-before-traveling-abroad/
Also, I recently discovered a service called http://ww12.flyonward.com/ that gives you temporary “onward tickets” to provide immigration if you don’t want to commit to a flight.

As for writing while traveling, this is one of the biggest challenges I have faced on the road: creating a healthy work-life balance. But it’s always possible…and everybody has their own style. This is part of the reason why I like things like slow travel and house-sitting, because it gives me lots of time and space to do my work, while still allowing me to discover new destinations in a relaxed way.

Happy travels!

Somehow I understood that the spirit of the freelance who likes travel is take care of the budget, but I see I was wrong in your case. Good for you that you can do whatever you like.
Thanks for the tip about New Zealand, maybe I will stay one month instead of three, still I have to work out my travel project. After check some webs I realized some countries need a visa or/and you have to show the airplane tickets with date of departure. Is not big a problem, but for sure will be more expensive moving from a country to another to get one more month of visa, for example Indonesia.

One of my biggest fears is to know if I will be able to write while I am travelling. Now I am writing at home, but not quite sure if I will find the conditions to write on Indonesia or Manila. That will be a challenge.

Well, thanks for your message. Happy travel

Hi Luis,
Ha ha – And April was one of my lower months for my spending on Groceries + Food & Drink!
You bring up a great point about budgets and spending choices. I’m don’t live like I’m on a budget, because I don’t need to. I have nothing to prove to anybody about how little money I can survive on. I’ve done it when I’ve needed to. But at the moment, I have enough income to spend more money on healthy groceries and eating out whenever I choose, and so I do.
If you can get by in Spain spending 140Euros on Groceries and Meals and Drinks out, then good for you! You’ll surely be able to live on a similar budget in other countries, and a much smaller budget in places like Thailand or Manila where the cost of living is much lower. (The cost of living in New Zealand is not lower, however, so if you need to live on a severe budget, you may want to wait to go there until you have more income, unless you have a free place to stay – like I did).
I don’t know how easy it would be to survive on 500Euros/month in Thailand, but I guess if you’re willing to live a very basic lifestyle and you’re creative about your expenses, then you might be able to get by.
Hope this helps!

Thanks for share your information. Hope next year I can travel to Thailand to start my life as indie writer full time. So far I am using other job to pay my expenses and at the same time get income thanks to my books.

I am writing to you because I am surprised how expensive is eating and drinking on Peru. In April is almost 300$! How is that possible?? In Spain for my self I spend 140€.

If I have to make a decision weather quit my job and travel, or stay as I am doing now waiting to get more income using your expenses as a reference I would be depress. My goal is to spend 500€ per month living on Thailand or Manila or New Zealand. No way I can spend 1500-2000$ per month.

If you can give your point of view would be great.

Thanks!!

Hi Sharon,
It’s not impossible by any stretch!
Here’s an article I wrote a couple of years ago about traveling with pets, where I interviewed some nomadic travelers who manage this way: http://www.wisebread.com/23-tips-for-traveling-with-pets
As for traveling with medication, whenever I’ve had long-term prescriptions, I’ve filled them as much as I could before leaving, and had my doctor write a few refill prescriptions that I could fulfil in any pharmacy. Beyond that, you can usually contact your doctor from abroad with the details of a nearby pharmacy, and they can place the order directly with the pharmacy.
Hope this helps!

Hi Sop,
I don’t understand what you’re looking for. Did you want to know what airlines I used?

Thanks! And to think I wasn’t even really trying to… 😉