My husband and I are taking the year off for 2008 and 2009 and spending most of it in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. We will be keeping track of our daily spending and writing up the summary on our blog for the edification of others. We are budget backpackers so we mostly Couchsurf or stay in hostels in Europe and we stay in guest houses in SE Asia. So far we have budget/spending/cost summaries for Romania, Budapest, Poland, Brussels, and Cyprus. We'll keep updating as time goes by, so check in on occasion to see Thailand and hopefully Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Let us know if you have any questions as well. You can read about our spending by clicking here LivingSpree's Budget Wise