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Earth Vagabonds Budget slow travel in early retirement. We show you how it’s possible. From 2015 to mid-2023, our budget was $2,000 a month for two people.

Earth Vagabonds - Ellen and Theo - quit the rat race and retired early to travel the world. That amount is still possible for an extremely comfortable lifestyle in developing nations. We have shared many monthly budget breakdowns to demonstrate to would-be retirees that it is possible to live outside the USA on a (relatively) small budget. In June 2023, Earth Vagabonds left Asia, and headed back west to the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Accordingly, we have increased our budget to meet the more expensive cost-of-living in these areas. Our budget for these regions is $3,000 a month for two people. While that is a dramatic increase, we still feel it is a bargain compared to what early retirement would cost in the USA, and most importantly --- we get to keep traveling to new places on Earth. Our dream lifestyle is realized: travel the world in early retirement. We hope to inspire others to live this lifestyle sooner rather than later. Our mantra: Life is Now. Specific 'how to' guides, such as health care abroad without insurance, and our popular budget breakdowns, are easily accessible on https://www.earthvagabonds.com.

Facebook will no longer let us post links to our website more than twice per month without paying them. So … haha. Yea, ...
26/09/2026

Facebook will no longer let us post links to our website more than twice per month without paying them.

So … haha. Yea, we’re not doing that.

But Theo wants to share our two-day slow boat experience up the Mekong River in Laos, where we saw a floating co**se (!) and many gold diggers now that the price of gold is up.

You guys know where to go: EarthVagabonds dot com for the latest on our adventures.

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Below is a comparison of what it cost to stay one month in Hua Hin, Thailand — 2022 versus 2026. Hua Hin is one of our f...
18/09/2026

Below is a comparison of what it cost to stay one month in Hua Hin, Thailand — 2022 versus 2026.

Hua Hin is one of our favorite beach cities on the planet.

2026:

$504 — Housing
$398 — Travel
$264 — Restaurants/cafes
$261 — Health
$221 — Groceries
$147 — Beer
$86 — Entertainment/excursion
$85 — Supplies
$57 — Local transit
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$2,023 Total for 2 persons

2022:

$521 — Health
$372 — Restaurant/beer
$295 — Housing
$281 — Groceries
$132 — Travel
$115 — Supplies
$69 — Entertainment
$23 — Local transport
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$1,808 total for 2 persons

Health was so high in 2022 because Ellen was hit by a car while riding a bike and had a broken wrist.

Also, 2022 was the tail end of COVID.

Our charity/gifts category were omitted because from both years because that is entirely discretionary.

More notes on the breakdowns ⬇️

https://www.earthvagabonds.com/budget-breakdown-inflation-comparison-for-hua-hin-thailand-2022-vs-2026/

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Has inflation hit Hua Hin, Thailand?It’s one of our favorite budget slow travel destinations for so many reasons: 🙏 Thai...
17/09/2026

Has inflation hit Hua Hin, Thailand?

It’s one of our favorite budget slow travel destinations for so many reasons:

🙏 Thai culture

🏖️ Great coastline

😊 Expat community

🛫 🏥 A few hours from Bangkok, a major flight hub with great healthcare

💰 Reasonable prices

Theo tallied up two of our month-long stays: 2022 & 2026.

Is it still extremely affordable for budget slow travelers — despite inflation hitting everywhere?

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https://www.earthvagabonds.com/budget-breakdown-inflation-comparison-for-hua-hin-thailand-2022-vs-2026/






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How much more did a month-long stay cost?

15/09/2026

We’ve had some adventures in Laos - including paramotoring in Vang Vieng.

So fun, Ellen splurged and went twice. 😁
$95 a pop for about 15 minutes.

As little as two years ago, we read the price was as low as $35-$40. Life is now so travel now!

We used Oasis, and highly recommend them.

Btw: years ago, we paraglided in Yelapa, Mexico, during a work vacation — no motors there, only wind.

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Chillin’ in Vientiane. Have you been?Wats (Buddhist temples) and monks, museums and monuments, night markets and cafes, ...
01/09/2026

Chillin’ in Vientiane.
Have you been?

Wats (Buddhist temples) and monks, museums and monuments, night markets and cafes, Mekong River walks.

Laos is new country #40 on our budget slow travel world tour in early retirement.

We have a lot to learn, so we started in the nation’s capital. We arrived from Bangkok via train. Easy and efficient border crossing.

💰Budget travel tip: the trip.com app offered the best eSIM deal — by far. Just $8 for 30 gigs over 30 days on Unitel, which is the best network in Laos for cities and rural areas we will visit.

We found the best eSIM option thanks to Laos Insider. We recommend their website for more helpful and useful information.

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It was a rainy afternoon so we went to the movies. Spiderman entertained us for $6 a ticket in Hua Hin, Thailand. Fun fa...
13/08/2026

It was a rainy afternoon so we went to the movies. Spiderman entertained us for $6 a ticket in Hua Hin, Thailand.

Fun fact: in Thailand, everyone is asked to stand before movies during a video tribute to the king.

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☺️We can still hardly believe we did this.But we did! We brought electricity and drinking water to the mountaintop villa...
11/08/2026

☺️We can still hardly believe we did this.
But we did!

We brought electricity and drinking water to the mountaintop village of the indigenous Ati tribe during the pandemic. Our friends live on mainland Malay in the Philippines.

Earlier this summer, we took a hike back up there to see what changed in Kurong Village since we left in early 2022.

Here’s Theo’s account — along with many photos — of our return to ‘Ati Mountain’.

https://www.earthvagabonds.com/return-to-ati-mountain/





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We’re in Thailand now. Bangkok was our first stop, where we got our Qdenga boosters against dengue fever. And as soon as...
04/08/2026

We’re in Thailand now. Bangkok was our first stop, where we got our Qdenga boosters against dengue fever.

And as soon as we left the clinic— Theo killed a mosquito!
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He nearly needed hospitalization from the mosquito-borne virus back in India.

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There are four dengue strains, so surviving one infection does not mean immunity for life, like it does for chikungunya (another mosquito virus Ellen got in back Mexico).

In fact, subsequent dengue virus infections with a different strain can be much more serious than the first time!

And the virus is spreading around the world. Dengue is now in places like FLORIDA!

Our Qdenga shots are not approved in the USA, however. Thailand and the EU are examples of places where you can get this vaccine.

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Initial vaccinations in Bangkok were $75. We got those in April. Our recent booster shots were also $75 each.

With our two-dose courses complete, we are protected against severe dengue fever — no hospitalizations or organ failures.
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We went to the WellMed Clinic in Asok. Highly recommend!
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To learn more about dengue fever — which becomes more prevalent every year — go here ⬇️

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dengue-fever/symptoms-causes/syc-20353078

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Again: Qdenga is not yet available everywhere, including places like the U.S. and India.

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To read more about the vaccine, go here ⬇️

https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/qdenga

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To read about Theo’s dreadful dengue fever experience, see his post ⬇️

https://www.earthvagabonds.com/dissecting-days-of-dengue-fever-in-india/

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Life is Now!

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