Wednesday, September 2, 2015

We are Back: Some Stats from the Trip

We are back! A lot of people have been asking me how much a road trip like this actually costs, how many kilometres we drove per day etc., so here are some stats:

The final itinerary:
Day-Date:Place
1-20.: Ljubljana-Sofia, 950km/9h
2-21.: Sofia-Gallipoli,Troia, Sleeping Edremit, 700 km/9h30min
3-22.: Pergamon, Çesme, 336km/4h40min
4-23.: Ephesus, Pamukkale, 311km/3h40min
5-24.: Gokova, Fethyje (Oludeniz),243km/3h
6-25.: Mt. Olympus (Çirali beach and fire), 235km/3h40min
7-26.: Antalya, Konya, 383km/5h20min
8,9-27.,28.: Urgup (Cappadocia), 240km/3h
10- 29.: Sleeping Erzincan, 500 km/5h
11-30:  Van, 548km/6h40min
12-31: Tabriz, 330km/4h20min
13-1.: Zanjan, 300km/3h
14- 2.: Zanjan- Alamut Castle, Qazvin, 420km/6h40min
15-3: Qazvin, Kashan, Esfahan, 460km/5h
16-4.: Esfahan
17-5.: Esfahan, Perseopolis,  Shiraz, 450km/5h
18-6.: Shiraz
19-7.: Yazd,  Chak Chak, Ardakan, 500km/6h
20-8.: Abyaneh, Tehran, 670km/8h
21-9.: Tehran
22-10.: Rasht open air museum, Kiashahr, 368km/4h40min
23-11.: Tabriz, 500km/8h
24-12.: Armenia-Meghri, 150km/2h26min
25-13.: Tatev, Noravank, Khor Virap,  Yerevan, 371km/5h30min
26-14.: Garni Temple, Sevan lake, 70km/1h
27-15.: Vanadzor, Tbilisi, 230km/4h
28-16: Batumi, 370km/5h
29-17: Ordu, 380 km/5h
30-18: Safranbolu, 586 km/6h40min
31-19: Esenyurt (Istanbul), 440km/4h40min
32-20: Niš, 692km/8h
33-21: Ljubljana, 750km/7h
TOTAL kilometres: 14300
Numb of car issues: 0 (Elza was a good girl this time)
Kilometres per day: 446,9

Expenses
Fuel: 300 EUR/person (most expensive in Turkey, about 1,2 eur/l; cheapest Iran, about 0,18 eur/l)
Visas/Carnet de Passage/Tax for importing car to Armenia: 50 eur/person: 54 eur/person+20 eur/person= 124 eur/person
Accommodation: 
Couchsurfing: 24 nights
Paid: 8 nights-64 eur/person
Free camping: 1 night
Tolls, food, souvenirs: 213 eur/person
Hot Air balloon in Capadoccia: 120 eur/person
TOTAL: 821 eur/person
Total per person per day (excluding visas, car documents and the hot air balloon): 19,1 eur
Total per person per day : 26 eur

Most expensive country per day: Armenia (around 32 eur/per person per day)- yup, the import tax ruined our budget plan here
Cheapest  country per day: Iran (around 8 eur/ per person per day excluding carnet and the visas): yaaay to the 18 eur cents/l diesel price