Cheap… But At What Cost? (South East Asia vs Latin America)

We’re sharing our thoughts and experiences in a spontaneous moment while walking around Hoi An, Vietnam. After spending six months in Latin America, we reflect on the differences between living and traveling in Southeast Asia and Latin America—offering our “feet on the ground” perspective on key lifestyle factors. We’ve been traveling together since 2017, exploring Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. Dan has also visited Belize and Paraguay. Beyond Latin America, we’ve traveled through parts of Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean. Dan been to 78 countries. Qiang been to 54 countries. You can check out the country playlists on Dan’s channel to see what we eat, where we stay, and how we explore local markets. Here is Dan’s channel: Vagabond Awake    / @vagabondawake   💁🏻‍♀️ 𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐎 𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒 - 𝐐𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐔𝐈 📌 𝘽𝙇𝙊𝙂 : https://hoboventures.com/ 🤳𝙄𝙉𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙈 :   / qianghui   🧶 𝙁𝘼𝘾𝙀𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙆 𝙋𝘼𝙂𝙀:   / qianghui.hoboventures   ☕️𝘽𝙐𝙔 𝙌𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙂 𝘾𝙊𝙁𝙁𝙀𝙀 : https://ko-fi.com/hoboventures 💁🏼‍♂️ 𝐕𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐊𝐄 - 𝐃𝐀𝐍 📹 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙏𝙐𝘽𝙀 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙉𝙉𝙀𝙇:    / @vagabondawake   𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 🔛 𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐁𝐎𝐒𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 🔜 https://vagabondbuddha.com/fire-your-... 🏖 𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙥 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙚 : https://vagabondbuddha.com/ 🙏🏼 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐𝒔. 🙆🏻‍♀️ 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. ❥ 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝑸𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈 ᴥ 𝑫𝒂𝒏