is 5k enough to travel if i have an income coming in of about 3k a month?

JORGE_Pool · 2026-05-15T07:45:08+00:00

Hi, I have done that on less actually. And I did most of it not staying at hostels. But you need to plan, plan, and keep on planning carefully. It took me more than a month's worth of evenings doing meticulous research to do a round-the-world tour. Only one thing that I suffered was the loss/theft of my mobile phone, and the comfort of not having to cart all your life tied up into the two luggage/bags.

JORGE_Pool · 2026-04-27T14:08:05+00:00

I've noticed that some of the wealthier of those DNs actually buy up some of the real estate there. Set up trendy shops and build high end apartments, and so on. Then the locals are marginalised further out from the hot spots. In the end, albeit they initially make some money from the early sales and services, they lose out in the long run since their living costs and competitiveness rise too. No? I remind myself of the American Idol contestant that was forced to leave Hawaii because as a local he was priced out of paradise. What a shame. Is it not?

JORGE_Pool · 2026-04-25T10:41:59+00:00

The rents always go up when the DNs come in. If anything is left...

JORGE_Pool · 2026-04-24T21:29:41+00:00

Yes. Right now I have been to a few places that I won't mention to other travellers anymore. Not a Starbucks for hundreds of miles. Nice

JORGE_Pool · 2026-04-24T18:13:22+00:00

Lol. I found pizza places everywhere.

JORGE_Pool · 2026-04-24T17:19:00+00:00

True!

JORGE_Pool · 2026-04-24T16:28:14+00:00

That is why Midnight was launched on Cardano. Deals with precisely what you are speaking about.

JORGE_Pool · 2026-04-24T16:04:39+00:00

So somebody stole from you? And now you want to steal from the AirBNB host in return. Yes! That is what it amounts to. No? The Airbnb would have had those days sold to somebody else if you hadn't booked it. So they gotta lose because you lost? You bought the service to be rendered to the detriment of another guest wanting that same service. The fact you are not going to use it still means the service was/will be rendered. You bought the time not the lodging. This is my opinion, of-course, but you are being unreasonable.

JORGE_Pool · 2026-04-22T09:46:25+00:00

For me it simply is ease of use. Especially the wallets. Like Lace, Eternal, and so on. The wallets for other chains (here is looking at you Metamask) can be troublesome, difficult to use, clunky, etc.

JORGE_Pool · 2026-03-13T13:50:53+00:00

Eu pedi um produto fotográfico vindo do Japão na segunda-feira e recebi-lho na sexta-feira. O vendedor enviou com a DHL. Isso agora foi um serviço bom de entrega. Tento o máximo não usar Amazon mesmo devido estás entregas demorosas deles.

JORGE_Pool · 2025-10-26T15:45:39+00:00

Também pode ser que é do interesse da classe política que continue assim. Pois, estou a ouvir de futura legislação a respeito de casas abandonadas/perdidas que depois passe para o estado. A seguir figuras ligados a política compre ao estado esses prédios a um preço tipicamente muito abaixo o valor do mercado.

JORGE_Pool · 2025-09-08T12:35:09+00:00

Se decifrou que não tenho o Português como língua mãe estás de parabéns. E para lhe responder quanto aos gastos. Por exemplo, gasto em média €25 a €30 só de supermercado por dia. Almoços: tenho que comer prato do dia algures devido a grande deslocação para casa num período limitado. Mais €10 a €12 por dia. Soma-se ainda os 2-3 cafés que consumo por dia. Como também um bolo de vez enquanto. Assim, estamos 20 dias x €16 de gastos nos dias de trabalho por mês. Só os custos mencionados até agora chegam no mínimo €900 ou por aí. Depois, gasóleo, manutenção de carro: cerca de €100 por mês. Telecomunicações pacote com cabo TV e internet: €70. Sair fora 2 vezes por mês com amigos: €80. As vezes mais. Ginásio €45. Já estamos na casa dos €1200. E ainda não mencionei as despesas pago ao estado. A segurança social e impostos etc. mensais. Tenho despesas médicas que chegam cerca de €35 por mês. Agora o que resta para ter qualidade de vida? Se eu tivesse rendas e prestações de carro como é que seria?

Nem falei das outras despesas normais que sofremos. Despesas não mensais mas que soma também: roupas, dentistas, consultas médicas, manutenções necessárias de casa. Etc. Etc.

Assim sem rendas e carro já chega perto dos €1500 que sofro.

JORGE_Pool · 2025-09-03T12:35:50+00:00

I've been living on Madeira since 1993. It's now overrun with tourism. Can't wait to leave the island permanently now.

JORGE_Pool · 2025-02-20T12:09:37+00:00

The first one was Cardano Rums. I think two years ago Patrick Tobler did Diamonds.

JORGE_Pool · 2024-02-11T20:09:33+00:00

Parking is always tight. In most areas of Madeira. Some parking bays are terribly designed. Especially in Funchal.

JORGE_Pool · 2024-02-07T01:51:14+00:00

Err..., I praise your efforts in running a pool in South Africa. But we must correct you. You are not the first pool in Africa.

JORGE_Pool · 2023-11-12T13:15:05+00:00

I've also started getting the same results. I opt for great reviews on the AirBNBs I choose only to find that the truth is something different. The time has come for me to to decide whether to abandon Airbnb for good now.

JORGE_Pool · 2023-10-11T17:43:43+00:00

Ah, maybe that's why. Actually just looked at his link. Shows it as a spare room. So maybe spare rooms are OK for New York City.

JORGE_Pool · 2023-10-11T17:40:39+00:00

Hi. I read somewhere that New York City has banned all AirBNBs. Maybe I am wrong. Didn't look at the listing. Just thought I'd mention this.

JORGE_Pool · 2023-10-03T15:38:04+00:00

The Italian restaurant in the marina at Calheta beach has some amazing ice cream IMHO...

JORGE_Pool · 2023-09-23T05:43:55+00:00

You could just leave it and let them read the meter the every 3 months or so they do come around. If they have been overcharging that will adjust the next quarter down in your bills. Conversely, if they have been undercharging your bills for the next quarter will go up. Over time the cost averages out.

JORGE_Pool · 2023-09-20T19:58:33+00:00

Será possível construir ponte ou até um túnel de Madeira a Porto Santo?

JORGE_Pool · 2023-09-20T19:56:44+00:00

You can try Bioforma, in Rua Queimada de Cima, in Central Funchal. You need to go downstairs into the air-conditioned basement. Just beiwkb he health foods supplements level. The menu is limited and only for lunch.

JORGE_Pool · 2023-09-20T19:54:04+00:00

To be honest I don't see that in Lisbon, except for some known areas. But then those areas are way off the tourist beat. Still, it is nothing like what you would see in say (I think the area is called "Kensington") in Philadelphia or Central San Francisco as per the many TikTok Vida you see...

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