Water bottle #1: "So you think you are going to travel on a budget", I say to Barbara as my buddies and I are being wheeled onto the plane, and see Barbara taking her last drink from a public drinking fountain. "Wait until you see how much you have to spend on bottled water." We are very popular in 2nd and 3rd world countries. There is no such thing as a public fountain and all drinking water is either boiled or bottled. I am the first of what will be many water bottles accompanying Barbara on this world tour. She is going to carry one of us everywhere she goes!
From Barbara: After 3 months in Asia, I haven't had to purchase a water bottle yet.
FYI: The first 3 months of blog entries are actually done in retrospect. After I had been in Asia for 3 months, I came to the realization that I hadn't had to purchase a single water bottle. Each one was either given to me by a friend or received at a festival, a Buddhist temple, a wake, etc. In light of this fact, I have decided to write this blog in the 3rd person told from the perspective of my myriad of water bottles. Why? Well, it's just a lot more fun to write this way. I'll probably switch to my own voice eventually, but for now, it's going to be the water bottles talking.
Budget tip: Get an airline branded credit card and start racking up points. That's how I paid for my trip.
Do you have suggestions on how to pay for flights?
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