Before meeting Tim I’d never backpacked, never been to Asia, never budget-travelled, and honestly didn’t really know the first thing about it! The last 8 years have taught me SO MUCH, and sometimes I look back on our first trips and wish I could do it over 😂😂 Here’s what I’d change: 1️⃣ I wouldn’t stress so much about the budget. For the first year, it would ruin my day if we went over budget. I missed out on such cool things because I was so worried about the finances. But now I realise that *averages* are more important than daily values. I look at weekly, fortnightly and monthly budgets and worry less if I go over one day. I know I can pull back another day if I want to. And I’m never going to get this time back, sometimes just do the thing! 2️⃣ I’d move slower For the first 10 months of backpacking we stopped for a max of 3/4 nights. We were so thirsty for travel. We’d just quit our jobs and we just wanted to see and do EVERYTHING. To us that meant covering as much ground ...