We traveled to Shanghai, China and visited People’s Square, ate delicious Chinese street food all day and booked a room in a hostel – all for less than 20 dollars (130 RMB)!
This is the FIRST EPISODE of the Traveling for 20 Dollars a Day series. We now have visited citied all over Asia – including Bangkok, Beijing, Taipei, Phnom Penh, Saigon, and so many more! Check out my channel to follow the adventure.
Cost to travel Shanghai for the day:
Meals:
For breakfast, I bought two baozi buns for 3 RMB (1.5 RMB apiece). After that, I bought pineapple on a stick from a roadside vendor for 5 RMB.
For lunch, I ate at Yang’s Fried Dumplings, a famous chain that serves up amazing Sheng Jian Bao. That meal cost me 8 RMB.
For dinner, I ate YangZhou fried rice (18 RMB) and had a beer (12 RMB), which totaled out to 30 RMB.
Transportation:
As far as transportation goes, the underground public transit system (the Metro) is connected to virtually every part of the city and you can travel from one end of the city to another for less than a dollar. Throughout the day, I only spent 6 RMB ($1) on transportation!
Accommodation:
A standard dorm room bed at the Shanghai City Central Youth Hostel cost me 70 RMB.
Total cost today: 123 RMB ($19)
Top Comments:
- AWESOME!! I can’t wait to see this series, and this video was amazingly shot and fun, nice work. Come to Chengdu and let’s shoot a vid together
- Hey Mr Cook.. I’m the Chinese guy who’s been translating your videos in China, just wanna say hi and wish you experience all the best that China has to offer.
- I live in Shanghai for more than 2 years, my twin brother has lived here for 16 years … it is a great city .. you could have gone to Cental Park for the day for 5 rmb and still have 2 rmb left … GREAT VIDEO
- Nice video man, great series idea. I’ll have to keep this budget in mind next time I train out to SH. Nicely shot too!
- I need to learn some mandarin, but I am definitely going to travel to china sometime soon – I want to see shanghai, but I also want to head to guilin and if possible see the avatar mountains if I have time
- Udon Thani, Thailand is an interesting place to travel to. It is in north eastern Thailand close by the Lao border. It is considered to be the poor region of Thailand. I’ve lived there for about six months and it was amazing. They have night markets that offer all kinds of food. One of my favorite dishes was a salted flat fish that is cooked on a BBQ that came with a brown, nutty sauce with a side of noodles. It didn’t cost more than four dollars to feed the three of us. You channel is awesome. It makes me want to travel more.
- Many times, the Chinese I meet Insist on paying for our meals together – you are a young, tall, “good looking” white guy, so my guess is that you receive very favorable treatment in China.
- I recommend the Islam food for the fried rice. Very cheap at around 10 yuan. I miss Shanghai! Looking forward to coming back. That’s the same hostel I stayed at Wuning Road North Kaixuan Road,Putuo District. I miss that place,same old reception guy I’ve met last November. I remember I’m given a card there to activate the light and airconditioner.
- This is awesome! Shanghai looks so clean and beautiful. You can live like a king with $20 in Shanghai.
- Great video, I really enjoyed it. The cheap prices makes me jealous, New York is so expensive 🙁 Anyways so happy you uploaded ^_^
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