Costs so far.

Here's a list of the major things I've spent money on for the trip:

$1303 for the airfare on United Airlines from YVR to Beijing and return from Bangkok to YVR.
$ 271 for multi-trip travel insurance with BCAA
$ 126 for vaccinations for Typhoid Fever and Hep A, there's more to come still.
$ 100 for my 6 month multiple entry travel visa to China
$ 340 for my Canon Elph SD600 digital camera with 2GB SD Card
$ 87 to renew my Canadian passport

Total: $2107

I've also had the luck to have some good parents and awesome friends to buy me things I've needed for my trip.

$ 130 for a pair of Salomon trail running shoes. (Thank you Ali!!! My feet will thank you!)
$ 222 for my 80L Asolo Navigator backpack. (Thank you Mum!)
$ 35 for my Lonely Planet guide Southeast Asia on a Shoestring. (Thank you Ali again!)

New Total: $2494

So thankfully I've been preparing long enough to have had a birthday and Christmas to stockpile items from friends and family those are definitely the best and I had to include them because they are all being used daily on the trip.

I may be forgetting some things but I think that's all I've got so far. I'm also going to have to buy malaria pills and probably another vaccination for Cholera/Traveller's Diahrea called Dukoral and those two things are likely to cost just over $100. That's all for now.