HOW MUCH?!?!!!!

I got some quotes over the weekend to get some idea of my air fare costs. Seems that living in the middle of the pacific ocean nearly at the bottom of the world plays a big part in keeping my travel costs high.

The quotes I've gotten so far are Wellington > Auckland (Yea, Wgtn international only services Australian and a few pacific flights) > Singapore > Beijing > Auckland > Wellington.

About $2000NZD

I want to see as much of the countries I visit so I figure that flying over them won't show me much, so the plan is to travel by train around the different places I visit. Hope that will keep costs down too.

I'm starting to have the feeling that cause I'm almost island hopping, a lot of my costs is going to be flying from country to country. Idealy I would start from Japan and make my way down to Singapore, but thats not an option.

Gotta start thinking about accomodation and food as well.

Planning and budgeting owns me :o(