6000 EUR were meant to be my rough budget for the entire trip around the world. After 7 months I have now spent as much already.
Russia, Mongolia, China and Tibet are unfortunately more expensive than I thought.
South Asia is quite different. With 1000 EUR you can stay comfortably in India, Nepal and Bangladesh for 2 months. I spent 750 EUR in 55 days in India and Bangladesh. In 3 days of Thailand, I have spent the remaining 250 EUR.
The cost of living in Thailand is only slightly more expensive than India. My flight from India to Thailand (80 EUR) and hi-tech replacement for my unfortunately previously broken eBook Reader (160 EUR) cost a pretty penny.
With the cost of living I am as satisfied in Thailand, as in India.
With the land and people, I am much more satisfied in Thailand, than in annoying India.
Phuket, Thailand 
Well really,if you only spent 750 Euro in 55 days in India,no wonder you didnt enjoy it.You must have driven the average Indian half crazy with your bagaining.Truly,I saw some like you in action and it wasn’t pretty to watch,and listen to.One has to congratulate your frugality,but stop your winging.The country has true poetry.You want to turn it into another boring ultra hygenic Deutschland.
You are wrong on all 3 accounts:
1. Introverts like me hate bargaining. I barely do it at all.
2. My worst nightmare atm, is to wake up back in Germany, back in “civilisation”
3. Spending 400 EUR per month is easy in India!
If India rocks your boat, that’s great news! But don’t expect your subjective findings to become a universal law.
Please stop your Kantianism!
It’s so 18th century (-;
Ich sags mal so: ihr habt beide recht! Und: der Floc isn Sparfuchs! Mich hat er immer zum Filmwochenende mitgenommen, bloß damit er sich die Hälfte spart!
[...] 6k: 517 EUR/Monat 58 Tage Indien, Bangladesch bis Thailand [...]
Ich habe in 90 Tagen Indien auch nur etwa 2000 Franken also rund 1600 Euro ausgegeben. Bei “normalem” Backpacking sind so 500 Euro pro Monat durchaus ein vernünftiges Budget, bei dem man überhaupt nicht übermässig handeln muss.
Dass Florian Indien nicht so gut gefallen hat, ist zwar schade. Aber ich kenne viele Leute, die nie mehr freiwillig ins Land zurückgehen würden. Mir hats gut gefallen, aber super anstregend ist es schon.
Indien, jederzeit wieder, wenn ich ne Herausforderung brauche. Einzige Voraussetzung: Für jeden Tag in Indien im Anschluss ein Tag zur Erholung an nem ruhigen Flecken.