spent roughly 4,000 in 5 months including flights. So, if you look at it that way you will be practically saving money when you're away. I don't think you can stretch to that. For a start, there's two months' salary foregone and maybe pension and other benefits. That's often the bigger financial hit of taking time out. Then there may well be on-going UK costs of a home etc too, unless you are still in bank of mum and dad territory. Clearly I was being light hearted. Obviously it is going to cost a considerable amount of money to go and travel for two months, I worked two jobs for a year and a half before I went away. My point being that the cost of living and travelling in Asia is low compared to the day to day costs at home. In the grand scheme of things 2 months isn't a long time, even taking into account pension and mortgage payments. The first time I went travelling back in the 80's I borrowed 300 off my mum, took me a couple of years to pay it back but it was one of the best things I did when I was at college. If you can afford to pay the money back when you are back working, I'd say go for it. Alternatively if the offer of two months unpaid is open ended I know it's obvious but just put a bit a way cash way each month - look