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[Hope]

I just returned from Thailand this week. I spent 2 months traveling around Thailand, Laos and Cambodia and 1 month on an island in the south . The last month on the island I spent about 1 million won and wasn't really watching my budget. I think it could be done for less. I ate all my meals in tourist restaurants....that was about 65-70% of my costs. I also was using satellite internet at least an hour a day...which really added up. I hope to do it again for a longer period next year at a much lower cost. If you stay in a bungalow for a long period of time you can ask for a discount rate. Also, I don't drink alcoholic beverages regularly....that makes a big difference.

[desultude]

What about The Philippines? How much for a year?

[Khunopie]

If you budget 1 mill/ month and you have 5 mill then let me think..... 5 months. If you get caught up in hookers and beer then let me think..... 1.5 months. Have a good time.

[jajdude]

I'd probably be an idiot and spend it in less than 3 months.

[korian]

i used to live and work in bkk. i had a decent pad with cable and air-con not far from a sky train station that cost me 8,500 baht a month. beer bought anywhere but your wetsern style rest. is dirt cheap as is eating on all your side of the road rest like thais do. it's the best food and the cheapest.

down south i'm not sure about pads. but it's monsoon season between may-sept. so i wouldn't recomend it down there anyway if it's sun and fun you'r after. but bkk is generally more expensive so bank on a monthly rate being a bit cheaper.

and where in the south do you wanna go? i wouldn't recommend phuket but it's whatever tickles your fancy. you can rent in krabi town for example for dirt dirt cheap and it's a great boat ride each day on the longtails to raileigh or ao nang.

so it depends on a lot of factors but if you're thinking of going for 4-6 monhts make sure it's at the right time of yeasr. i.e from november to march

[The Bobster]

[aussie col]

I spent 3 months travelling Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. I was spending $AU1000 per month on food, transport and accommodation. Back then aussie $ was worthless so it was about 22,000 Baht per month. This didn��t include beer of visas.

From what I can remember:

Street vendor meal: 20 baht
Bottle of water: 5 baht
Room: 100 baht (most times shared bath but sometimes own bathroom for same price)

[shawner88]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Interesting to see such a wide spread in costs between travellers. I'll have to research more. I wasn't planning on living like a king but not toooooo cheaply - I'd say I'd like to stretch that much money for 6 months if possible. It seems highly likely as long as rent isn't too high. I didn't realize the rainy season was coming though. When is the best time to go to the island. I want the sunshine and blue skies.

[Khunopie]

Having lived in Bangkok for a year I can say the nicest weather is in Dec and Jan. Fargin gorgeous.Apr May is the hot season and is quite dry but stupid hot. rainy season is like Julyish -Novish.

[Tiger Beer]

[wylde]

always sticks in my mind... when i went to a porn shop in aust. i saw a video called 'thai lady boys'..

i became concerned then

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