Living In Thailand For Cheap
So, the other day I was searching for places I could live for fairly cheap. Thailand came to mind. I wanted somewhere, where I eventual could live comfortably strictly off of Steem. So today in this post, I'm going to break down the cost of Living in Thailand on a monthly basis. ( this will exclude; cost of plane ticket, visa, and passport.)
So, The first thing I went and did is pull up the Baht to USD converter. I'm interested in Phuket, So I'm going to be looking at the price of living there.
I'm thinking, of staying a month or two months, maybe more. The first thing that popped into my mind was check the ever so friendly... Airbnb.
I did my research and I found a awesome Townhouse for $12/a night with an %11 weekly discount. So with fee's and everything a one month stay equaled $372.. not to shaby. Here are some pictures below!
Now I wanted to see if I could find anything a little cheaper. So I found a place in a little bit better part of town for $11/night and a %10 weekly discount after the fees it came to $342 a month! EVEN BETTER Here are some picture below!
So now That you have to options, you have to be cautious of scams, so READ the REVIEWS! Make sure they are not all submitted at the same date. Make sure there are at least 10 reviews. Make sure the reviews are from real users! It's pretty easy to spot a fake review! Don't get played! Btw both the houses had wifi, so you're covered there :)
Now it's time for food!!!!
Restaurants
Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant 60.00 ฿ = $1.77
Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course 700.00 ฿ = $20.63
McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) 200.00 ฿ = $5.90
Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) 70.00 ฿ = $2.06
Imported Beer (11.2 oz small bottle) 100.00 ฿ = $2.95
Cappuccino (regular) 80.83 ฿ = $2.38
Coke/Pepsi (11.2 oz small bottle) 22.45 ฿ =$0.66
Water (11.2 oz small bottle) 13.65 ฿ = $0.40
Markets
Milk (regular), (1 gallon) 185.96 ฿ =$5.48
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) 34.17 ฿ = $1.01
Rice (white), (1 lb) 13.15 ฿ = $0.39
Eggs (12) 48.57 ฿ = $1.43
Local Cheese (1 lb) 357.20 ฿ = $10.53
Chicken Breasts (Boneless, Skinless), (1 lb) 46.12 ฿ = $1.37
Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) 149.69 ฿ = $4.41
Apples (1 lb) 40.14 ฿ = $1.18
Banana (1 lb) 20.79 ฿ = $0.61
Oranges (1 lb) 37.80 ฿ = $1.11
Now since we are on a budget, we are going to splurge and spend around 2 dollars on breakfast a day and buy fruits at the supermarket equaling $60 a month. For Lunch and dinner we are going to inexpensive restaurant every day $1.77 x 2 = $3.44 x 30 =$103.20, so food for a month equals roughly $163.20, that's getting three meals in a day. Which I don't often do.
So we are at $505 right now and we are just going to add another $200 for travel and personal expenses, Because I like to drink some beer and i'm going to be buying some haha, So our total is around $705. This is pretty inexpensive to me. I believe one can manage most of that with Steemit and another online job.
Would you ever live in Thailand?
Have you ever been to Thailand?
These prices are just from what I have researched online, I have never been to Phuket, Thailand... yet :)
If you enjoy travel blogs and vlogs, check out the project I am working on, "The Power Of Steem Project" Where I'm going t ride my bike across the U.S.A. with just the money I earn from Steem. Links below!!
https://steemit.com/lukin-bikes/@lukinsawyer/power-of-steem-project-routes-maps-places-sights
https://steemit.com/steem/@lukinsawyer/watch-this-vlog-power-of-steem-project-is-on
https://steemit.com/lukin-bikes/@lukinsawyer/tags-i-ll-use-for-the-power-of-steem-project-shout-outs
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Until next time, peace be with you all!