fly to bangkok, not sure on that price cuz lots of variables but go to kayak.com and you can get an idea easy enough
flight from bangkok to PP was like $140 but that was when i booked like 3 days in advance so if u plan ahead im sure u can get cheaper
bus from PP to snooky was $6, probably better to share a cab, pay for 2 seats and ask for the front ones, cost $15
im paying $250 a month (everything included) to stay close to the beach, can get cheaper or more expensive, charlie harpers has rooms for $150 a month + electric which he said would be about $40ish probably
i would suggest staying at charlie harpers your first few days and picking the brains of the expats that hang there nightly
places on the beach will be more expensive starting in october when tourists start rolling into town
i dont drink so factor that into these numbers (though alcohol is very cheap here) but i think i could get by on $300-$400 a month, comfortably get by on $500 a month, and be very happy on $800 a month, if youve read much of this thread u can probably guess where most of the money in the differences would be going
visa was $80 for 3 months, if you do a year you can get it for $290
when i paid for my rent last time i had been told it would be $300 a month, i gave 3 hundred dollar bills and the owner gave me $50 back... nice surprise, he then said that the next month would be more expensive because more tourists would be coming in, so i ask today how much and he says he will do it again for me for $250 but not to tell anyone..... sweeeeet, he said once october 15th hits he will have to start raising prices and might not do monthly, but thats a long ways away
i was like 20 feet from the water buffalo today and insulted his mother, im convinced he will never do a thing
anyone whose been over here knows all about the once or twice a week "its not about the money its about the principle" situations where you get ripped off for like 50 cents or a couple bucks and its not a big deal but its just annoying
well that happened today, but for the first time it was by white people at a restaurant, not even worth going into details, but this fat sow of a lady (who is the wife of a guy ive talked to a few times now and who owns the place) comes down and was just a huge biatch over the situation
so now they got my 75 cents and i will only give them 10% of the business i had planned on giving them (the food is good enough to go every once in awhile)
believe me this is not a place that should be running off a potential regular customer over 75 cents, heck no place during rainy season should do that but whats done is done