Jer-eee

Greetings Earthlings, especially those living in the LOS. Please give me your experienced advice on a move to the Pattaya area. I spent 17 days in the Pattaya area in August 2006. loved it. My second trip will be for 2 months begining January 22, the first 4 weeks my Brother will be along, the next 4 -5 weeks I will be alone trying to live on a budget of 18,000 baht a week. Sometime later, Summer - Fall, a move. I'm 51 recently divorced and recently retired My gross monthly retirement is about 150,000 baht I would like my monthly budget to be about 75k +/- Your thoughts please on the budget items below. 2 BR house or condo rental, 5 - 10 min ride to Beach Road. Utillity costs, inc. cell phone. Transportation via Taxi/Bus. { motorcycle later maybe } Health care insurance. Food/water. Bar Fine 3 -4 times a week or GF { no expense there, right? } Party, Bar crawl 2-3 days a week. light or no drinking 4-5 days. Explore other city or village 2-3 days, every 6 -8 weeks. Did I leave anything out? Living out of US will I be paying US income tax? Thai income tax? Also posted on another board. Thanks for any help, Jerry

Hi my name is Jerry, I am new to the board.