I only have $1000. This is my plan:
*Pay for 3 month visa on arrival= ~ $100
*Find apartment that's decent =~ $150 + first month's deposit
*Food for a month =~ $100
*Bills $40
During the first month I'll be working online, which will give me about $250-450 per month. This is not always steady, but it will cover rent and food.
Because I do have experience, and right now enrolled in a TEFL program,in addition to finishing my degree in teaching, will I actually be hired? I don't have those things right as of this moment. So, I'm not sure about my chances.
Let's go through a reality check:
Asher arrives at the airport: 100$ visa=900$
Tuktuk ride to the city: 6-8$=892$
Guesthouse for 3 days: 5$/day MINIMUM=877$--862$
Food for three days: 9$/day MINIMUM=850$
Hunting for an apartment/motodops: 6$=844$
Apartment+deposit: 300$=544$
Internet connection hookup: 35$=509$
Food for one month: 120$=389$
Job hunt motodops/bicycle:10-40$=379$
Potential clothes purchases for job hunt: 30$=349$
Misc purchases (cooking equipment/house items): 25$=324$
Inevitable beer/restaurant/coffee: 25$=299$
Laundry: 25$=274$
Phone (assuming you already have one): 5$=269$
INCOME: 250$=519$
Rent+utilities: 175$=344$
Food:
Internet:
Laundry:
Transportation:
...
As you see, it would only be possible to last a month and a half or two tops... These figures are very conservative and rent can easily be 200$-250$ as 150$ places are quite hard to come by now (unless you want a total K-style place). Lots of other expenditures could be higher. Given your total lack of qualifications, I'm not sure finding a job would be that quick or easy. How will you go back home? I honestly don't get it. Finding a menial job that pays the bills is pretty easy in the west. We have enough penniless foreigners washing up on the shores here who end up homeless and on the streets, we don't need another one. Try to accumulate a small cushion (minimum $3000-4000 I'd say) before heading over. In my opinion, one should always maintain the minimum dollar figure for an emergency flight back home in one's bank account (given that I didn't even put in health insurance in your addition). Your $1000 probably doesn't even cover that. My 2c.
[quote]I only have $1000. This is my plan:
*Pay for 3 month visa on arrival= ~ $100
*Find apartment that's decent =~ $150 + first month's deposit
*Food for a month =~ $100
*Bills $40
During the first month I'll be working online, which will give me about $250-450 per month. This is not always steady, but it will cover rent and food.
Because I do have experience, and right now enrolled in a TEFL program,in addition to finishing my degree in teaching, will I actually be hired? I don't have those things right as of this moment. So, I'm not sure about my chances.[/quote]
Let's go through a reality check:
Asher arrives at the airport: 100$ visa=900$
Tuktuk ride to the city: 6-8$=892$
Guesthouse for 3 days: 5$/day MINIMUM=877$--862$
Food for three days: 9$/day MINIMUM=850$
Hunting for an apartment/motodops: 6$=844$
Apartment+deposit: 300$=544$
Internet connection hookup: 35$=509$
Food for one month: 120$=389$
Job hunt motodops/bicycle:10-40$=379$
Potential clothes purchases for job hunt: 30$=349$
Misc purchases (cooking equipment/house items): 25$=324$
Inevitable beer/restaurant/coffee: 25$=299$
Laundry: 25$=274$
Phone (assuming you already have one): 5$=269$
[b]INCOME: 250$=519$[/b]
Rent+utilities: 175$=344$
Food:
Internet:
Laundry:
Transportation:
...
As you see, it would only be possible to last a month and a half or two tops... These figures are very conservative and rent can easily be 200$-250$ as 150$ places are quite hard to come by now (unless you want a total K-style place). Lots of other expenditures could be higher. Given your total lack of qualifications, I'm not sure finding a job would be that quick or easy. How will you go back home? I honestly don't get it. Finding a menial job that pays the bills is pretty easy in the west. We have enough penniless foreigners washing up on the shores here who end up homeless and on the streets, we don't need another one. Try to accumulate a small cushion (minimum $3000-4000 I'd say) before heading over. In my opinion, one should always maintain the minimum dollar figure for an emergency flight back home in one's bank account (given that I didn't even put in health insurance in your addition). Your $1000 probably doesn't even cover that. My 2c.