I don't drink at all...I do ride my motorbike a lot, and I will go on some rides up to Phang Nga Bay. My only major expense is buying too much milk, as I love milk. Gelato is 100 baht for two scoops, my fried rice with chicken and a smoothie with 2 fried eggs runs me about 100 baht or so, and sometimes I go get an Angus burger, but mostly eat simple.

@Hans ********

, not as cheap as me, haha. I can live on 40k baht, easily, in Phuket City. My room, including a motorbike, electricity, WiFi, and water is 8,000 baht. I get a legitimate massage every week, take in a couple of movies a month, eat at the local places. I go to the beach most every day, but buy a few skewers of chicken most days in Phuket City before I head there, get me a Gatorade at the 7 Eleven, and cook sometimes if I want to feast on a bunch of shrimp. I walk in the park most nights, or around Bang Wad dam, and walk in the mornings several days a week. I go swimming in a very nice pool sometimes for exercise for 20 baht a day. I can actually even live on less than that if I really want to be cheap...but I don't have to worry about paying for insurance, as I am only there about 5 months out of the year. My Medicare insurance will cover any emergencies, and if I need to go see a doctor, it's pretty cheap, just for minor things.

I have had issues the last few years coming back a second time to the country. Sometimes after coming here initially with an e-visa from the US, sometimes just the stamp, etc. I've done a lot of variations, NEVER coming back more than once in a year, so basically two entries. A couple of years ago it took me 20 minutes before the officer let me in. EVERY time in each of those three years, upon my second time coming in, they pretty much interrogated me extensively, and asked me for my flight back to the US.

@Clare ******

, I just did my 30 day extension with almost a month left of my 60 day stamp. That was here in Phuket Town, at the visa/immigration office there.