Where to live on 220 euro a week in the sun?

gazzer · 08-04-2009 1:37pm #1

Might have the option of taking a paid career break later in the year. If I get it I will be getting 220 euro a week. I would love to live somewhere sunny for the year and just veg and explore. Anybody got any recomendations on where a person could live comfortably enough on that amount per week?

I was thinking of Cape Town as I was there on holidays last year and I found it so cheap to eat out and socialise though what about Thailand or Goa?

Irlbo · 08-04-2009 1:38pm

Paid career break of 220 a year,even in these hard times,do you manage a bank perhaps,I hope you end up in a Turkish prison

stovelid · 08-04-2009 1:39pm

Currently 27c in Baghdad?

You could probably even buy some property there.

Genghiz Cohen · 08-04-2009 1:39pm

gazzer wrote: »

cheap to eat out

Thailand

SV · 08-04-2009 1:40pm

Vietnam.

ronbyrne2005 · 08-04-2009 1:47pm

Hundreds of places u could go. Greece,Morroco, South Pacific, South America, nearly anywhere in Asia.

gazzer · 08-04-2009 1:59pm

Thanks for the replies everybody. It might not happen and if it does I might go back to college full time but still I have always wanted to take a year off and explore so this could be the perfect opportunity.

billy the squid · 08-04-2009 2:27pm

Zimbabwe

They have abandonned their own currency so you dont have to pay bureeau de change charges.

mike65 · 08-04-2009 2:30pm

Haiti

ferdi · 08-04-2009 2:34pm

live like a king in south east asia tbh

tony 2 tone · 08-04-2009 3:02pm

buy a tent and set your self up beside a lidl/aldl. Sorted.

boardinwork · 08-04-2009 3:06pm

Irlbo wrote: »

Paid career break of 220 a year,even in these hard times,do you manage a bank perhaps,I hope you end up in a Turkish prison

Such a Hater

OP - Play on playa!

ShooterSF · 08-04-2009 3:09pm

tony 2 tone wrote: »

buy a tent and set your self up beside a lidl/aldl. Sorted.

You'd put columbus to shame with those explorer instincts

RandolphEsq · 08-04-2009 3:14pm

Brazil

08-04-2009 3:16pm

Irlbo wrote: »

Paid career break of 220 a year,even in these hard times,do you manage a bank perhaps,I hope you end up in a Turkish prison

Stercus Accidit · 08-04-2009 3:18pm

Irlbo wrote: »

Paid career break of 220 a year,even in these hard times,do you manage a bank perhaps,I hope you end up in a Turkish prison

I'm guessing dole.

Spud83 · 08-04-2009 3:18pm

220.00 EURO a week
=
410.991 Australian dollars a week

I lived on less over there.

asdasd · 08-04-2009 3:19pm

Paid career break of 220 a year,even in these hard times,do you manage a bank perhaps,I hope you end up in a Turkish prison

Thats not much for a bank manager, even on leave.

Me, I think he was talking about the dole.

08-04-2009 3:22pm

asdasd wrote: »

Me, I think he was talking about the dole.

really? do you actually think that?

OP, thailand or the likes would be your safest bet.. australia imo should be travelled when older with some money.

asdasd · 08-04-2009 3:25pm

really? do you actually think that?

Oh, I know you know. Irblo seemed confused, however.

me-skywalker · 08-04-2009 3:29pm

Zihuatanejo my friend.. ill join you... mmmmmmm

biko · 08-04-2009 3:30pm

Nigeria.
Looking forward to your mails.

LD 50 · 08-04-2009 3:32pm

me-skywalker wrote: »

Zihuatanejo my friend.. ill join you... mmmmmmm

Where's that?

ShooterSF · 08-04-2009 3:39pm

Magnus wrote: »

Nigeria.
Looking forward to your mails.

Yea make sure and ket us know how the food is, what the locals are like or even if you somehow have become a prince and need to smuggle money out of the country.

me-skywalker · 08-04-2009 3:40pm

me-skywalker wrote: »

Zihuatanejo my friend.. ill join you... mmmmmmm

LD 50 wrote: »

Where's that?

Its a beautiful coastal town in mehico! ever see shawshank redemption? its a dreamy place, chilled out and 60's cars purring by while the sun beats down on cheery smiles... aaahh

cHaTbOx · 08-04-2009 3:40pm

cuba or mexico

Snowie · 08-04-2009 3:46pm

chatbox hit the nail on the head with cuba great women to

..

Id say cape verdie tho simply because the windsurfing is awsome there if not there id say, south america go skiing for the irish summer but south american winter for a season its worth it beleave me

LD 50 · 08-04-2009 3:49pm

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

I'm guessing dole.

I wouldn't say so. Otherwise he'd have to come back here every week to collect it.

me=skywalker wrote:

Its a beautiful coastal town in mehico! ever see shawshank redemption? its a dreamy place, chilled out and 60's cars purring by while the sun beats down on cheery smiles... aaahh

Ah, I know it now. Saw the film.

Overblood · 08-04-2009 4:34pm

Mogadishu

live2thewire · 08-04-2009 5:47pm

malaga happiest city in europe

youcrazyjesus! · 08-04-2009 5:53pm

Buenos Aires ftw.

me-skywalker · 08-04-2009 6:16pm

ibiza uns uns uns uns big box small box

bonnieprince · 08-04-2009 6:23pm

i would highly recommend the gambia, same time zone as us and only a six hour flight. nice people nice food and most importantly nice weather (except for the 3 months of the rainy season)

luckylucky · 08-04-2009 6:25pm

youcrazyjesus! wrote: »

Buenos Aires ftw.

I heard you can live there real cheap too and it's meant to be a real nice city from the little i heard.

Also in South America you have city called Natal in the north of Brasil, it's got about a million people and unlike many other cities in Brasil, it's got a very low crime-rate. I hear a load of Scandavians are flocking to the area, it's the new Bali supposedly. Not sure how cheap it is exactly, but I'd imagine cheap enough. Also if you wanted somewhere closer to home. You can get by on 220 euro a week far easier in Portugal than in Ireland, though it still wouldn't be enough to live like a King or anything.

gazzer · 08-04-2009 6:30pm

There are so many places to choose from. Thanks a million again for the replies. A couple of people mentioned if I was talking about the dole. I was actually talking about the offer for Civil Servants that was announced yesterday where a CS can take a career break for up to 3 years and get paid 1/3 of their salary (up to a max of 12,600 a year).

luckylucky · 08-04-2009 6:34pm

gazzer wrote: »

There are so many places to choose from. Thanks a million again for the replies. A couple of people mentioned if I was talking about the dole. I was actually talking about the offer for Civil Servants that was announced yesterday where a CS can take a career break for up to 3 years and get paid 1/3 of their salary (up to a max of 12,600 a year).

lol. J'sF'inC'st. Nothing personal, well done to you if you can get this, but that's the mother of all f'in Irish jokes, given the current financial crisis. I'm not in Ireland so first I've heard about it

Echelle · 08-04-2009 6:43pm

lucky lucky, my youngest sister is in same position as you, but when she spoke to me about it I got the impression she could not just take one year off...ie it was 3 years or nothing. so who is correct?

Echelle · 08-04-2009 6:45pm

gazzer, my youngest sister is in same position as you, but when she spoke to me about it I got the impression she could not just take one year off...ie it was 3 years or nothing. so who is correct

gazzer · 08-04-2009 6:47pm

Echell. It is 3 years or nothing so your sister is correct. I am thinking of taking it and doing a year away and then maybe a 2 year college course.

I think it is a good step that the government have taken with this idea. It will cut down the public sector bill by 2/3rds for every employee who takes up the offer and the money being offered is more or less the same as the dole (if you are a single person).

luckylucky · 08-04-2009 7:00pm

gazzer wrote: »

Echell. It is 3 years or nothing so your sister is correct. I am thinking of taking it and doing a year away and then maybe a 2 year college course.

I think it is a good step that the government have taken with this idea. It will cut down the public sector bill by 2/3rds for every employee who takes up the offer and the money being offered is more or less the same as the dole (if you are a single person).

So they just can't lay people off that they don't need or can't afford. As I say it's the first I've heard about it, but first impressions are that it's insane.

SaintHubbins · 08-04-2009 7:04pm

India, but don't just limit yourself to Goa. Travel around the south as well - Pondicherry, Madras, Kerala. 12,000 rupees a week, you'll live like a king!

Lucky bastard.

live2thewire · 08-04-2009 7:53pm

move from city to city throughout europe picking up odd jobs

gazzer · 08-04-2009 8:56pm

luckylucky wrote: »

So they just can't lay people off that they don't need or can't afford. As I say it's the first I've heard about it, but first impressions are that it's insane.

I can sorta see your point but at the same time if they laid off people then they would be getting the same amount on the dole, or more (if they have kids)

luckylucky · 08-04-2009 9:01pm

gazzer wrote: »

I can sorta see your point but at the same time if they laid off people then they would be getting the same amount on the dole, or more (if they have kids)

Not likely even in these dire times that many of those educated people would stay on the dole for 3 years now though is it.

Anyway gl to yeah, if I was young free and single I'd snap it up too

Highsider · 08-04-2009 9:05pm

Mexico.

Where to live on 220 euro a week in the sun?

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