Hi:


Rent: average $400.00 USD-450.00 (1 bedroom) Some places will include cable, water & cooking gas (but not electricity). You can also find a roomate and cut down on your expenses.
Electric: it depends, how much AC you use. Average 60.00US, maybe more in the summer. Again, it all depends on your usage.
Water: 20.00US-30.00/month (again, it depends)
Cable: 20.00 US/month (pretty good cable channels)
Basic Gym Membership @ Oscar's Gym: 20.00 US/month
Drinking water, coke, sprite: delivered to your door: 5 gallon jug of water 2.75US, case of coke (24 bottles) 9.50US
Food: it depends, you can cook at home (inexpensive) or eat out, many local restaurants offer student discount. We have many fast food places (offering rice, chicken, side salad) which are around 5.00US for dinner. Chinese restaurants are cheap too. Remember, some things (cereals, coffee), basically products that are imported from the US will be more $, you can find similar products (made in Mexico) for much less.
Transportation: bike, walk, or golfcart. Used bike -60.00US, lease of golfcart/semester 500.00 US (it includes service).
Cable internet from home: is also available ~60.00US/month. Dial up is cheaper. Internet Cafe offer intenet & phone services. Students get discounts on phone calls.
Phone: most apartments have pre-paid phones already installed. So, all you need is a calling card. Incoming calls are always free. You can have a cell phone here. Bring one from home, and DigiCell (local cell service provider) will unlock it for you for 25.00US (most models, newer ones may be more $$) and you get a syms card for 25.00US.

If you have anymore questions, please PM me or justpost on the forum. Hope this helped.