We walked into town the last two days. Ruth's cheap phone was having charge cable connection problems, so we needed to find a cellphone repair place.
And we did. A half hour fix cost 350 pesos ($27 CAD, $20 USD). But at least it's done and it seems to be working properly.
Etzatlan is famous for its Cielo Tejido (Crochet Sky)
Several of the streets are decorated this way.
We just happened to be there around lunchtime and Etzatlan has lots of great little places to eat. So we found a comida casera place that's operated out of someone's home. Just a husband and wife team. We ordered some enchiladas rojas de puerco and while we were waiting, the guy brought us each a sapote fruit.
Sapote fruit.
Sometimes called chocolate persimmon, or chocolate pudding fruit.
Yummy enchiladas. We were stuffed!
The central plaza is really pretty.
We stopped at the butcher to pick up a couple of things.
Sunrise Friday morning.
Our host Bonnie has a big orb weaving spider at the front of her house.
It's a female, and she has built a beautiful web.
Beautiful colors.
Friday is market day in this area, so we walked in to town again to get our weekly fruits and veggies.
Everything for 230 pesos ($18 CAD, $13 USD). Not bad.
Including the bag of potatoes you can't see behind the broccoli, and the two corn cake things on the left, and the mamey fruit .
Mexico is becoming more expensive for us though. The peso is doing well, and the Canadian dollar is not.
In Canadian dollar terms, Mexico is now 10% more expensive than it was one year ago. And you can add inflation on top of that. Mexico is no longer the bargain it was when we first started coming here, but it's still a lot cheaper than Canada!
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We agree. We have just spent a week in Mexico City and are now in La Paz. The price of most things seems to be more than at home in SC. I know we are staying in tourist towns but are surprised at the costs. It’s been years since we’ve been to Mexico but still remember sitting on the beach drinking 25 cent beers. Those days are gone. Lol
ReplyDeleteWe were in Mexico City last month and found things to be very reasonable there, maybe we were staying in a different area and eating at different restarurants but there is no way it was more expensive than in Canada. We have certainly found that prices have gone up over the years but that is to be expected. Our bigger issue is with the exchange rate, I think this is where we found that things have got more expensive for us compared to last winter in Mexico.
DeleteAnd yes, definitely no more 25 cent beers, lol!
I think that produce haul would be about $20 more in the US than in Mexico (~$33 a very rough estimate I made). Berries especially are always pricey, and limes usually as well.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't been to the States for a number of years now but that seems high, although I know when we went through the US back in 2020 we did think that the produce prices were high then. We actually thought that the produce prices back then were higher that what they would be in Canada. We also thought that the produce were on "steriods" because they seemed huge, especially the size of the apples and the strawberries.
DeleteWe find that berries are also expensive in Canada, especially blackberries, blueberries and raspberries. We could sometimes get strawberries at a reasonable price but only when they were in season.
Mexico is more expensive in the last 2 years, but so is everywhere else. We always feel if you like to travel that is the price you pay. Won't stop us yet. Cheers
ReplyDeleteWe totally agree with you, it has got to be more expensive over the last couple of years as well as many other places but the weak Canadian dollar just makes matters worse. Of course this won't stop us from traveling because most places we visit are still cheaper than what it would be to live in Canada!
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