Archive for the ‘Money & Costs’ Category
Nov 10, 2007 — Like many foreigners here in Mexico, we rely on ATM cards (debit cards) tied to bank accounts back home. They provide us with quick and easy cash. Usually it works great. One day recently, Kelly and I were shopping at Soriana, a chain store in Chapala, and he went to get […]
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June 28, 2007 – This past winter, the cost of tortillas rose. About the same time, the cost of riding the city buses in Guadalajara went up. The price increases were hardly anything you or I would notice. What’s a couple more pesos for fresh tortillas now and then? But I found them a reminder […]
October 9, 2006 — I recently received this email from a reader of this blog, a woman from the US who had just gotten home from a trip to Mexico. She and her husband had flown into Guadalajara, come out to the Lake Chapala area and taken us out to dinner, then gone by bus […]
Feb. 6, 2006 — I’ve just done some math regarding the costs of living and traveling in Mexico for us in December and January. These were not exactly usual months, but they give at least some idea. I’ve left out any bills that related to things back in Colorado or to our business. Also, even […]
May 3, 2005 — As I totaled up what we had spent last month while living in Mexico, I realized our food and lodging costs would make an interesting blog entry. I hope this might encourage some people to consider living in Mexico themselves, who might have thought it was beyond their reach. Of course, […]