Reader Peter asked for a post about what it costs me to live on Isla. I’ve been posting about prices, but here’s my attempt to aggregate them. I’m including currency conversions as of today.<\/p>\n
Rent<\/strong>: 5,500 pesos per month (450CAD\/390USD) for a two bedroom furnished apartment with laundry and internet (negotiated rent; going price is higher and electricity is separate if the AC is used)<\/p>\n Propane<\/strong>: 400 pesos (33CAD\/29USD) still waiting on this order and no idea how much propane that is or how long it will last me<\/p>\n Pangas<\/strong>: 16 pesos (1.31CAD\/1.15) round trip to Maz on the village panga at the resident rate<\/p>\n Beer<\/strong>: 8 pesos (0.66CAD\/0.57USD) for 210mL bottles of Pacifico at the supermarket, or 25 pesos plus a 5 peso tip for full size bottle at a bar on Isla and 20 + 5 pesos at a bar in Maz (2.50CAD\/2.15USD or 2.05CAD\/1.79USD)<\/p>\n Groceries are a bit tougher since there are no prices posted at the mercado here. As I’ve posted before, I’ve come out of the little store here after spending around 100 pesos and come out with rice, canned refried beans, pasta (enough for three meals), cheese, yoghurt, fruits and veggies, lunch meat, and more. So food prices are low<\/em>, especially for dairy, which is a luxury item for me back home. Here are a few specific prices:<\/p>\n Cheese<\/strong>: about 20 pesos (1.64CAD\/1.44) for 200 g<\/p>\n Yogurt<\/strong>: about 20 pesos (1.64CAD\/1.44) for 450 g<\/p>\n Avocados<\/strong>: 20 pesos (1.64CAD\/1.44) for 3<\/p>\n Corn tortillas<\/strong>: 5 pesos (0.41CAD\/0.36USD) for about 20<\/p>\n Onions<\/strong>: 6 pesos (0.49CAD\/0.43USD) for 2 (medium)<\/p>\n Bananas<\/strong>: 10 pesos (0.82CAD\/0.72USD) for 5<\/p>\n Potatoes<\/strong>: 14 pesos (1.15CAD\/1.00USD) for 4 (medium)<\/p>\n Lentils<\/strong>: 9 pesos (0.74CAD\/0.65USD for a small bag (I’ll likely get 10 to 15 meals out of that bag!)<\/p>\n Water<\/strong>: 10 pesos (0.82CAD\/0.72USD) for 5 gallons delivered to my door<\/p>\n Roasted chicken with rice from a street vendor<\/strong>: 100 pesos (8.20CAD\/7.18USD for a whole one (at least four meals)<\/p>\n Ice cream from a street vendor or shop:<\/strong> 20 pesos (1.64CAD\/1.44) for a small scoop in a cup.<\/p>\n Restaurant meals at the gringo places on the beach or in Maz are definitely pricier, around 150 pesos with the tip (12.30CAD\/10.77USD), which sounds cheap until you look at the cost of groceries!<\/p>\n I’m amazed by how far money is going here. My first time shopping at the supermarket, I loaded up on groceries and added a broom and flip flops and still came out of there at around 200 pesos (16.40CAD\/14.36USD)!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reader Peter asked for a post about what it costs me to live on Isla. I’ve been posting about prices, but here’s my attempt to aggregate them. I’m including currency conversions as of today. Rent: 5,500 pesos per month (450CAD\/390USD) for a two bedroom furnished apartment with laundry and internet (negotiated rent; going price is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[815,14,635,814,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mazatlan","category-mexico","category-north-america","category-sinaloa","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}