Grocery shopping and getting around

Grocery shopping and getting around - Sep 15

We have been here a little over a month now and are learning how to stretch our budget. Taxis here operate in zones and our zones range from 50 - 90 pesos (approx $3.50 - 7 CDN) each way but we have been walking or riding our bikes where possible.

We shop mainly at the large grocery stores Chedraui or Soriana and have found their prices and choices to be excellent. We are still in the getting settled in stages so have had extra start up costs but we are loving that a head of broccoli florets is about 50 cents, a loaf of bread is around $2, a dozen eggs $1.40. We can eat as healthily or badly as we want according to our budget!

Under $3 on this plate!

Trying out nopal (cactus) and dragon fruit.

Tempting baked goods.

Unusual looking foods with fun sounding names.

Weekly cooked chicken staple in our household - delicious!

$8 worth of beverages here!

Lays in MX - salty and around $2.

Our new Airbnb - expectation v reality (Feb 10-Mar 9, 2024)

Our Airbnb experiences have generally been very good with accurate photos and helpful hosts. This time was disappointing. The condo is very modern with 10ft ceilings and in a great location but it was clear that the management company is not aware or keeping up with needed repairs - sunken sofa cushions, lifting tiles, calcified faucet, stained sheets, and completely broken patio furniture that had just been left!! Their response to our messages was quite unhelpful - they didn't seem to care that much so our honest review will reflect this. Instagram ... ... reality ...replaced with two mismatched indoor chairs!! Playa as a whole has gotten busier and outside of the reality of inflation and a stronger peso, everything is much more expensive as happens in popular tourist spots. We are going to look at other more affordable places in Mexico to spend the winter months.

Painful winter travel from the Prairies

Minus 30 degrees below zero apparently causes problems for aeroplanes in the Prairie provinces. We were scheduled to depart at 6.30am January 13th Saskatoon-Calgary-Cancun but received word of cancelation the day before. They rescheduled us to depart at 7.30pm but added in an overnight stay in Vancouver (now SK-VAN-CAN). On Saturday morning we learned of yet another change, slightly better, to SK-Edmonton overnight-CAN, however by Saturday afternoon we got another notice of de-icing problems, crew delays, and departure changes upon which we would be updated within the hour. We waited for the update but no update came. Google informed us that our flight was canceled. Westjet had apparently abandoned us! At the same time, adding to our stress was that Nick was travelling with us but on a separate booking and his cancelations did not coincide with ours. First he would possibly land in Cancun before us, then with his reschedule he would lose almost a week of his vacation. It was...

Trolley Tour in Campeche

We booked this quintessential tourist activity and it was charming. It was of course, a little less amazing when the tour took us around the very neighbourhood in which we were staying, so maybe we should have done the tour earlier on! Independence Square Fisherman statue outside our local OXXO

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