Dibbons
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- Nov 29, 2014
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- La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico
I moved here a dozen years ago, but things have changed since then:
I have no desire to move to a place that gives you diarrhea when you drink the water. Have some friends that wound up in the hospital from food poisoning shortly after returning from a trip to Mexico, and as mentioned another friend who has a place leased, and one day the owner just said you are out, they sold the property, neighbor threatened to sue and his boat mysteriously burnt at the dock, police did nothing. seems to me as much money as tourism and American jobs have funneled to Mexico they could at least fix the water and food supply.
This inflation issue is a worldwide epidemic. I don’t know if we caused it or why and what for. My wife and I just got back from a 4 country trip to Africa. You'd think it would be inexpensive there - not even close. My wife is from Saigon - pre-meeting her and after I’d been there many times. It used to be ridiculously cheap. Not any more. The cost of goods and services has skyrocketed. Then here in my “forced home” of “The People’s Republic” - they raised the minimum wage to $15 p hr just recently. Now almost overnight they switched gears into overdrive and raised it to $20 p hr. What effect do you think that’s going to have on our already ridiculously overpriced eco zone. And now you can’t go anywhere for anything and there is a shameless demand for a tip. For ANYTHING! WTF??We spend a few months there every year but yes, they are pricing themselves out of the tourist market. If meals and lodging are going to cost as much as say Australia, well then I'll spend a few bucks extra on airfare and go to Australia.
Mexican service used to be great, not any more. I also had incidents with a few Mexican cab drivers this year and quite a few not so hot meals.
No rush to go back now.