western caribbbean is still overpriced next to
west coast mexico.
when one is able to buy a brand new hand made
wood hollow box boom of ipe aka parota
wood, for 1200 pesos, at 17 pesos to one dollar, you do the math...
tacos for 15 pesos, meal of stew of whatever kinds available-- riblets in red sauce, chicken in crema poblana, chicken en mole... chiles rellenos--with jalisco style rice n beans and hand made tortillas... less than 50 pesos.. excellent.
as f or boat work--- no problem. anyhting canbe found in mexico. not a lot of
money. when a mexican tells me something is a lot of money then follows that up with is 150 pesos, i choke back a laugh , buy it on the spot, and run like a common thief to stow it or install it into my boat.
never trust a
mechanic speaking
english inm exico. he is a robber and will either remove parts from your
engine in the name oof repairing it, or will quadruple charge you, state your perfectly good
perkins is trash, and proceed to try to sell you a
yanmar at 3 times manufacturers recommended list pricing. with a 10,000 usd fee for assessment at your boat,..
DO NOT GO THERE!!!!! if your
engine needs anything from injector
work,
injector pump rebuild, starter
rebuild, rebuild of entire
diesel, find fishermen, make friends. help them. they will help you and you willbe sooooo happy. you will also spend less than 4000 usd to completely rebuild an engine so that it is new, including electricals and
fuel system in full, and the
oil cooling heat exchanger.
the rebuild for
injector pump was less than 200 usd with
lift pump, also.
anything and everything is rebuildable here. for not much money.
but then i remain away from larger expat settlements and desert mexico, which are not same world.
llearn spanish. it helps.
a lot.
btw-- the longer you remain in an area, the better the locals get to know you and trust you, and the less pricey is your cruising.