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funkynassau
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$469.54 eh? Sounds good to me  $500 a week is scary, tho! We dont live high
on the hog, as it were. Our experience with Mexico is Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo, at resorts, so what we are doing next is totally different.
This time we have to pay for food 
Lefotover pesos is fine as we plan to find a last minute cheapskate all incl. trip in Jan. or Feb. and can use them then. Also I have a friend who is
going to Mexico for 6 months (lucky guy!) and I can sell them to him if need be.
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MitchMan
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You can make it for food that you prepare at the house for $6/day on the low end for two people to $10/day USD for pretty decent eats ($80 to $130
pesos/day). Restaurant prices will be the same as in USA.
You mentioned that you are not much of a shopper. Well, on a tight budget, become a shopper.
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funkynassau
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We will for sure eat brekkie at the house, lunch and dinner to be decided from day to day.
I meant that I dont like shopping as a sport! I dont hang out in malls or big box stores at home, it just doesnt appeal to me. I want to shop at the
market for fresh fruits and veg. probably daily or every other day.
The US is much cheaper for restaurants than Canada is. I'm not on a tight budget I just dont like blowing money 
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MitchMan
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Yeah, I love shopping for food, fishing tackle, and home furnishings at thrift stores, hate any other kind of shopping. Worked my way through college
as a cook, so I like to cook.
If you eat breakfast and lunch everyday at the house, then you can probably get by with $5 to $7 USD/day, that would average out $84 for two for two
weeks. Then if you spent $20/day for dinner that would be $280 USD for two for two weeks. That's a total of $364 USD just for food. Then there's
Taxis, Bus, two FMMs, incidentals, etc., etc., etc. If I were to eat out as much as you intend to, I wouldn't go to Mexico with a budget of less
than $600 USD and a cushion of available funds in an ATM of $1,000 for a cash emergency and a credit card to boot. Just a suggestion, you've got to
be safe.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
Yeah, I love shopping for food, fishing tackle, and home furnishings at thrift stores, hate any other kind of shopping. Worked my way through college
as a cook, so I like to cook.
If you eat breakfast and lunch everyday at the house, then you can probably get by with $5 to $7 USD/day, that would average out $84 for two for two
weeks. Then if you spent $20/day for dinner that would be $280 USD for two for two weeks. That's a total of $364 USD just for food. Then there's
Taxis, Bus, two FMMs, incidentals, etc., etc., etc. If I were to eat out as much as you intend to, I wouldn't go to Mexico with a budget of less
than $600 USD and a cushion of available funds in an ATM of $1,000 for a cash emergency and a credit card to boot. Just a suggestion, you've got to
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Yes, Mitch, all good suggestions and ideas. But to me half the allure and adventure of Baja was the vague feeling that you are NOT SAFE, and must be
on your toes. As I have grown older, that feeling is less appealing, I admit. 
Barry
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funkynassau
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Maybe I gave the wrong impression, so, money is not an obstacle to us having a good time. We are just not the kind of people who go to upscale
restaurants or shop in "designer" stores. I dont buy knick knack dust collector things. We are more interested in seeing and touring the area than
buying more stuff we dont need. I love second hand stores, there's a chain here called Value Village and that's the only place I actually enjoy
shopping in.
We do have $$ in our bank account we can access, I was just trying to get an idea of how much we may need since our previous Mexican holidays have
been to all inclusive resorts where you actually dont need much money at all once you get there. So this trip will be quite different and I wanted to
be some form of prepared!
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MitchMan
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Good point, Barry. As part of Baja's allure (in my opinion, anyway) is a perception of somewhat more personal freedom, less structure, less curltural
pressure to have to always put your best foot forward and "measure up" in order to be accepted, and a feeling that law enforcement and rules are less
rigorous than in the US.
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