Oh yeah, regular people are screwed. You never know what your purchasing power will be next week, so just buy whatever you can. A year ago the exchange rate was like 500:1, now it's officially almost 1000 and the blue rate is ~1,300. You can't rely on menu prices on Google maps.

If you can earn not-pesos, it's still not too expensive to live here. It's not as cheap as it used to be, but cheaper than the US, for instance.

But overall, public transport is good, access to goods is better than many Latin American countries. I've only been to Buenos Aires so far, but it's a gorgeous city. People have been super friendly to me. I highly recommend it. I have friends that have been to Iguazú falls, Córdoba, Mendoza wine country, Patagonia and their photos are amazing. And Brazil is right around the corner. I highly recommend visiting!

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Definitely on my list, my only challenge is that it's in a less than ideal timezone since I mostly work with EU, China and Korea, so I've settled on Malaysia for the time being. But friends are now moving to Mexico, so I'm planning to stay a couple weeks with them and then travel South and have a look around.

[–] RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

awesome! that's literally the trip that I did. Feel free to DM me and I can give you some tips!

Btw, if you go to Mexico city, check out https://www.theworlds50best.com as they have a lot of the globally best rated bars, restaurants, and speakeasies. There's also a whatsapp group for dancing salsa and bachata that's really good there.

I'd love to share some of the things and places I've found along the way! :)

[–] viking@infosec.pub 2 points 3 months ago

Oh awesome, thanks a lot, will definitely get back to you on that! They are moving in February and will stay in Monterrey, so not sure about the itinerary yet, but I guess Mexico City should be on the list. Will probably be Q3 next year before I'm going though, else that's a bit too much to ask from them, having barely settled in themselves ;-)