The daily minimum wage was increased by 16% this month (January, 2019), raising it to 102.68 pesos. This is just $ USD. And the government claims that this new minimum wage is above the poverty line!
Month: January 2019
Whales, Whales, Whales
It’s that time of year, again. The Sea of Cortez (aka Gulf of California) is teeming with sperm, minke, fin, pilot, orca (killer), and blue whales as well as our local whale sharks. On the other side of the peninsula, the gray/grey whales have returned to the protected bays of the Pacific to mate and…
How Many Expats Live in La Paz?
Today’s post is prompted by a question I saw on one of our local expat Facebook pages. Comments to the post suggested numbers from 1,000 to 10,000 but nobody really knows for sure. INM (Mexican Immigration Service) might have the most accurate estimate, but they aren’t sharing. And while all expats with temporary or permanent…
The Weather – Part 1 of Many
I’ll talk about the La Paz weather a lot because it’s either a pro or a con, depending on your personal preferences and experiences. I spent the first 24 years of my life in Vermont, the Chicago area and Montana, so I was fed up with bitter cold weather by the time I moved to…
Why La Paz?
(continued from previous post) Well, New Year’s Day has come and gone and it’s time for me to get back to work. The extended Christmas holiday season in Mexico ends on January 6th, Three Kings’ Day, so things fully return to normal Monday morning. In my last post, I ended with the question that’s the…
Happy New Year!
Today marks the beginning of a new year and the beginning of my new blog – WHY LA PAZ? Throughout much of 2008, my wife and I contemplated retirement and relocation. I’d been in Oregon almost 40 years and I was up for a change – any change. Marty had previously spent 10 years in…