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Sgt Killjoy · Joined: 26 Jun 2004 Posts: 438

If you grew up Catholic, why do you have such huge fears of living in a Catholic country? And this is on-topic.

Mexico City has something to do just about any time, it has a great transport system and great people. Like any big city, it is alive. If you like Bangkok and truly are a good boy, then you will love Mexico City.

Gregor · Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 842 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

This would be a tough call for me, if I was single, and I love Mexico.
The only reason I would choose the Czech Republic over Mexico City is because of the proximity to Western Europe, ASSUMING that I could live and work there legally. Well, and Prague has everything about a Western European city that I want in a Western European city, so there's that too.
Plus, I'm an American. If things didn't end up working out in Europe, Mexico is always going to be just south of the border.

Still...you can't get tacos in Prague (or, if you can, they're not going to be as good).

M@tt · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 473 Location: here and there

what's up with tacos, people? they're nasty!!! they make hotdogs sound sensible.

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

Mmm, yummy... with lots of cilantro, onions and chiles.... Razz

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Oh yeah...I like a steak and oaxaca cheese taco, done over a flaming grill...with a side of those roasted whole green onions. Hot red salsa with some garlic in it. Can you tell I'm hungry?

MELEE · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:19 pm Post subject:

yeah,
I�ve just eaten and you've got my mouth watering Guy.... Very Happy

even lentil tacos are fabulous! Wink

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

Last night I ate a tlayuda for dinner: essentially a gigantic taco folded over, but with a thin shell. Grilled over hot coals... mmm. So delicious! Razz

Ohhhh... I just ate some chicken salad for lunch and now I'm hungry again!

M@tt · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 473 Location: here and there

did somebody say something about prague?

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

I think you can see why we like Mexico! What do Czechs eat that is fantastic?

Cdaniels · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:19 pm Post subject: Czech potatoes

The most common side dishes are:
- boiled potatoes (vařen� brambory)
- roasted potatoes (op�kan� brambory)
- mashed potatoes (bramborov� ka�e)
- French fries (bramborov� hranolky)
- rice (r��e)
- bread dumplings (houskov� knedl�ky) or potato dumplings
- (bramborov� knedl�ky) with sauce (om�čka)
- bread or potato dumplings with sauerkraut (zel�)
- potato salad (bramborov� sal�t)

From myczechrepublic.com - I hope you like potatoes! Laughing

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Hmm...I do like potatoes, but I don't know abou every dish.

Reminds me of something. There's this fantastic little Russian restaurant (Rich knows about it) in Santa Maria del Ribera. Great food, though I can't pronounce anything made there. They have a nice dish with paprika'ed potatoes and some kind of roast beef stew...very similar to French Canadian food. And the crepes they make...mmm.

AjarnErnes · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 71 Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Add one more thing onto my list of reasons to move to Mexico. The food. I was never impressed with the food in the Czech Republic. Lots of potatoes and pork.

I was back home in CA in Oct. and I sent myself a "care package" to my condo in Bangkok. It arrived yesterday and inside were 6 cans of menudo I bought at a Mexican grocery store. I'd much rather have my sisters home made menudo but the cans will do for now.

If I made my decision only on the basis of food, I'd choose Mexico.
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I recently got a PM from a fellow board member. He said that the salaries in DF are very low and chances of finding a "good" job, one that pays around 20,000 a month are VERY slim.

Any one else have an opinion about this? I would like to find work that pays between 15,000 and 20,000.

Is this unrealistic?

Ajarn Ernest

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

The top teaching jobs at 15,000 to 20,000+ pesos are not easy to come by. If you have sufficient experience and a Master's for example, you can earn well at a uni such as Ibero, Tec de Monterrey, or a private colegio like Westhill. At language schools, it's hard to get full time hours, so an hourly rate between 30 and 100 pesos wouly yield no more than 10,000 per month.

Traveling about the city in the business circuit of EFL classes pays better per hour, but it's very hard to get more than 25 hours per week. Max earnings would be around 12,000 per month. Some business classes I've seen pay up to 250 pesos per hour, but very, very few.

Mexico City probably pays the highest wages in the country, but it still won't make you rich. If you have no bills to pay back home, you can live well on that here.

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

parrothead · Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 342 Location: Japan

I don't know what the average salary in Mexico is, but in the Czech Republic you would be very fortunate if you made over $1,000USD/mo.

As far as food in Prague goes, Italian pizzarias outnumber "authentic" Czech restaurants. Czech food is generally boring and made up of the peasant staples of potatoes, cabbage and sausage.