Shopping is interesting down here. J
At first I was stumped about where to buy stuff – there’s not Home Depot, no Safeway or Giant, no Kohl’s… not even garage sales, haha.
BUT… in a country where not nearly everyone has their own motor vehicle, there are MANY little stores that I didn't even recognize as such at first. In a way it’s quite convenient. There are at least 2 office supply stores within a few minutes’ walk. I just hopped over to one of them to buy paper… could’ve also stocked up on nail polish, shampoo, or kid’s toys while I was at it. And we’re talking all this random stuff in a room that’s about 10x15 feet!
Many of the stores are simply the front part of a house. (So I guess it could be said that there's LOTS of garage sales down here! :) Often the gate is kept shut and customers walk up and shout through the gate if nobody is behind the counter. Then someone from the house will come out, fetch what is asked for, and hand it through the gate. As for products like flour and sugar, you can tell them how many kilos you want to buy, they weigh it out of a big burlap bag into a little plastic one, hand it to you, you re-weigh it with YOUR scale that you bring whenever you shop, pay, walk a few paces back home, and that’s that. J
(Got that last pic from the internet, but it really looks like some of the shops down here!)
:)
ReplyDeleteThen there's La Cancha...where everything is UBER cheap...but messy, stinky, and gross! :)
Love that last picture!
ReplyDeleteHave you compared the price that you are given to that of Maite or or other native?
ReplyDeleteWe call them poperias down here. Pretty cool little stores. And sometimes in the most random places. Haha, Yeah they do have gringo prices down here too Craig. Usually I get the Honduran price though. :)
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