We have a Honduran friend named Kevin who went to high school in the states and speaks better English than we do. He hailed a cab from our apartment to go home and the following conversation took place…in Spanish -
Kevin: “How much to Tres Caminos?” (The neighborhood where he lives.)
Cabby: “40 limps” (about 2 bucks)
Kevin: “40 limps, to Tres Caminos!?!?”
Cabby: “Yeah, you are American, right?”
Kevin: “No, I am Honduran!”
Cabby: “Oh, so sorry, only 20 limps!”
I know what you are thinking, we are only talking about a buck difference…remember we are in Honduras where the average salary is 3,000 U.S. dollars a year! It is funny though, because you can get so caught up trying to get a bargain, that you realize later that you spent 15 minutes arguing over 10 cents. But in actuality, that´s two bags of water, 9 tortillas, or 5 minutes at the internet cafe...time well spent trying to save a dime!
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We're going to Honduras for 2 weeks and I'm struggling b/c I can't figure out from the Lonely Planet or from the 'net and its many blogs whether or not Comayagua should be on our list of priorities for this amount of time (since it's not Easter!)... any opinion?
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