our neighborhood

Our area of town is Gaculiro (ga-chu-lee-ro), also spelled Gacuriro (ga-chu-ree-ro). 

Apparently, l's and r's are interchangable.

We live up on a hill that overlooks much of the city. We don't have any great pictures of that yet, because every day things have been quite hazy (dry season!). When the rains come, things should get much clearer and greener. We've been told we'll be able to see layers and layers of hills in the distance.

Our neighborhood has its own armed guards. 

That sounds pretty scary, but it's just the way things are here.

Our school (KICS) is a couple of blocks away from home. 

Tonto's... our neighborhood store. 

We're a quick walk away from a bottle of ketchup or a box of milk.

How convenient is that?

(We also pre-pay for our electricity here - "cash power".)

A small selection of items we can buy at Tonto's.

This was a family trip down the hill. At the bottom, we can choose from
Gaculiro super market, Woodlands super market, Pizza Inn, or Chicken Inn.

It's great to have stores so close to home, but for a better selection of produce, 

the Market is our destination...

and that is a whole different experience! 

We'll tell you about that in our next post.