Small Town Living

Tabarcia seemed like a picture-perfect stereotypical Central American town to me. The town was built around the catholic church.

There were a couple of small “pulperias” or corner stores that sell everything. This particular store sold everything from machetes and rubber boots to soccer balls, batteries, toilet paper, chocolate, fresh tomatoes and probably just about anything else you could imagine.

There was the elementary school and a high school

And just around the corner from them, a snack shop that always had a crowd of students in their uniforms in front of it.

The daycare doubled as a nutrition center, and was right next door to the clinic and the red cross.

I really enjoyed the small town atmosphere. It was quiet and friendly, and after being in town only a week, we had already made friends with some of the local kids who we ran into almost every day.