1. Do they have a lot of the same businesses/stores/restaurants there as in the states?
You'd probably be surprised at how many are the same. The most common thing between the US and here are fast food restaurants. For example, we have Burger King, Popeyes, McDonald's, Wendy's, Pizza Hut, KFC. There are fast food restaurants here that are not in the states - most of them sell chicken. As far as stores go, like clothes stores, they are actually pretty similar too. There are a few here that I have never seen in the US - like one called Lady Lee. A lot of the stores here are in malls, that we aren't allowed to go in, so I haven't seen a lot of them.
2. What products are the same there?
There are a lot that are the same, mostly food - chips (Lays, Doritos, Cheetos), soda (Coke, Pepsi), cookies (Chips Ahoy, Oreos).
3. What products or things do you buy that are different?
As far as other products go, like cleaning supplies or toiletries, the product names are all different here. In addition to the food that is the same as in the US, they will have a similar brand, but in Spanish. So, in addition to Lays, they also have Civas, which come in all the same flavors as Lays. They also have a few different sodas here that aren't in the states - mostly fruit flavored, including orange and banana. It's sort of like Fanta.
4. How is the weather different there?
There are only two seasons here - summer and winter. I think October to March is considered winter and April to September is considered summer. In December, it actually gets pretty chilly here. Last December, I was in Danli, which is actually one of the coldest parts of the mission. What I love about the weather is that it's not as extreme as Utah. When people ask me what the weather is like back home, I tell them that it's really hot in the summer and really cold in the winter. It snows in winter, and it's hot hot hot in summer. People can't really relate that those extremes because it's pretty mild most of the time here. There's nothing that I really dislike about the weather here - only that, when moving around, you have to get used to different temperatures. Danli was cooler, and then Choluteca was so hot, and now here it is cold again. That has been a little hard to adjust to. I've been in the city for about two months and I'm still adjusting to the cold because I was so used to the heat in Choluteca.
5. Do you ever have a hard time time sleeping?
We are usually so tired that we pass out pretty quick. There have been very few days that I have trouble sleeping. Normally, it's only when I have something on my mind - usually an investigator and what we can do to help them. But usually we don't have any problems sleeping. I would say that we typically fall asleep in two minutes or less every night.
You'd probably be surprised at how many are the same. The most common thing between the US and here are fast food restaurants. For example, we have Burger King, Popeyes, McDonald's, Wendy's, Pizza Hut, KFC. There are fast food restaurants here that are not in the states - most of them sell chicken. As far as stores go, like clothes stores, they are actually pretty similar too. There are a few here that I have never seen in the US - like one called Lady Lee. A lot of the stores here are in malls, that we aren't allowed to go in, so I haven't seen a lot of them.
2. What products are the same there?
There are a lot that are the same, mostly food - chips (Lays, Doritos, Cheetos), soda (Coke, Pepsi), cookies (Chips Ahoy, Oreos).
3. What products or things do you buy that are different?
As far as other products go, like cleaning supplies or toiletries, the product names are all different here. In addition to the food that is the same as in the US, they will have a similar brand, but in Spanish. So, in addition to Lays, they also have Civas, which come in all the same flavors as Lays. They also have a few different sodas here that aren't in the states - mostly fruit flavored, including orange and banana. It's sort of like Fanta.
4. How is the weather different there?
There are only two seasons here - summer and winter. I think October to March is considered winter and April to September is considered summer. In December, it actually gets pretty chilly here. Last December, I was in Danli, which is actually one of the coldest parts of the mission. What I love about the weather is that it's not as extreme as Utah. When people ask me what the weather is like back home, I tell them that it's really hot in the summer and really cold in the winter. It snows in winter, and it's hot hot hot in summer. People can't really relate that those extremes because it's pretty mild most of the time here. There's nothing that I really dislike about the weather here - only that, when moving around, you have to get used to different temperatures. Danli was cooler, and then Choluteca was so hot, and now here it is cold again. That has been a little hard to adjust to. I've been in the city for about two months and I'm still adjusting to the cold because I was so used to the heat in Choluteca.
5. Do you ever have a hard time time sleeping?
We are usually so tired that we pass out pretty quick. There have been very few days that I have trouble sleeping. Normally, it's only when I have something on my mind - usually an investigator and what we can do to help them. But usually we don't have any problems sleeping. I would say that we typically fall asleep in two minutes or less every night.
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