It is a different world here some of it good and some very sad. There are lots of outdoor eating places here and often around them are children passing by asking for the leftovers from the plates of people dining. They really shovel the food in. Partly because they are hungry and partly because the owners of the establishments will run them off if they can. How sad that any country has that many hungry children who will resort to that kind of begging to get food.
Travel here is incredibly cheap.
We have been averaging between 35 and 40 dollars a day in total for the two of us for food, lodging, and travel. One reads that local transportation is on old American school buses, and that is true for the most part. The logo drawing looks like a simplified imitation of the Greyhound dog. The TICA buses are also painted in the general style of our Greyhound buses, but are slightly older, and show some wear. Still, they are stylish by local standards.