Rodney,
I don't know if anyone on this list is living in Comayagua so you may not
get any specific answers about the best places to eat or shop for groceries.
You'll be close to Tegus so that will be an easy day trip if you need to buy
anything not available in Comayagua.
Water for a one-room apartment is probably insignificant. You can probably
count on it being less than US $10 a month, maybe as little as $1 per month.
Cable (here in La Ceiba) is about US $15 per month and that includes about
90 stations (many in English) and 4-6 movie channels, some in English. Cable
with internet access is about US $60 although there are different speeds and
rates available, one higher and one lower.
Electric (here in La Ceiba - I don't know if other parts of the country have
different rates) is L.1.31 per khw PLUS an energy adjustment of 53%, which
works out to about US 11 cents per khw. There is also a small charge for
public lighting. If you don't have an electric stove, dryer, or hot water
heater, and don't run an A/C all the time, your monthly cost is likely to be
under US $50, maybe way under. We have all those things, except that we only
rarely use the A/C, and our bill runs around US $85 per month.
Exchanging money (US dollars) is easy and can be done at any bank. You don't
have to have an account. If you are talking about Canadian dollars, then
that might be a problem. We've had a lot of discussion about using debit
cards, so you might want to search the message archives for that, but
basically visa debit cards are accepted at most ATMs. You'll receive
lempiras and be charged an exchange fee by your bank plus a small
transaction fee by the Honduran bank ( L.10 - L.30).
I'd hesitate to guess about rents in Comayagua, but I don't think you need
to worry about a one room apartment being excessive.
Thanks for the compliment and I hope that this information helps you.
La Gringa
La Ceiba, Honduras
La Gringa's Blogicito
On 5/20/07, rodney simmons wrote:
>
> Mrs. La Gringa,
>
> Thank you for the response and also for pointing out the key points...
> It's nice to hear
> from you (La Gringa Blogicito), I recieve your post daily and your doing a
> great job!
>
> Here are some of the things that I'm concern about:
>
> * Small one room apartment (singles apartment) near the main boulevard
> * Extented stay hotel is o.k.
> * Cost of utilities ... lights, water, and cable
> * Best place to eat and buy food.
> * Exchanging money and using a visa debit card for cash at the local bank.
>
>
> I would like to stay there for 9 mos out the year and return back to the
> USA periodically
> to handle personal affairs. Alot of things I can buy once I'm there, I
> just need to know
> where to go in shop.. things has changed alot since my last visit. I had
> friends there some years back, but I don't know where their located at this
> time.
>
> Thanks you Friends,
> Rodney
>
>
>
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