Santa Barbara is located in the central western part of Honduras in the department of Santa Barbara. According to Lonely Planet the town has about 15,000 people, but I have heard all sorts of other numbers from 7,000-25,000, so I really can’t be sure, but it feels like the biggest town that I have been to in Honduras (besides the capital). Finally, there is a real central park that is beautiful and green and full of people. There is also a large Catholic Church right on the central park and restaurants and shops surrounding it. Around the central park the roads are arranged in grids with all the buildings connected to each other, usually one or two stories high. The town is in a valley and so the outskirts of town climb up into the hills.
Santa Barbara has most everything I will need: internet cafes, restaurants, a gym, pools, mini-supermarkets, an outdoor fresh fruit and vegetable market, stores, banks, etc. The people that live in the city center seem fairly well off, but as you go out into the surrounding aldeas (little towns) they are not as wealthy.
Santa Barbara has most everything I will need: internet cafes, restaurants, a gym, pools, mini-supermarkets, an outdoor fresh fruit and vegetable market, stores, banks, etc. The people that live in the city center seem fairly well off, but as you go out into the surrounding aldeas (little towns) they are not as wealthy.
The central park
The Catholic Church in the center of town
No comments:
Post a Comment