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Posted by Editorial Team
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Culture/Cultura,
Curiosities/Curiosidades,
Nicaraguan Food/Comida Nicaragüense
martes, 5 de marzo de 2013
sábado, 2 de marzo de 2013
Armadillo and other names....
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| armadillo (Photo credit: Ainhoa_SS) |
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| Cerro Apante, Matagalpa (Photo credit: svengaarn) |
In Nicaragua, the armadillo is commonly hunted and prepared in a sumptuous dish, mostly in the rural areas of the country. In my travels, I have heard this animal referred to as cusuco, pitero, canchuncho, armado and, of course, armadillo. I ate canchuncho once...tastes like a cross between chicken and pork, IMHO.
More about el canchuncho....click here.
El Floridita
Oh my word! I had the best lechón (spitted and roasted suckling pig) the other day in a Cuban restaurante called El Floridita. I was at the Plaza Inter mall in Managua, Nicaragua and that's where I ate it. The owner told me he has another restaurant in the Plaza de las Américas mall near Bello Horizonte, Managua.
The stuff was off the charts. I paid C$120 for that plate of food with a Coke. Looks like they have a great selection of Cuban food so I will be back!!!! BTW, Nicaragua has a close relationship with Cuba, both historically and culturally. There are remnants of Cuban's past influence in Nicaragua, particularly in a few good Cuban restaurants around town.
The stuff was off the charts. I paid C$120 for that plate of food with a Coke. Looks like they have a great selection of Cuban food so I will be back!!!! BTW, Nicaragua has a close relationship with Cuba, both historically and culturally. There are remnants of Cuban's past influence in Nicaragua, particularly in a few good Cuban restaurants around town.
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| Español: Multicentro Las Americas Managua (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Plaza Inter Food Court (Photo credit: J. Stephen Conn) |
Tree pillar
Here is an interesting and pretty good use of a tree in a house in the Pochocuape zone of Managua, Nicaragua. As you will note, one of the pillars of the house is actually a deeply rooted try, where it was at, and creatively used as a pillar for the construction.
martes, 26 de febrero de 2013
Hottest new hotels for 2013 | CNN Travel
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Hottest new hotels for 2013 | CNN TravelClipped from: http://travel.cnn.com/hottest-new-hotels-2013-325301 |
Hottest new hotels for 2013
The biggest problem with all these new properties? Convincing the boss you need more holidays this year
By Natasha Dragun, for CNN Travel 25 February, 2013 We know, we know. You haven't gotten around to staying at last year's top new hotels and now this bursts onto your screen.
The good news is, 2012 is so last year.
The best new hotels of 2013 are higher, shinier and deluxier than their one-year-older peers.
1. Mukul Resort & Spa, Nicaragua
Everything you see could be yours. For a week or two. Opened: February 2013
Part of Guacalito de la Isla, a 676-hectare, eco-sensitive resort on four miles of untouched Pacific coast, Mukul has only been open a few days as of this posting, but is already a benchmark for luxury in Nicaragua.
The brainchild of entrepreneur Carlos Pellas, the retreat takes its design cues from local culture: villas and bohio-styled huts crafted from native teak and pine are distinguished by an ancient Mayan numerical system, reclaimed rum barrels are used in headboards and the Pellas' family rum is the nightcap of choice.
Book the six-bedroom Casona Don Carlos, Pellas' private beach residence, and you'll also enjoy a pool and oceanfront living area.
Spa treatments offered in themed suites include a crystal temple, rainforest room and hammam using a bounty of local ingredients: raw cane sugar crystals, seaweed and Nicaraguan volcanic clay.
There are plenty of more active diversions, such as golf on an oceanfront course -- its 18 holes were chiseled without cutting down a single tree.
Mukul Resort & Spa, Kilometer 10, Carretera Tola-Las Salinas Rivas, Nicaragua; rooms from US$550 per night; +505 2563 7100; www.mukulresort.com
lunes, 25 de febrero de 2013
This little piggy went to market....
There goes those pigs, traipsing through the streets of Managua to their final destination: pork rinds, fried meat and nacatamales!!!! Yummy piggies!
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| Pig grazing in the bay _2908 (Photo credit: ashabot) |
lunes, 18 de febrero de 2013
Chilling in the 'pic-sina'
These kids, from San Isidro, Managua, Nicaragua, got a head start on summer time, chilling in their pool, locally known as a 'pic-sina'. Too bad they didn't have a Pec-si and a slice of pic-za to make the chilling complete!
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