We ate in The Garden Café in Granada, Nicaragua. It’s a nice idea and a well planned out. The owner, Xiomara Díaz, attends customers and speaks fluent Spanish and English. There is a nice open air garden, as the restaurant’s name suggests. They also have free wi-fi. The menú is varied and includes a lot of vegetarian items as well. Smoothies are available as well as a good variety of local drinks. Purified water is also freely available in the seating area.

We ate a couple of the wraps on the menú (each cost C$85 ($4.25): the pollo picante (chicken) and the Chepe (turkey). My pollo picante wrap was pretty plain. The chicken was kind of dry and it consisted of more lettuce than anything else (I am not vegetarian. Show me the meat!). The Chepe wrap was a little better (according to my wife). The potato salad was good.

For dessert, the brownie (C$20 or $1.00) was excellent!!!

On a scale of 1 to 10, The Garden Café gets a 6 in my book. Why? Although it has good service and a nice atmosphere, the food was fairly plain. Also, as is the case in many restaurants, the final price increases by 25% after a 15% sales tax and 10% tip is automatically added to the bill. We paid C$287 total ($14.35) for what you see in the picture. Not really worth it, if you ask me. On the positive side, I would recommend this place for nice desserts and natural fruit drinks.

Comimos en The Garden Café en Granada, Nicaragua. Nació de una buena idea y es un negocio bien pensado. La dueña, Xiomara Díaz, atiende a los clientes y habla inglés y español con fluidez. Hay un jardín al aire libre, como indica el nombre. También tienen wi-fi. El menú es variado e incluye muchas comida vegetarianas. Hay smoothies y una buena variedad de bebidas locales. Agua purificada también está disponible en la área de comida.

Probamos unos ‘wraps’ (cada uno cuesta C$85 ($4.25): el pollo picante y el Chepe (pavo). El pollo picante era sin novedad. El pollo era sequito y llevaba más lechuga que otra cosa (no soy vegetariano – quiero carne!!!) El wrap Chepe estuvo bueno (según mi esposa). La ensalada de papas estaba rica.

Para postre comimos un brownie (C$20 o $1.00). Estuvo bien rico!!!!

En escala de 1 a 10, The Garden Café recibe un 6. ¿Por qué? Mientras está bonito el lugar y hay buen servicio, la comida era bastante simple. También, como hacen en otros lugares, el precio final aumenta por 25% (15% IVA y 10% propina). Pagamos C$287 ($14.35) por lo que ves en las fotos. No valió la pena, si me preguntas. Por otro lado, recomiendo este lugar por los postres y las bebidas naturales.

Calle Libertad,
Del Parque Central,
1 cuadra al Este
Granada

I saw this house in Granada, Nicaragua and really liked the simple, typical design. Nice huh?

Vi esta casa en Granada, Nicaragua y me gustó el diseño sencillo y típico. Bonito ¿verdad?

I ate a fairly typical Nicaraguan breakfast today: lightly fried tortilla, fresh sweet cream, gallo pinto (rice and beans) with crumbled white cheese on top and two cups of café con leche (milk, instante coffee and suger). Yummy!!!!

Hoy comí un desayuno bastante típico: tortilla ligeramente frita, crema, gallo pinto y queso seco con dos tazas de café con leche. Umm!!!!

I saw this young man with a stately pair of orange crocs on. I asked him where he got them. He told me of a place in the Granada, Nicaragua market. How much? C$60 ($3.00). Do I see an eBay enterprise coming here?

Vi a un jóven con este par de zapatos Crocs. Le pregunté dónde los había conseguido. Me dijo que en el mercado de Granada, Nicaragua. ¿Cuánto? C$60 ($3.00). Espera que chequea en eBay…¡a negociar!

Just sit back there soldier. We are on duty. No lip. no nothing. You need to go to the bathroom? You better speak up, son. We are not stoppin’ til we get to Nam. Vietnam, Nicaragua that is. As you can see, on the way to Waslala and a looooonnnngggg ways from Puerto Cabezas still. This is the road from Matagalpa to La Dalia to El Cua to San José de Bocay. Buckle up soldier and zip it!

Quieta soldado. Estamos en misión. Callate. No digas nada. ¿Tenés que ir al baño? No te calles soldado. No vamos a parar hasta que lleguemos a ‘nam. Vietnam, Nicaragua ¿oiste? Como podés ver, vamos por el camino a Waslala pero falta muuuuuchoooo para llegar a Puerto Cabezas. Este es el camino que va de Matagalpa a La Dalia a El Cua hasta San José de Bocay. ¡Abrochate soldado y callate!

I came across these three little girls from El Fortín, Nicaragua (close to Granada). There names are: María Guadalupe, María Auxiliadora and María de los Ángeles. Their mother told me that there are many twins that have been born in the area, for some strange reason. “No. It’s God’s blessing” she told me.

Encontré a estas pequeñas niñas trillizas en El Fortín, Nicaragua (cerca de Granada). Se llaman: María Guadalupe, María Auxiliadora y María de los Ángeles. Por alguna razón extraña, hay muchos gemelos también que han nacido en la zone. ¿Extraño? “No. Bendición de Dios” me dijo.

Note the following article taken from the Reality Blurred web site:

Survivor Nicaragua next for CBS, official says; Italy now filming on Pearl Cays, Big Corn Island

   Survivor will indeed produce its 21st and 22nd seasons in Nicaragua, as a tourism official told a newspaper there that the next season of the CBS series will be filmed there.
   Both “the famous U.S. TV show ‘Survivor’ and the Spanish version ‘Superviviente’ are also in the process of confirming Nicaragua as the site for their next shows,” the Nica Times reported, citing Nicaragua Tourism Minister Mario Salinas. He said, “These shows will have a very important [promotional] effect for the country in the U.S. and European markets.”
   Currently, the Italian celebrity version of the series, L’Isola dei Famosi (The Island of the Famous), is filming off on the Pearl Cays, “a small cluster of remote islands three miles off Nicaragua’s southern Caribbean coast,” according to the paper. (See photos here.) It’s not clear if CBS’ version will film there, too, but the remote location combined with facilities that can support a production makes it somewhat likely.
   The crew is staying on Big Corn Island, which is located well off the eastern coast of Nicaragua but has facilities to support the production, as the paper reports that “Italian crew will be staying in hotels, eating at local restaurants and employing local transportation for two months.” But the paper also says that some locals think the production is “more of a bother than a benefit,” especially since crew members on the Italian production are making demands for discounts or free things.