Shopping in Masatepe

Here are some pictures of a trip I took with Bonnie to buy some patio furniture from the local artisans. On the road to Managua there are a lot of areas specialized in their particular handicraft. The small villages are called Pueblos Blancos; White Villages, and each village has their own specialization. This day we went to Masatepe to look for new patio furniture for Bonnie.

Here are some pictures of the furniture. This shop was on the village square, some sort of a guild for furniture makers. Most of the other shops were much smaller, and along the road.

So this is the local, handmade furniture, cheaper than what you would have to pay in the USA, but not "dirt cheap" as it might have been in the days past. There were a lot of woodworker shops, with handmade wooden rockers, dining sets etc. also. 

This was a local candy-stand. I couldn't resists and grabbed one of these delights. Unfortunately, I forgot it into Bonnie's truck, and by the time either of us got to it, it was already too late and all the sugary goodness was beyond consumption. So I can't tell you what they taste like :(

Bonnie also needed some new plants for her garden, and lucky for us, we didn't have to go all the way to Caterina, the nursery village, but there were a lot of roadside stands for plants in Masatepe also. 

So this is the stash that we finally started heading home with: