April 2016

Farewell to La Mariposa

Big day when I finally headed out of La Mariposa Spanish School and EcoHotel to start my travel adventures! 聽 The great news is that my formal spanish-learning journey is over – I am at the highest level of advanced spanish in both writing and speaking … almost bilingual 馃檪 聽 聽The rest is really

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Pedro and his Macaw

La Mariposa Spanish School and EcoHotel is very well known for rescuing dogs (there are now 45 and counting!) but they also rescue other animals as well. Only a few weeks after we arrived, Pedro heard a macaw calling from a house while waiting for a mototaxi. 聽He asked聽to see the bird (which was obviously

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Raspado in Le贸n

Wander through聽the Central Park of聽Le贸n on any day and you’ll find brightly painted wooden push carts with several glass bottles lined up聽on top. 聽 These are the Raspado sellers and one of the institutions of聽Le贸n. Inside, the cart is lined with aluminium and contains a large block of ice. 聽The Raspado sellers use an ice

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Volcano Boarding Cerro Negro – Le贸n, Nicaragua

For many tourists, volcano boarding down the active volcano Cerro Negro is the biggest drawcard of Le贸n in north-west Nicaragua.   Think snowboarding, but then replace the snowboard with a slightly larger and more rudimentary slab of timber, replace the snow-capped mountain with the black cinder-cone of one of Central America’s newest volcanoes, and replace the cool briskness of

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