One more motmot photo…

Couldn’t resist – these birds (Blue-Crowned Motmots) are so beautiful!

Look who brought a friend to visit me this morning at La Mariposa Spanish School and EcoHotel. This branch is just outside my bedroom window.

blue-crowned motmots

Food experiences

NicAsí Cooking Workshop
Bylgermany March 10, 2016December 30, 2025

I love cooking and I love eating. For this reason, I’m a keen fan of cooking schools/classes and have done quite a few over the past couple of years. Add in that I particularly like to try dishes that are typical to the region I am travelling through and it was a no-brainer to sign…

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Personal

Pedro and his Macaw
Bylgermany April 3, 2016December 30, 2025

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. He asked to see the bird (which was obviously…

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Hiking/Trekking

Hiking the Bartola Reserve
Bylgermany April 20, 2016December 30, 2025

Although I couldn’t get all the way down the Río San Juan, I wanted to go as far as possible. So from El Castillo I headed down to the Refugio Bartola (about 8 km further on) where there is a rustic hotel, plenty of hiking trails and the Río Bartola to explore. It is right on the boundary…

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Excursions

Volcan Masaya – impressively active!
Bylgermany March 13, 2016December 30, 2025

Nicaragua is a country of volcanoes and right now, 5 of them are a lot more active than normal. The closest one to the Spanish school is Volcan Masaya – somewhere between 5 and 8 km away (as the crow flies) depending on whose map app you choose to believe (we had a couple…

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Hiking/Trekking

Masaya Volcano Night hike in the Cañada Honda
Bylgermany March 26, 2016December 30, 2025

In both of my visits to La Mariposa Spanish School and EcoHotel I’ve managed to luck out with a night hike 🙂 They are not part of the usual activity timetable and are scheduled when there is enough interest and willing guides available. 2 years ago we hiked through the pineapple farms to a…

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Plants and wildlife

Falkland Islands – Day 11 – Saunders Island
Bylgermany March 22, 2017December 31, 2025

In the afternoon, the winds miraculously died down again just enough for us to be able to do our last excursion to Saunders Island – still part of West Falkland. It was the wettest of all our zodiac rides but even then, not too bad. Apparently, that kind of wetness is fairly standard on an…

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