One of the wonderful things about La Mariposa Escuela de Español is that it is surrounded by an incredible garden/forest. The staff regularly put bananas to attract local fauna and one of the regular visitors is the Agouti, or Guatusa as it is known here. It is basically a large rodent that is native to Central and South America.
These photos were taken from the where we eat our meals at the school. I’ve seen one of these the past 3 days running.
After catching many glimpses over the past weeks, I finally had a wonderful view of a Guardabarranco, the national bird of Nicaragua, this morning. It was just outside my bedroom window at La Mariposa Spanish School and EcoHotel and I managed to get a fairly good picture of it (see below on the right). Many…
Some more pictures of wildlife taken from the patio where we eat our meals at La Mariposa Spanish School and Eco Hotel. Apart from the Blue-Crowned Motmot, we also have the following regular visitors:
Just as we thought that our run of great weather had come to an end, the wind dropped and we were actually able to disembark for our first excursion of the day at West Point Island in the Falkland Islands. When we arrived at the entrance to this point during the night, the winds were…
Big day when I finally headed out of La Mariposa Spanish School and EcoHotel to start my travel adventures! 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 🙂 The rest is really…
If you do not enjoy: unbelievable heat stifling humidity drowning in your own sweat steep inclines using your arms/hands as much as your legs/feet when you hike getting muddy hiking Volcán Maderas on the Island of Ometepe is not for you! Started out at 8am (much later than I would have wanted, but that was the…
One of the things I always love to do when travelling to different countries is go to the local cinema. I went and watched DeadPool today at the cinema in Cines Plaza Siglo Nuevo in León, which was a wonderful escape from the heat and an absolute bargain at 85 Cordobas (~AUD$4.50). Gotta admit, it…