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An Australian Dream

For everyone in Australia who loves to use limes in their cooking and their drinks… How about 12 juicy (yes they really are) limes for 50 cents?

In Nicaragua limes are cheap

Food experiences

Güirila – typical food of Matagalpa
Bylgermany May 2, 2016December 30, 2025

Another thing I love to do while travelling is try the local dishes of the country I’m visiting. Nicaragua has quite a few of these (and I’ve tried almost all of them) but the specialty of Matagalpa in the northern highlands is the Güirila. There are several places to buy Güirilas, including some restaurants, but most people simply…

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Transportation

Final thoughts – public transport in Nicaragua
Bylgermany May 19, 2016December 30, 2025

As I leave Nicaragua for El Salvador, some final Nicaraguan public transport observations. Micros I actually promised a blog post about this ages ago and am now finally getting around to it. On certain routes in Nicaragua (most notably around the Pueblos Blancos where La Mariposa Spanish School and Eco-Hotel is located) there are not…

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Culture - History - Art

León Cathedral
Bylgermany May 14, 2016December 30, 2025

When visiting León, you really can’t miss the world heritage listed Basílica Catedral de la Asunción, better known as the León Cathedral. It is enormous (it is the largest cathedral in Central America) and located right in the middle of everything with the central plaza facing it. The story goes that this cathedral was originally meant to…

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Excursions | Personal

Summary: The Central Asia Budget Overland Tour by MAdventure
Bylgermany June 20, 2017December 30, 2025

Well, my two months traveling across the Silk Road on the “mechanical camel” has come to an end. This was essentially MAdventure’s Central Asia Budget Adventure trip and, once I’d come to terms with the speed of travel (much faster than I normally move), I really, really enjoyed it! However, it is not for everyone, and…

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Food experiences

Coffee processing – Finca Esperanza Verde
Bylgermany April 30, 2016December 30, 2025

The Finca Esperanza Verde is actually a working organic coffee farm and this time around I arrived right at the end of the flowering season. Each of those little green nodules that are left once the flower has finished will turn into a coffee bean. The last time I was here, I did the coffee processing…

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The eternal twilight of Greenland
Bylgermany June 18, 2018December 30, 2025

Greenland during the summer is embraced by an eternal twilight. Read more about this amazing phenomenon in my latest blog post at Guide to Greenland: “Northern Lights in Greenland – the Midnight Sun“. Discover more about Greenland I have a large number of blog posts about Greenland, so feel free to read more about my…

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