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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

Culture - History - Art

Jazz in San Marcos – Nicaragua
Bylgermany March 20, 2016December 30, 2025

What do you do on a Friday night in a small town in rural Nicaragua? Go to the Nicaragua international Jazz Festival of course! Touring Managua, Leon, and the tiny San Marcos and featuring groups from Nicaragua, Italy, Spain, USA and Germany, it was a surreal experience to be sitting in a little park…

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Hiking/Trekking

Jiquilillo and Volcan Cosigüina
Bylgermany May 18, 2016December 30, 2025

After another week in León (how I love that place!) I started heading towards El Salvador. Although I’m not a beach person, I decided to spend a couple of nights at Rancho Esperanza in Jiquilillo. It is basically a surf spot and a gateway to the Padre Ramos Reserve – one of the most important…

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Trip Plan 2017 – 2018
Bylgermany April 12, 2017December 30, 2025

Well, after such a spectacular year last year, and not wanting to rejoin “real life” just yet, I’m off again 🙂 This time, ticking off quite a few bucket list items – going across the Silk Road and also 5 weeks hiking in Greenland. Here’s the map: View Full Size Travel Map at Travellerspoint…

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My year of travel – a summary
Bylgermany April 11, 2017December 30, 2025

Well, the year of travel is over. And it was absolutely awesome! So much so, that I’m avoiding “real life” for another year and heading off again! So more to come… Here is where I ended up going over the past year: View Full Size Travel Map at Travellerspoint The Places Many people…

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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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Plants and wildlife

Blue-crowned motmot – Fauna of Nicaragua
Bylgermany March 18, 2016December 30, 2025

Another regular visitor to the garden around La Mariposa Escuela de Español is the Blue-crowned motmot. This guy looks a lot like the Turquoise-browed motmot (also called the Guardabarranco – the Nicaraguan national bird) but is distinct. The head colouring is different but the easiest way to tell them apart is through the look of…

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