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?

There are several things in Latin America that try your patience if you let them – people who take one look at you and push in line in front of you because they assume you don’t speak the language, waiting for who-know-how-long when the chicken bus you are on stops for who-knows-what reason (there is never an

Am trying to maintain fitness now that I’ve had to give up boxing to travel and am trying to get the whole self-motivation thing happening, something I find very difficult to do! My plan is to do one of the workouts from the 12 minute athlete  3-4 times/week and then some body-weight strength training on

La Mariposa supports lots of things within the community of La Concepcion and has added a concert by local artists to the program.   This is a local family and some of their friends performing Mexican and traditional Nicaraguan music for us.   My favourite was Nicaragua Mia – love the line “soy puro pinolero” And

OK – I know I’ve been here for 2 weeks for very few blog posts, but you won’t believe me if I try to explain how busy I am!  A rundown of my day: 5am (ok, so I haven’t quite made it out of bed at 5am yet, but I’m getting closer!  Currently 5:30am): wake

Thought I’d write a bit more about La Mariposa Escuela de Español so you get a good idea of what I’m doing and where I am for the first 2 months of my trip. The school is located in a small town about 45 minutes from Managua and an hour from Granada.  It is owned

Well, the big day finally arrived! After far too many farewells, I’m now on my 12 month journey which currently looks like this: February – March 2016:  perfecting my spanish at La Mariposa Escuela de Español in La Concha in Nicaragua. April – June 2016: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala July 2016: Cuba August – November 2016