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My almost 2 week trip started in Zurich with a flight to Madrid and onwards to Panama.
Since my baggage was filled to the brim with children’s clothes and toys I’m bringing I resisted buying moreEn savoir plus
My almost 2 week trip started in Zurich with a flight to Madrid and onwards to Panama.
Since my baggage was filled to the brim with children’s clothes and toys I’m bringing I resisted buying moreEn savoir plus
I stared the jet lagged day off early with some sun exposure, a workout in the hotel gym and another walk through the hotel parking lot - not daring to cross the busy street at walk near it without aEn savoir plus
After a short 2 hour flight from Panama I arrived at the airport hotel where we would meet up to go to the coffee farm.
Some fellow travelers were already there and and Dirk & I decided to hop on overEn savoir plus
Our trip guide and coffee professor Tim picked us up at 9:30 at the hotel. We Tetris-ed our luggage into the bus and started the 5 hour drive along the al american highway - called NIC-1 here.
We gotEn savoir plus
At the Finca the volunteers already awaited us to give us a briefing and quick tour.
Meanwhile Claudia cooked us a light dinner of Beans, Plantains and Guacamole. Which we all sat down to enjoy atEn savoir plus
At 7-ish we set out on our first tour of the Finca. There isn’t a distinct trail we followed and at times we were certain if we’d loose Tim we wouldn’t find back to the house…
…so he madeEn savoir plus
The afternoon was dedicated to learning about the coffee region and plant specifics. In the morning we were tasked to collect plant material that looked different and Tim used it to demonstrate andEn savoir plus
After an amazing porridge breakfast I realized I got super lucky: I had left my hiking shoes in the one spot of the finca where the roof leaks. AND we had a little bit of rain last night. What are theEn savoir plus
Once done at Mil Variedades we toured the slightly larger Finca Santa Rita. If I remember correctly it is about a quarter the size of El Arbol…
It was exciting to see familiar names of KaffeemacherEn savoir plus
The morning started at 6am so we could leave together with the other pickers - ok, we didn’t really leave together as the newbies needed an instruction first.
In teams of two we got a basket toEn savoir plus