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    • Day 11

      Manizales hasta Gallinazo

      June 17, 2023 in Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      On se réveille tranquillement dans l'appartement de Toan.
      C'est l'heure du ménage et des lessives (ça commençait à urger un peu!). On prépare un joli brunch pour les copains. Adele et Nathan nous rejoignent pour le partager.
      Une fois tout le monde propre et rassasiés on file prendre le bus avec Ellyn et Toan pour Gallinazo (30mn de Manizales). Sur le chemin, Ellyn me fait goûter le Mambé. C'est une poudre de coca, utilisée traditionnellement en Amazonie.
      On arrive dans ce charmant petit village. Très typique et vallonné. Les locaux appelle ce hameau "la Normandie ". En effet, les vaches de race normandes sont nombreuses sur les prairies abruptes 🐄 Apres avoir déposé nos affaires dans notre logement, chez un vieux monsieur qui nous loue une petite maison et un bout de terrain pour une tente, on file se promener. On remonte la rivière et on arrive jusqu'à un terme naturel. Toan s'y baigne avec Ellyn on n'y va pas : l'eau est savonneuse, ça nous inspire pas bien confiance ! 😅 On rentre ensuite et on va trouver de quoi grignoter. Je goutte enfin le chocolate con queso ! Ce n'est pas mauvais mais assez particulier quand même. On joue a un petit jeu de société avant d'être rejoins par Adele et Nathan.
      Direction les termes plus aménagés. L'eau arrive directement des sources du Nevados : chaudes et souffrées. Nous voilà relaxés ! On remonte ensuite le village pour se rendre au club de Tejo. C'est un jeu traditionnel colombien. Le principe ? Jeter un tejo (petite masse en fonte) vers un cadre rempli d'argile et faire exploser les pétards répartis en cercle au centre. C'est pas simple, un vrai coup de main a avoir. On essaye tout les styles : plus ou moins brutaux et réussis ! Le gérant nous montre un peu la technique, on monte en compétences. De futurs champions 👌 On rentre ensuite à la maison pour dormir, le réveil sonne tôt demain. Nous partons pour Murio de bonne heure !
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    • Day 10–11

      Hacienda el Bosque

      February 18 in Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      Lodge & special Birds habitat.
      À peine quelques minutes après notre arrivée, nous avons vu notre premier Toucan bleu. Je retravaillerai une vidéo pour montrer comment se fait l’observation des Grallaire.Read more

    • Day 9

      Manizales

      March 17, 2022 in Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      From the big temperature changes and a quite cold night in Salento I got a cold, wich I felt the first morning in Manizales the most.
      Around noon I could push myself outta bed though to go and see the city.

      I walked around without big plan or research, so I landed in a favela like area where I found a gondola wich brought me to the top of the city.
      The view was amazing because you could see all the neighbourhoods from above.
      Arriving the top and at the most commercial part, the city was pulsing there with lots of people, shops and restaurants.

      When Miguel finished work, we went for dinner at a market hall. Next morning I took the bus at 6 o clock to Medellin.
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    • Day 60

      Manizales

      December 11, 2015 in Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      Manizales was rather a stop over for us on the way of Salento as it's one of the three cities which makes the coffee zone triangle. Haven't seen much of it, apparently not even that nice but the surrounding areas are beautiful, it's part of the Andes, at 2000 meters high. (We even go some head and neck pain not sure if it was 'cause of the altitude.) So on our full day there decided to leave the city for a hot spring bath which was 15 minutes away. It was super relaxing there, the whole 2 pools were just ours for a while and even after just a couple of people appeared. Mountains all around, colourful flowers, interesting trees and plants and we even saw humming birds. We spent the whole day there, in the morning it was sunny and by the afternoon it started raining but it was actually cool like that 'cause the water was super warm and it just looked awesome how the big drops fall into the pool from these massive leaves above us.Read more

    • Day 62

      Bike Tour durch die Anden

      February 1, 2017 in Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      In Lichtgeschwindigkeit sind wir mit dem Mountainbike 5 Stunden durch die Kaffeeplantagen gedüst.. Naja manchmal den Berg auch ein wenig hochgeschneckt 🐌 .. Nun sind wir fix & foxy und können uns kaum noch bewegen. Beste Voraussetzungen also morgen zu einer dreitägigen Wanderung auf bis zu 4300 m Höhe aufzubrechen ;)Read more

    • Day 17

      Manizales

      April 16, 2017 in Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

      Next stop Manizales. On the first day we visited Nevado Del Ruiz, an active volcano. A bus took us up to 4500meters but we couldn't go any further as it would have been dangerous going right to the top. Unfortunately there was a lot of fog but when at the very end it settled and we were able to see some great views. On the way home we visited a hot spring - definitely a highlight for cold water-hating me.
      The next day the plan was to visit a coffee farm, then carry on south to stop off in Pereira for a night before continuing our journey. I was 10 minutes into the bus journey before I realised I'd left my passport back at the hostel. Luckily we were with a worker from the hostel at the time so agreed to carry on with the coffee farm tour and go back and get the passport after. The coffee farm was great, we spent 3 hours there exploring and learning all about coffee. We basically learned that even if you pay for 'top quality' beans, it's probably all a lie, so I will stick to my Nescafé instant for now. After the coffee farm it was a short 3 hour detour to go back to the original hostel, pick up my passport, drive past the coffee farm again and eventually arrive in Pereira. Bed time now....
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    • Day 42

      Manizales

      April 21, 2019 in Colombia ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

      Manizales ist eine (bis dato) noch sehr unbekannte Perle inmitten der Kaffeeregion. Ich bin eher durch Zufall hier gelandet und sehr froh darüber. Die Stadt ist total schön und sehr überschaubar!

      Eines der Highlights war die Führung durch die Kathedrale. Ein Guide hat uns die Historie nähergebracht und uns bis an den höchsten Punkt begleitet. Wie man auf den Bildern erkennen kann muss man teilweise auf der Außenfassade entlang bzw einen sehr steilen Korridor mit orangenen Stufen bezwingen. Nichts für schwache Nerven!
      Das verrückteste daran war, dass es in dieser Kirche ein Cafe gibt - sogar mit WLAN. Sehr ungewöhnlich aber total schön!

      Als Belohnung für den anstrengenden Aufstieg habe ich mich in eine der zahlreichen heißen Quellen gechillt. ♨️☺️

      Obwohl die Stadt nur 400.000 Einwohner hat ist sie dank der 14 (!) Universitäten und unzähligen Studenten sehr lebhaft. In einer Bar gab es zahlreiche deutsche Biere - natürlich auch das Erdinger Weißbier. 😎😜
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    • Day 28

      Hacienda Venecia (2) - Coffee Farm

      March 28, 2022 in Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

      COFFEE TOUR
      THE LIFE OF A COFFEE BEAN FROM SEED TO CUP

      Truly dedicated coffee enthusiasts can be immersed an entire coffee experience around those magic little beans at the daily coffee tour.
      I learned a lot about the coffee plants, the harvesting process and the processing of the coffee bean until it can be roasted after export.
      The Hacienda Venecia needs 250-300 pickers in the high season. Good pickers can harvest 60-80kg of coffee beans. They were paid per kilogram and earn 650 Pesos (~0,16€) per kilogram -> maximum daily wage of 12,53€.
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    • Day 27

      Hacienda Venecia (1) - Coffee Farm

      March 27, 2022 in Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

      The next few days will be spent relaxing and learning a lot about coffee.

      „We are a working coffee farm near Manizales with 100 years of tradition and extensive experience in the cultivation, processing, exporting, roasting and marketing of our coffee.
 With our vast coffee fields and picturesque lush surroundings including native trees and water springs, we welcome guests from all over the world to our authentic traditional houses for an unique experience, to be truly immersed in the landscape and culture of Colombian coffee.“Read more

    • Day 82

      San Peregrino, Manizales, Colombia

      February 15, 2017 in Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      Having friends around the world is always nice, but especially when they are from your home town, share the same friends and have some actual history. My next stop(s) was San Peregrino a small vereda just outside of Manizales built on rolling hills of coffee, bananas, plantains, avocados and much more.

      Anthony Asher Yates who went to high school with me and hails from Nordeast, Minneapolis lives in his paradise of a finca with his amazingly friendly, funny, and giving girlfriend Carolina. They were kind enough to take me in for a bit more than a week as well as Deanna from Michigan who was traveling South America as well.

      The days were spent cooking delicious food, helping Tony and Caro make their signature marmalade, sauces and hot sauces that they sell at organic markets around the area (check them out on Instagram @ketioka), walking around the beautiful landscape, and going into Manizales to buy good, food and use the internet occasionally.

      I was fortunate enough to be able to relax there and really get into the groove of country living, nothing beats rising with the sun, making coffee, eating avocados from the tree in the yard and watching the plethora of colorful birds that visit.

      One Sunday I went with them to a very small village a couple hours away close to the Sierra Nevadas to participate in a Temazcal a 4 hour traditional sweat lodge with lots of singing, cleansing and healing.

      I'm incredibly thankful for the hospitality that Tony and Caro showed me the time we spent together and all that I learned and experienced from them!
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