airport to see when we could get a flight to the Pacific coast, Nuqui.
We managed to get flights for tomorrow morning. This left us the rest
of the day in Pereira -not a spectacular town, but the surrounding
hills are brimming with coffee farms - Finca. Kirsty managed to find
Ville Martha - owned by Martha and her husband Raphael. www.fincavillamartha.com
We jumped in a cab and headed 10 k out of town into the hills. A
friendly policeman along the way helped out with directions. We
arrived in paradise. Fresh juice on arrival, then off to chill out by
the pool, then a tour of the whole coffee making process. Martha and
Raphael's friends were visiting for the day, one of whom spoke some
English - always useful! So we picked the red coffee berries, saw how
they get shelled, washed, dried. Then how the little pods get shelled
again, then fed into the toaster machine, 20 minutes later = the best
coffee in the whole world. I can't sleep tonight. We explored the
whole property, which had all been expertly built by Raphael. Martha's
hobby is collecting old things; the house is full of ancient
typewriters, clocks, irons, masks, coins, telephones, pencil
sharpeners! Such a great family atmosphere after hostels and buses.
They have 3 boisterous alsatian dogs, cunning creatures, playing games
by the pool all evening -hot jaccuzzi after dinner...soothing jaccuzzi
bubbles :) we learnt a lot of Spanish today - amazing how when you
have to communicate, it speeds up the process! Today was the best day
of our trip so far. This little place is so special and unique.
Colombia is amazing, so unspoilt - I wonder how long it can stay like
this!
Tomorrow early start - 7am flight to the coast. At least the day will
start with a grand cup of coffee.
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