On Friday, 08 May I went to a coffee plantation to see the process of coffee making. I was interesting even though this is not the season for coffee, but Senior Castillo hyad several different coffee trees in various stages of development for show. The coffee bean starts as a pretty flower and then when the bloom drops they seed pod develops. It is then picked over several months, dried, chafe removed, sorted by size and quality and they roasted and ground. Senior Castillo and his wife have operated the business for over 47 years. It was interesting that he is also a 50 year members of the Lions Club, it’s very big here in Nicaragua! I think I bought the equivalent of $80.00 ro more of premium coffee for 200 Cordoba’s ($10.00)!
Friday evening Lilliam, Jerrie and I went back to the Mocha Nanna Café for more local Nica music. It was good and Jerrie convinced me to try the local rum. She says it is her favourite, she was right it was very good, it comes either aged for seven years or 12 years!
On Saturday I went motorcycling into the mountains around Estelí. It was a rough ride up into the mountains as the roads were dirt and some covered with a gravel that waqs the size of your fist! After an hour or so we went to a natural park area and had to hike about a kilometer down into a valley to view a very beautiful waterfall. Afterwards we continued to the end of the road and had to hike up a steep pine forest to the top. It was quite windy and very cool on top. From there we could see the surrounding mountains and look down on Estelí and in the opposite direction we could see the remains of an old volcano, it was great.
Once we came down off the mountain, the small village where we parked the motorcycles had a small café and do a limited amount of eco-tourism. We had breakfast and I had the best beans and eggs I have tasted since coming to Nicaragua! Paying for breakfast for two and I also bought four sets of handmade earrings, the bill came to $130.00 Córdoba’s ($6.50). The ride back was bone shattering and a little too fast going down, we had to be careful not to hit too many large rocks and I had to be careful from chipping a tooth as the bike just shook constantly. Overall it was a great day.
Friday evening Lilliam, Jerrie and I went back to the Mocha Nanna Café for more local Nica music. It was good and Jerrie convinced me to try the local rum. She says it is her favourite, she was right it was very good, it comes either aged for seven years or 12 years!
On Saturday I went motorcycling into the mountains around Estelí. It was a rough ride up into the mountains as the roads were dirt and some covered with a gravel that waqs the size of your fist! After an hour or so we went to a natural park area and had to hike about a kilometer down into a valley to view a very beautiful waterfall. Afterwards we continued to the end of the road and had to hike up a steep pine forest to the top. It was quite windy and very cool on top. From there we could see the surrounding mountains and look down on Estelí and in the opposite direction we could see the remains of an old volcano, it was great.
Once we came down off the mountain, the small village where we parked the motorcycles had a small café and do a limited amount of eco-tourism. We had breakfast and I had the best beans and eggs I have tasted since coming to Nicaragua! Paying for breakfast for two and I also bought four sets of handmade earrings, the bill came to $130.00 Córdoba’s ($6.50). The ride back was bone shattering and a little too fast going down, we had to be careful not to hit too many large rocks and I had to be careful from chipping a tooth as the bike just shook constantly. Overall it was a great day.
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