Farms
The area we rode bikes through had many farms and plantations and we visited them (Redspokes was the vendor and did a great job )
following many rivers below
took us through the hinterlands and into the coffee and sugar cane plantations and farm lands. The land was very verdant
and we passed many farms and farm animals
Small and large farms covered the landscape
One day we drove to a coffee plantation below
And after arriving over treachurous rods we learned about the coffee process: how to pick, clean, dry and then crush them. Going to pick the bean below
then taking our fruits to crush in a grinder below
The grinder below
Then the beans dry below
Then we crush them
Then we brew the beans below
and back at the plantation we sit down to a full open coffee bar below
Then we headed home a great group
We also visited sugar cane farms and crushed the sugar cane and drank the “wine”
A sugar cane crusher below
Drinking the fruits of our labor below
The small towns we visited were all very cute with a center dominated by a Catholic church were about 80% say they belong to the church. Everyday I went to church . She photos below