You'd think I'd remember that these post in the opposite order that they get selected ... so, this is at La Iguana Chocolate. It's a pathway between the dorm rooms and the community eating area (aka: the Juan Luis family home). The farm is set on the top of a hill so, everywhere you turn, you've got a view of the surrounding countryside. 
Our first day of work at the farm was to sort kidney beans ... the beans get put on a large screen sifter, get sifted and sorted (black beans, stones twigs, bad red beans are picked out) and then rebagged for the farms use throughout the year - or at least until the next crop. This was a job that was one of those 'filler' jobs when there wasn't anything more pressing to do etc. It provides a nice opportunity to visit with the other volunteers.
This was our bus that was supposed to take us all the way to Mastatal (village) or the Chocolate farm. It broke down on this hill about 1 - 2 miles away from the farm. Since we were that close and we still had ample daylight we decided to hike in the rest of the way. When I walked to a soccer game a couple of days later the bus was still there ...
Fruit stand at Puriscal - a town we unexpectedly had to overnight at since we missed our bus to Mastatal. The 3 of us slept in the same dbl bed in one of the skankiest (is that a word?) hotel (that's being generous!) in Costa Rica. In fact, most people presume there are no hotels in Puriscal because they are soooo bad they might as well not exist. However, we WERE grateful for a place to sleep. The trip from Santa Elena was long and exhausting!
A and J getting some 'tri-athelete' training in Puriscal ... "C"
Thanks for the pics - as always they are beautiful and quite interesting. So enjoy the comments and tidbits about your adventures! :)
ReplyDeleteHad to laugh about the broken down bus still being there a few days later - but I guess they don't have Ward Eaton there, huh? (Don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto?)