I'm sitting at an internet cafe in Puntarenas, Costa Rica and I would be sweating them off if I had a pair!
We just got back from our excursion. We bused up to Naranja to tour a coffee farm. They showed us everything from planting the new plants to the roasting. Lots of good information to support my coffee habit. This plantation is ecofriendly and grows only arabic coffee. What that means is the coffee beans are a bit smaller with more flavor. And the smaller the bean, the more flavor. The guide actually recommended drinking arabic coffee if you have an issue with the caffine because decaffinated coffee still has some caffine in it AND there are residue chemicals in the coffee from the decaffination process. It was really informative.
After the coffee farm we headed over to Sorchi, the city of painted ox carts. We got to tour the plant which is run entirely by a water wheel, the same way it was 100 years ago. The carts are painted by local artists and still used in some Costa Rican farms. Their original use was to hall coffee down the mountains to waiting ships. It was pretty cool. They also provided some fresh fruit for a snack. Jen Charles, you are correct, nothing tastes like a Costa Rican pineapple. I've had them in Maui, and these were much better! And the papaya was delicious!!!!
So it took about 1.5 hours to get back to the ship. We went to our room to drop our bags nd then headed back to town to spend some time at the internet cafe - and have a cold local beer.
After we're finished we'll head back to the ship, freshen up a bit and grab something to eat in the cafeteria. Tonight we're going to try to catch the movies on the lido deck under the stars.
Here are today's Pics:
Costa Rica Pictures
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