This past weekend we headed out of Xela about 2.5 hours south to the Boca Costa, which is a region that boasts a sub-tropical climate and much of Guatemala´s banana, sugarcane, coffee, and exotic fruit farms. We visited a coffee finca called Nueva Alianza, which is a worker owned, organic, fair trade cooperative that also produces macadamia nuts, purified water, and even bio-diesel. It was wonderful to breathe some fresh air, see some breathtaking scenery, and also get a little more up close and personal with rural Guatemalan life. Enjoy the photos!
Dave
The loudest goose in Guatemala....it guards the entrance to the hotel at the coffee finca.
Bio-diesel made out of used cooking oil....gets better mpg that regular diesel.
Macadamias.
Looking up from the bottom of the waterfall.
The "curva peligrosa" or dangerous curve. The path is about a foot wide and to the left is a 50+ foot drop....you can´t quite see it in this picture but up ahead the water is flowing over the path...we had to cross this 4 times!
A cute kid who asked us to take his foto.
On the coffee processing tour...we pretty much learned how to process coffee from the tree to the cup.
Unroasted coffee beans.
A lovely sunset from the porch of the eco-hotel.
This is back at El Nahual and unrelated to the trip...Becca, Vanessa (England), and Annastiina (Finland) learning weaving from Maria, a master Mayan weaver.
The view from the balcony at the finca.
Close up on a coffee plant: A coffee flower and coffee berries.
Guatemalan bamboo...my new favorite plant.
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