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Living outside the lines

Experiencing people, culture and food outside your home comfort zone is like coloring outside the lines.

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Carlos looks for ripe coffee berries

Carlos looks for ripe coffee berries

Making Tortillas de Maize

Making Tortillas de Maize

The Cocina Original of Hacienda San Lucas is the most inviting place on the property -- to me, that is.

Coffee Berries

Coffee Berries

Carlos shows us coffee berries

Carlos shows us coffee berries

We line up to wait for our caballo

We line up to wait for our caballo

Carlos takes great care to find just the right horse for each of us.  I was assigned Luna, a nice horse who put up with my inexperienced riding. 

Coffee Machines

Coffee Machines

Carlos brought us to the coffee production facility and took great care to teach us all about it.  Unfortunately, without a pad and paper, I am short on details. 

Coffee drying drum

Coffee drying drum

One of the buildings on the finca

One of the buildings on the finca

Explaining the process

Explaining the process

Coffee-Beans-Growing-1.JPG
More information on the process

More information on the process

Pink flower

Pink flower

Explaining-Coffee-4.jpg
The mighty Mayan Jaguar!

The mighty Mayan Jaguar!

Learning about beans

Learning about beans

Mare

Mare

Cattle on Finca el Cisne

Cattle on Finca el Cisne

Making tortillas

Making tortillas

Cacao

Cacao

Cardamom

Cardamom

Cardamom plant

Cardamom plant

Ripe coffee berry

Ripe coffee berry

Dried coffee beans

Dried coffee beans

Dried Coffee Beans

Dried Coffee Beans

Waiting to go riding

Waiting to go riding

Carlos and Cacao

Carlos and Cacao

Cattle

Cattle

On the porch

On the porch

Berries on the plant

Berries on the plant

Close-up coffee berries

Close-up coffee berries

Coffee production plant

Coffee production plant

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Carlos looks for ripe coffee berries
Making Tortillas de Maize
Coffee Berries
Carlos shows us coffee berries
We line up to wait for our caballo
Coffee Machines
Coffee drying drum
One of the buildings on the finca
Explaining the process
Coffee-Beans-Growing-1.JPG
More information on the process
Pink flower
Explaining-Coffee-4.jpg
The mighty Mayan Jaguar!
Learning about beans
Mare
Cattle on Finca el Cisne
Making tortillas
Cacao
Cardamom
Cardamom plant
Ripe coffee berry
Dried coffee beans
Dried Coffee Beans
Waiting to go riding
Carlos and Cacao
Cattle
On the porch
Berries on the plant
Close-up coffee berries
Coffee production plant

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