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     Costa Rica


We took a Costa Rican Traditions and coffee plantation tour. We got lunch, a bus ride and coffee.

   
Puntarenes, Costa Rica
The beach was busy but not terribly clean
A quick view out the window
Honoring those who dragged the beans by ox and cart
A little traditional lunch
traditional music
One of the famous, traditional, coffee carts
A traditional kitchen
Making coffee the traditional Costa Rican way
The grounds
The gate
More landscape
Our guide
The plantation
Baby coffee plants
Typical gathering basket. Very hard work we were told
Another of the ubitquitious carts
Beans after peeling and sorting
Bound for Starbucks
Top grade (not for Starbucks) drying
More landscape
The day wimds down
Back where sailors belong - at sea with a good woman.