We woke up and had a wonderful home cooked breakfast of fresh fruit, eggs and tortillas. AuntieL and BB headed out for a canopy tour and tarzan swing (like a bungee swing). BB didn't want to go first so AuntieL took one for the team....wish I had the video to post her scream. They had an exciting time as you could imagine.
The fairy family headed to the Don Juan Coffee Tour. We were surprised how much we enjoyed this educational and hands on tour. Our guide Brandon was 18 years old. He was full of knowledge and love for the coffee farm. Here is a picture of us before our tour.
Child labor....gotta pay for this long vacation
I didn't pick many coffee berries but I sure look cute.
The red berries are the ripe ones. We were walked through the complete process from start to finish on this organic coffee farm. We got to see new and old methods of the coffee process. This farm only sells it's coffee to local businesses and online not to any commercial establishments. It is actually hard to get a great cup of coffee in Costa Rica. Most of the country's quality coffee is exported. Starbucks buys almost the entire Costa Rican coffee crop.
Brandon also educated us on sugar cane. Here he is peeling the outside off with his machete.
Yummy sweet sugar cane.
This is a wheel from a coffee cart the ox pull through the coffee fields.
At the end of our tour they offered coffee tasting and some little snacks (rice pudding with ground coffee on top, cheese & cornmeal fritters and chocolate covered coffee beans).
Here we are at the Treehouse Restaurant. This is an actual tree the restaurant was built around.
Our little lunch spot. The fairy family had yummy indian food. One of the girls in the kitchen had been to Laconia, NH....go figure. We haven't met many locals who have heard of NH.
The kids chose to eat inside at the table on the floor.
After lunch we drove back to Ostional, had dinner, and hit the hay.
Monday will be AuntieL and BB's last full day. BOOHOO!
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