Day 11 (Tuesday, 01/09/07)

no notes for this day

picking coffee in the early morning with kids
picking coffee in the late morning with group - monkeys, red cherrys, hard work..
carrying my half-filled bag down the hillside while guys carried 2 full bags on their backs
tour of the wet-mill process, drying, etc  (I think someone else had notes online?? Summer?)
climb up mountainside... got shoe muddy...

      AM Breakfast. Spend time with host families.

      9:00 am Together as a group go to a Coffee Plantation and pick some coffee.

      11:00 am Stop picking coffee and have an explanation of the wet milling process that happens after coffee is picked (washing and sorting out)

      12:00pm Lunch together at the Cooperative dining house.

      1:30 pm Observe de-pulping process of coffee picked by group.

2:00 pm Go on a hike to a look out recently built by community members

      4:30pm Cultural presentation by community members, followed by evaluation of visit with community members.

      5:30pm Spend night with families

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