Finca Esperanza Verde

View from the cafe, where one could sit for hours in perfect contentment

I completely overdosed on the fresh coffee available free all day long, grown on the premises and immensely smooth tasting. The yoga and hammock area is in the background.

Pretty bush nearby...good that I got these photos in the first day, as it rained the rest of the time. Been raining for eight months straight up there I hear.

The gorgeoso tent site (no I don't think it's a real word!)

The coffee is shade grown in triple layered canopy, contributing to a huge increase in habitat diversity, even though it means a slower harvest.

coffee bean

Here is a view of the finca from far far away, at a high point I found after I wandered off trail for several hours.

My boots are pretty much destroyed from wafting through mud for several hours to get back.

But it was all more than worth it.

Nueva Amanecer, the neighbors' traditional Nicaraguan music group, sweet folks I chatted with a while after they played. Rather ranchera like at first, but with some fascinating polyrhythmic complexity.

drying out again

Watch out for that sneaky left on the Blue Trail!

many birders visit the farm as well. I wish I'd gotten some photos of some of teh sweet people I met, including folks from the sister city that helps the farm and local community with many things.