a little trip to Coffee Country, day one

In late April, we went with Jimmy's mom and niece to Coffee Country.  In the not-so-distant past, this area used to be off-limits to embassy folks because the bad guys hung out there.  And let me just tell you:  the bad guys aren't complete dummies.  If I had to hang out somewhere, there's really not a more beautiful place in this country.

We stayed at a lovely hacienda called Hacienda Bambusa.  It's owned by a Colombian artist who renovated his family's farm house (think large) into a very beautiful, relaxing boutique hotel.  The place is just gorgeous and I do believe I could live there (especially if the housekeeping and restaurant people came as part of the package).  

Over our two nights and three days, we took a long hike around the property, went on a daylong jeep trip to see the region's famous wax palms, and toured a coffee plantation.

Day one of our trip to Coffee Country in photos:

The flowers around the hacienda:

  

Photos from our hike around the farm:

 Some photos from the hotel itself:

Days two and three coming soon!!