Another “late” start today with Gustavo picking us up at 10:30am. We drove south from Armenia this time to Recuca, a traditional Colombian coffee farm which specialises in education about how coffee is grown, picked, and processed. As part of our tour, we tried “Tinto”, a traditional small serve of black coffee typically served in … [Read More »]

Another early start this morning – Gustavo picked us up at 9:30am (when I say early start – I mean we were up early to get ready to leave at 9:30am – takes a while to wrangle these two kids into getting ready!). We drove through the city of Armenia, then up into the hills … [Read More »]

We got to sleep in a little today (very little – the kids still don’t get the concept of sleeping in!) – we asked Gustavo to pick us up at 10:30am and drive us to the Quindio botanic gardens and butterfly house. Gustavo took us on a leisurely drive through the outskirts of Armenia, then onto … [Read More »]

Early start this morning, we had a 9:30am pickup by Gustavo, the driver organised for us by the girls from the travel agency. Gustavo drove us to the Colombian National Coffee Park, only about 15 minutes away from our hosteria. The Parque Nacional del Café is a theme park, a combination of museums, historical and cultural … [Read More »]

We were up early this morning to finish packing – our driver was arriving at 11am. Rather than flying back to Bogota, we decided to visit the Coffee Region north of Cali for a few days and fly to Bogota from a city nearby rather than driving all the way back to Cali. Magnolia had … [Read More »]