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14/1/10 - day 36.
got up about 9am and went downstairs to ask where i might be able to find some info about stuff to do in the local area. rather than direct me to the info centre though, the lady that working at the guesthouse said she could tell me anything i needed to know. since there isn´t a polite way of saying ´that´s kind of you but unfortunately i cant understand most of what you say so i´d rather look at leaflets´, i sat down with her and she told me about a place called "selva negra" which is a coffee plantation farm that has a host of walking trails and a restaraunt which is good for a day trip. she even drew me a map and told me which buses i needed etc.
so i went got breakfast of (gallo pinto (rice mixed with beans) eggs and toast) and then headed for the bus station. one thing that ive noticed which is really bad is that the nicaraguan people use bus windows as bins. whatever it is, they just fling it out. there are long stretches of road just covered with litter, it looks awful. the journey there was only about 30 mins and i had to let the driver know where i was going so he could let me off at the right place, and he duly obliged which was useful. i then had a 1.5km walk down a track to the actual farm, which was surrounded (unsurpringly) by coffee fields.
when i got there i asked for a map and spent about 2 and a half hours walking 6 of the 12 trails they had there. all of which went through forested areas, by little waterfalls and around a lagoon. it was nice, not too tiring and a worked up a hell of an appetite. this being the case, i decided to splash out on their fancy ass restaraunt.
i havent eaten at a place like this yet since being away. i was served by a proper waiter who was an adult and everything! the beer he not only brought me but poured for me as well was in a pre-chilled glass, everything was organic this, home-grown that and fair-trade the other. chicken and veg soup, spag bol, and beer and a pot of coffer for just under 10 pounds! thats 4 time what´d i´d been used to spending! worth it though. im pretty confident their coffee was the nicest ive ever had, albeit a potent dioretic as i would later come to realise on the bus back).
had a quick look around their coffee museum then headed back up to the main road to wait for a bus. when it came, it barely stopped and they just flung the rear door open shouting for me to run and jump on. which i did. onto a PACKED bus. got back about 4pm and was greeted by their very talkative young daughter who wanted me to have her mobile number and exchage email addresses which she presented for me on a little card. think the family had taken a shine to me, as they also offered to do any laundry for free as well.
went online for a bit to plan my final couple days in nicaragua, then got dinner from a bakery of 2 warm, cheesy, meaty, hammy, sandwichy things (im sure it has a proper name) and 2 donuts. 1 pound - back to my normal prices! went back and watched tv for a bit (there had been a huge quake in haiti) and went to bed about 11pm.
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