After a relaxing 2 weeks in Valencia, it was time to get down to business...for those of you who don´t know about WWOOFing, it´s basically working on an organic farm in exchange for accomodation and food, no money involved. From my last experience in France 5 years ago, I expected fairly repetitive work, basic but healthy food, and lots of quiet hours sitting in a field with my book....I could never have anticipated what I got instead! El Jardin Tropical is a ´finca´(small vegetable/fruit farm) nestled in the grand mountains of Almuñecar, so far south of Granada that you can see the ocean, a 20 minute drive to the beach. We´re surrounded by other fincas, every crest covered with trees bearing olives, chirimoyas, oranges, avocados, kakquis, mangoes....the list goes on, the variety is incredible! The climate
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