At the Macadamia Farm I

The machine for peeling the nuts. The people at the farm also sell a more basic version to the local farmers, which is running with a bycicle. It costs a lot of time and effort, but on the other hand Macadamias are a very good source of income; even more so, if they are biologically grown and prepared.

Macadamia nuts and lovely Flores!

September 12th 2007
Another quick update, since we took a flight to Flores and arrived here one day ahead of schedule. Thus, more time for blogging! Yesterday (Sept. 11th), I still didn't really feel a hundred percent yet, due to my food-poisining; nevertheless I decided to join the others for breakfast at the Macadamia-Nut-farm - something that Tiago had been going on about for the whole trip already. This meant ... read more

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The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experience... ... read more

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