Ken the coffee picker

This tour was great. We got to see the whole process from picking the cherries, to skinning them, drying out the inside bean and finally roasting them. Coffee pickers get around 20 cents per kilo and can pick up to 100 kilos a day. Not much pay for a tough day's work.

The Long and Very Winding Road - Medellin to the Ecuadorian Border

August 5th 2018
Driving in Colombia has kept Ken on his toes more than he could ever have expected, or wished for! There is barely a flat or straight stretch of road in the entire country, so you inevitably end up stuck behind one slow truck/bus after another as you crawl up or down one huge mountain after another. Throw in never-ending roadworks, landslides, police checkpoints, local parades, suicidal stray dogs ... read more

South America » Colombia » Ipiales

Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more

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