Julio invited us to his coffee farm so we left Popayán thursday at noon. We intended to walk to the Panamericana but Doris insisted in paying for the bus and even asked the driver if he could tell us where to get off. We had two options: walk a bit further down the road to the exit or town or try yo hitch from the traffic light a few meters away; the latter would mean to practically ask drivers standing in the middle of the street. We did this and after maybe asking 3 or 4 drivers we were on our way to the town of El Timbío only 10 km away.
We had the instructions to get here by bus (not many people hitch, apparently) so the driver left us in town and we had to walk back (uphill) about a kilometers. After walking some 4 more kilometers into the winding road inside the mountain we found a ride and drove us all the way to the finca. We spent a lovely two nights there. As in Guatemala, life in a finca starts very early (around 5) and finishes very early also (around 19/20:00).I have been to a coffee farm before but it was Paula's first time in one. Aside from coffee, Julio also grows plantain, avocado, oranges, guayaba, paprika, yucca and tomatoes among others. Coffee is the main crop though.
It was a great time spent there but we wanted to go. Well, actually we had to go because Julio was going back to Popayán. We were going to walk/hitch back to the main road but Julio offered to pay for the jeep back to El Timbío.
