September 2004
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Our Ride
So we got the hook up for a nice smooth ride….an old 1.9 liter toyota van with a nice array of banderas de muchos colores. It’s funny because everyone that watches us sputter up the mountain waves as we pass because their van is well known by many…
In Guatemala..you have to specify the color of your vehicle to register it. They were able to fit themselves under a new category…multicolores. ...
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The Shop
http://bluegillweb.com/crossroadscafe/
Here are a couple of pictures of the inside. The shop is super tiny…usually once a day it is packed out and nobody else can fit in, literally. Michael designed the shop for a one man operation so behind the counter is cramped too. There are two tables that four people can sit at, and a bar area that 8 people can sit at. The roaster in the picture...
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nuestra cocina...our kitchen for those that don't...
Our cottage has two doors from the outside, that lead to two different rooms. WE have our kitchen..which you can see in the photo. The people that have rented this casita to us are Germans…so we have a nice blend of Ikea kitchen utencils and colors. We found it quite amusing when we discovered they have the same Ikea cheese grater that we have. Also…a nice plus…we can actually drink the...
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Crossroads Cafe
WE have already learned so much since we have been here. Brett had the exciting opportunity to roast about 35 pounds of coffee last week. Yesterday and today, he helped Michael take apart and put the espresso machine back together. It was not an easy task to say the least. Atleast now he says he can fix just about anything on a lever machine. I had the fun role of taking over the shop this...
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Third World Bed Bugs
I woke up begging Havilah to pull glass out of my back, but she responds that nothing is there and hands the maglite back to me. About that time she starts screaming, OW!!! I looked down to see the scorpion on the sheets, and so I smashed with the spine of the nearest book. Our German landlord gave us some ciggarettes to suck on the tobacco and put on the sting. It amazingly worked.
We...
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Guatemala driving
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Nuestra Llegada
This is our little house “our casita.” We keep thinking the gnomes are going to come back and steal it from us. It is about 2 1/2 miles from the shop “Crossroads Cafe,” and it is all the way up hill. It is on a coffee farm somewhere between 6500 feet and 7000 feet high.