Friday, October 26th

Salento, Filandia, Pereia, Santa Rosa- Stayed at Coffee Town Hostel in Santa Rosa

Dear Obiwan,

Obi get ready for some videos of the beautiful coffee triangle of Colombia!

Today, in summary, tu mamá went on an amazing unexpected motorbike journey today! My day began by heading to this amazing place for brunch in Salento called ‘Brunch de Salento’ and had some delicious french toast while sipping coffee looking at people walking by.

The people who work there are warm and welcoming and helpful. At this point into my trip I have fallen in love with motorbikes Obi, so much so I researched how to get my license to rent one…but it was going to just be too much, also, what if it monsoon rains (like it has been) and then there I am blissfully riding over a mountain then OOPS, off a cliff I slip and die.

So, instead, I thought maybe I could ask one of the motorbike taxi people to give me a ride to the neighboring coffee town, Filandia, which so many people told me to visit (and many said is better than Salento). It seemed simple to me since it was only 30 minutes away. (Also Obi, if not the normal way is taking a bus BACK to Armenia (30 minutes) then a bus to Filandia (30 minutes)!

I asked the people at the coffee shop and boom! They called their friend, Pedro, who was a tour guide and had a motorbike! Tried to haggle and for only $30 USD I had a day planned! He was going to drive me to Filandia, we would go to this coffee farm I researched, then head to Santa Rosa for NATURAL HOT SPRINGS, then head back to Salento!

Here is the day in videos and photos!

 

After everything taking longer than expected due to rain and some endless searching for the coffee farm I looked up and just DIDN’T EXIST we were leaving the hot springs at 10pm and would be a 2 hour ride in the dark in the rain…instead we stayed at the Hostel Coffee Town in Santa Rosa where Pedro used to work! It was very back-packer vibe and was perfect because after a 11 hour day of almost 7 hours of being on a motorbike, I was exhausted!

So back to Salento tomorrow!

Goodnight my Jedi,

Carly