In the morning we repeated our 30min moto rides this time downhill to the town of Minca. When 90% of the ride is going through nonstop bumps it again felt more like a separate activity rather than the only transportation available.
Before going back to the coast we wanted to go to a cacao farm. Locals pointed out that this is 1h walk so it sounded like a nice idea. Little did we know that we will be again going steep uphill with the heat making us sweat like there’s no tomorrow 😓.
The tour of the farm was highly educational. Same as with coffee we went through the whole process of producing cacao and chocolate. As the farm is organic we learned the lengths they need to go through to preserve the plant. They grow bananas, avocados, maracuyas, and other exotic fruits just so the birds and squirrels would eat something else instead of cacao 🐿.
In the afternoon we had 2 hot bus rides to reach a coastal Palomino town where we plan to enjoy the sea and the sun ☀️.
