Day 3, part 2

This is Devin again--it is only our third day, and we´ve already experienced so much--too much to put into a single post! Some of my favorite items on our trip thus far--yesterday Jean set the standard for us by boldly sampling some local beetle larve (apparently it tasted like peanut); this morning I kept the group waiting at breakfast by getting myself artfully locked and trapped in my own hotel room; and this afternoon we were adopted by possibly the homeliest puppy I have ever seen, which evoked great affection from (most of) the team. We received an excellent orientation to the research we will be conducting with Nati, Lisa, and Sebas starting tomorrow, we have been served incredibly large, delicious meals, and we are getting to know each other better, laughing a lot along the way.

On a more serious note, last night we had dinner at Natalia´s family´s coffee farm, where I talked to Nati´s father Jorge all about his farm, and the process of planting coffee. Sometimes I fool myself, thinking that I know some things about coffee--but spending just a few moments with a bona fide coffee farmer, hearing him talk with great passion and pride about planting and cultivating their crop, I realize that I am just at the beginning of an amazing learning journey!