Salento

Plantation House Hostel

 

View from the garden of Plantation House

River Quindio flowing from the mouth of the Corcorán valley from the mirador

Looking up the Calle Real to the fourteen stations of the cross

The town of Salento from the cross on the hill

A colourful beetle on the steps

The city is ringed with beautiful mountains, looking East from Calle Real

El Rincón de Lucy, my favourite comedor

View from the garden of Plantation House, just by the hammock

The view walking past the cemetary to L Sarenna

Opposite La Sarenna

  

The Corcorán Valley

Humming bird at Acaime reserve

Fighting hummingbirds!!??

The arrival

Memo who works as a receptionist at Plantation House, once a drug dealer and robber, now a proud father and chairman of the Aldea de Artisanos, a cooperative whose construction was financed by the Japanese, where he has his home

Mt Morogacho from Finca la Montaña

Corcorán valley on the way back down from the finca la Montaña (the view from the other side)

Wax palms looking down into the valley

Proud Wax palm on the hill standing high above the canopy. These trees are peculiar to the area

Paul and Stado on the walk back from Finca la Montaña

Stado and Sanne, Dutch travellers I originally encountered on a bus in Mexico

Pretentious 10 course meal at La Sarenna

One of the courses; no wonder I still was hungry after 10 of  this size

Savouring the haut cuisine(??)

The chef from Barcelona, a very warm character called Josef with a real sense of drama and occasion. The gourmet denner cost $8, but we could have been in a Michellin 3 star with all the hullabaloo and flourishes