valle de cocora, hummingbirds and the sad end of the life of a calf
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Down there Finca BOSQUES DE COCORA "DONDE JUANB"
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
where we will sleep tonight
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
view into the valley Cocora
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
ruminant cows
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
The Majordomo(head of the farm) returns home
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
The majordomo returns home
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
how a finca should be like
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
The Majordomo
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
The wife of the Marordomo
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
life is sweet on the farm
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
how romantic
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
something is gonna hapen
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
this morning he got milk too
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
and 50 minutes later he is in parts inside a barrel
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Milk used to make cheese for the restaurant
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
adding rennet (more or less)
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
The curd...
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
The curd is put in boxes and...
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Turns into cheese and the little guy knows how to do that
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
cleaning up
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
I worked with those cans 55 years ago !!
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
how peacefull for the innocent citizen
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
busy chicken
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
happy pigs
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
two noses making noise
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
4 o'clock PM,
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
wax palmes, the national symbol
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
sunset
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
sunset and the farmhouse
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
sunset and the farmhouse
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
whats happening there?
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
It can be pretty cold here
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
these horses know the track and walk home on there own
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
everywhere sugarwater and colibries
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
Valle del cocora - Salento - Quindio
on the other side of the mountain
valle de cocora, hummingbirds and the sad end of the life of a calf
The valley de Cocora in Quindio near the community Salento has a beautiful green landscape. We stayed in farm hotel Finca BOSQUES DE COCORA "DONDE JUANB" . We were almost the only guests and the evenings and nights gave complete silence. The nights are really cold but the sunset with wonderful colors and fog make it all worthwhile. We took a horse to visit the valley with hummingbirds.
To our surprise a calf, which yesterday was happily feed by the Majordomo himself, was expertly caught with a lasso and in 50 minutes turned into meat for sausages. This was something one seldom encounters as a city dweller. But this is how rural life is.