Guatemala Cup of Excellence 2006 & Guatemala Travels, page 2

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in their museum, incredible statures
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jesus with wounds, remarkable woodcarvings
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on the way from antigua to guatemala city we found wonderland. but we didn’t have time for tea, we were late, late!
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irish night club? guatemala city?
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we stayed at the crowne plaza (the extra “e” means it is fancy) and cupped at anacafe headquarters. anacafe is the guatemala coffee association. here are their kick-but former presidents
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stephen of mercanta, british coffee importer.
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gabriella, who coordinated the event for anacafe.
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paul songer, the head judge
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geoff watts, the people’s favorite
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robert of oslo
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leah from malaya and the person from inter-american germany.
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duane prepares to spit
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peter from george howell’s terroir coffee
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masahisa from japan
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the young mr hayashi. i mean, maruyama.
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matsumoto, from wataru
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a day trip out to finca rabanales in fraijanes region
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bamboo. me like it. me have lotsa it.
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the dog’s grave? el vencedor means the victor. i think it was part of some family challenge.
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choice old-school coffee farm because its flat.
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beautiful new coffee foliage, probably caturra (green tips, ie green new leaf as opposed to bronze new leafs)
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view down a slop into the forest. there is a quarry across the way. the area is getting subdivided and developed since it is so close to guatemala city.
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i can’t resist pictures like this.
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mr. duh in a nice old land cruiser
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sudden rain, we had to beat it back to the hacienda
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bear up bison, never say die.
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traditional wood stove and oven, on the patio
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old coffee pulper
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uh, giant rat with horns? and if you think this is scarey, move in closer …
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scree!

 

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