I have been busy of late. There was this international meeting that i had to attend and followed by a field visit to the south. We actually went to the Bolaven Plateau, the coffee heaven of laos, to see, well, coffee of course and how they are actually harvested by the farmers on a cooperative scale with assistance of the donor countries. The area is more than 1000 metres above sea level with day temperature in the 20s. It is the most beautiful part of south Laos and I was fortunate enough to make the visit. Being a coffee addict myself, i couldnt resist every coffee they had to offer from arabica to robusta. It so happened that the itenary included a visit to a coffee chateau owned and run by a friend, monsieur alex, who is a french lao. Its a 50 hectare coffee plantation with chalets that you can rent. There is a small stream with a waterfall closeby that actually runs just underneath the main chalet and I must say, the sound of the cascading almost pure transparent white spring water with cool surrounding temperature has to be the most therapeutic feeling i ever encountered. I promise I will post some of the pics that I took.
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