Leaving Palenque

Sadly, my time in Palenque has come to an end. I have just arrived in Cartagena where I will spend one night before I fly to Bogota tomorrow morning. Even though the whole point of coming to Palenque was to conduct my experiment, it was so much more than just a...

First Few Days in Palenque

I have been in Palenque for 5 days now. On Saturday I met Dr. Lipski at the Cartagena airport and we traveled to Palenque along with two other students. I immediately felt a temperature difference when I stepped off the plane in Cartagena but Palenque is even hotter....

Last Day in Medellín

Sadly, my three weeks in Medellín has come to an end. I really enjoyed my time here in Medellín and I am very grateful for all of the people I met and things I got to do while I was here. Today I had the opportunity to go to Parque Arví. It was a really cool...

Coffee Farm Tour

On Tuesday I had the opportunity to visit a coffee farm! It was really interesting to see the entire process from planting the coffee bean seeds until the beans have been roasted and ground. The farm was called Finca los Alpes and it was about an hour and a half bus...