Finca Sarita

Returned to the Sarita farm, near the small town of Calceta, to visit Servio and his family, and get updated on his new projects.

The new secadora (drier) for cacao beans used to produce the world’s finest and most expensive chocolate, with the brand name To’Ak.


An experiment with the pitahaya (dragon fruit) plant, originally from Central America.


Helped harvest papaya with Servio’s oldest son. Surprisingly hard work, lugging heavy bags of huge papayas down a steep slope and trying to avoid getting stung by the latex sap dripping from the papaya trees and stems.


The view from my room in the mango tree.