11 days at coffee ranch

I've had a super time at Soconusco coffee farm the last 11 days!!!!! Here is a picture of what the farm looks like, its absolutely beautiful. I see God's incredibles handiwork everyone here with all kinds of specialized plants and animals especially suited for this lush, insect filled environment.

As you out the back yard to the South , all you see is mtns, then smaller ones, then hills, then the pacific ocean, 25 miles away, the horizon on a clear day.
On all the other sides are the lush South Sierra Madre, rising precipitously from the ocean..From 2000-6000 ft above sea, (Ranch is at 3-5000ft) it is primarily a Tropical Evergreen Forest, almost rainforest, but has a dry and rainy season, The Forested areas remain green all year, where as the deforested areas look the desert....
The ranch is completely forested in Big Trees, with lots of smaller coffee bushes in the shade which are getting overtaken by the jungle..
Silk-Cotton, aguatillo, cedar, maquil, and other preciouse tropical hardwood trees are in abundance.
Large overgrown fruit trees are everywhere within a stone's throw of the CASA, mango, tons and tons of different bananas, chestnuts, zapote, mamey, papaya, orange, lemon, passion fruit, chocolate trees, limes, macadamias, and more are attractive to me and the insects and birds, so it is a challenge to find the good fruit not yet eaten by someone or something else...
There is a river with many small waterfalls which flows down the mtns and many small ones when it rains...
I've spent most of my time with a machete cutting through bush and jungle to explore the former coffee farm which is getting overtaken by local vines, trees, and fast growing plants.
The other time is picking coffee or looking for chestnuts or bananas or some other food to eat for the day... The rest of my free time is spent bird-watching and reading, There is tons of awesome birds all over the house feating on the fruit.. Here is a small list of the birds I might see on a given day..
Blujays, orioles, lots of transparent hummingbirds and butterflys, many parakeets every morning, motmots, my favorite, the rare toucan or a larger parrot, eagles, partridge, and tons more, a true bird lovers paradise,
This ranch is safe place to nest since most of the birds are hunted by the locals, (whom are very nice, simple, and very hospitable people), They have little meat here so the love the opportunity to get one of these exotics dishes grilled to put put between a fresh corn tortilla......There life is hard, they live from day-to-day but most the mountains and the fresh air, and everyone is family. The ones who havent left looking for money somewhere else work on the coffee farms, picking and cleaning the once former golden coffee bean. Since prices dropped many locals have left for the North, looking for something better.
This is definetely a must see place, a place to see natural beaty, undeveloped by mans hands but cared for, in a sustainble way, leaving the forest intact.. Where there is no coffee, there are no trees, usually overused deforested corn patches, once a tropical paradise these deforested areas will be desertified if they cannot find other sustaible forest crops to grow...

Hope that gave you a good picture, cuz iv alwaz ben a bad righter