Visited the Glenmore plantation this morning. This plantation was started by a Brit, sold to a Dutch family, overtaken by the Japanese and since the war owned by the government. The main industries are coffee, cocoa and rubber but also includes pepper, cinnamon, cloves. The machinery hasn't been upgraded since colonial times and it was good to see working antiques. Steam driven motor running a line shaft assembly, some with wooden pulley made with teak.
We sampled many of the locally grown fares, saw what Kopi Luwak looks like in the excrement stage and still tasted it later. The coffee has a bad name has since it is so expensive it has fostered a whole forced fed caged animal industry, so quiet rightly it isn't the most expensive coffee in the world anymore. We didn't really enjoy the taste that much as they put too much coffee in the cup.
After the tour back to Kalibaru where we wandered the streets for a while, swam for a while, slept for a while, watched TV for a while etc.. Lynette had a full contact massage with the bruises to show for it.
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