We went to Haciendia Margarita today with our friends, Arnstein and Evelyn. Jorge Rico (same tour guide who took us to the coffee planation) took us in his mini-tour van about 40 minutes away from our hotel to enjoy this "horse restaurant."
It was a fun ride in Jorge's mini-bus. The girls especially enjoyed it, giggling and singing much of the way.
This "horse restaurant" is located on a farm previously owned by two drug lords, who are now in jail. Their sister owns the place now. We met her and she was kind and welcomed us. The security here was very tight. They checked our diaper bags, while asking us "do you have guns." With this said, it was a family friendly place and we highly recommend it!
Future cowgirl!
There were farm animals everywhere! We were able to walk up and pet them as much as we liked. And there were many baby animals.
Valentina and Lucia
Petting the animals.
This is the entrance of the restaurant. We had a table to the left.
While we ate lunch, we enjoyed live entertainment.
Mariachi band.
Horse show during our lunch! This was a riot!!! Horses danced down the middle of the restaurant. It was terrific! Later, after the horses, they brought all the baby animals in for the children to come and pet. So in the middle of the restaurant were children and baby goats, cows, horses, sheep. And also poop and pee. Oh yeah, and the occasional waiter delivering cheesecake to a guest. It was a hoot! We loved it!
This guy appeared to be the "star" horse performer. He had his horse walking on its two back legs down the middle. It was amazing.
Okay, so how weird is this... that same horse performer came up to us b/c he knew Jorge. He began talking to us in English. Come to find out, he lived 24 years in Florence, S.C. Really, how small is the world!
Before we left, Lucia and Valentina road horses for a long while. She said this was her favorite part of the day.
So, we had a terrific day and one we will not soon forget. Now, off to bed (while watching the Emmy's) b/c we leave at 7:30 am for the Embassy. Hopefully we will get Silas's visa with no problem.
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Oh, what fun! Glad ya'll had a good time and are having so many great adventures on your journey. Can't wait to see ya'll though!
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