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Coffee beans on a vine at a finca in Mina de Plata

Fruits and vegetables fill market stalls in Leon

Coffee beans in a cansata (basket) used by workers to store the beans as they pick

A family in San Gregorio sort dried frijoles

A worker in Mina de Plata sorts coffee beans

Sacks of frijoles are loaded onto horses for transport to the market

Puppy (the dog's name) rests by the wood burning stove fire in a typical Nicaraguan kitchen

Bunuelos, which are dough balls doused in dulce (sugar), are a common desert in Nicaragua

Nacatamales, a Nicaraguan tamale, are usually wrapped in a banana leaf

A typical Nicaraguan meal has a tortilla, cheese, eggs with onions and tomato and gallo pinto, which is a local fried rice and beans

After being collected, frijole husks are beaten by hand to shake out the beans

This worker was drunk and throwing up during the process

The husks are discarded after being separated from the beans

Finally, the beans are loaded into sacks for sale or personal use

Carlos helps Lionel lift a 150 pound sack of coffee beans

Coffee beans grow on vines; only the red ones are ready to be picked

Coffee beans in a coffee plantation in Mina de Plata

Coffee beans in a cansata (basket) used by workers to store the beans as they pick

Pig skin dries over a wood-burning oven

Freshly-picked frijoles sit drying on corn husks on a finca in Murra

Freshly-picked frijoles sit drying on corn husks on a finca in Murra

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Hotel Rooms For $3 per Night – You Get What You Pay For!

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