Sentences with phrase «plantation days»

How much has she changed since her plantation days?
Menehune House feels reminiscent of Paia's plantation days!
Take a tour of the Koloa History Center — a free outdoor exhibit showcasing Kauai's sugar plantation days.
Kekaha is a quiet, rural community reflecting the pace and style of the Hawaiian plantation days.
Built as a modern replica of a sugar mill from island plantation days long past, Sugar Mill -LSB-...]

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After three months, employees qualify for free health care, provided by a full - time nurse and a part - time doctor at the plantation's infirmary, along with 15 paid vacation days a year.
One day last December, Estuardo Porras flew above the mountains of central Guatemala in a helicopter, passing over picturesque Lake Atitlan and a steaming volcano on the way to El Faro, his coffee plantation.
These children — some of whom are trafficked from countries with lower incomes like Mali and Burkina Faso — work 10 hours a day on cocoa plantations, often times without pay.
This information then allows their investment department to buy and sell coffee futures that day on the world «s markets with information that even the coffee growers in the plantations in Columbia may not yet have!
It's like in the days of slavery: if you went to a cotton plantation and asked the slaves and slaveowners who they thought made better slaveowners and better slaves, you would EXPECT them to say, «White people are better slave owners and Africans make better slaves.»
To trace the palm oil used in each ingredient, from plantation to processing plant, and to ensure it was kept segregated at every stage, would be a logistical nightmare, prohibitively expensive... well, it's simply not possible right now if manufacturers want to get their cakes mixed and baked and sold in time for Christmas day.
Over the past few days, Feronia Inc., a Canadian - based company majority - owned by European and US development banks, has been pressuring local communities to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would endorse the company's continued operation and expansion of oil palm plantations within their territories.
During the day they filter into the sweet coolness of cedar swamps or into the rows of the vast Christmas tree plantations.
It sits amid cotton and soybean fields and pecan orchards, and until recently its main attractions had been a couple of stately plantations and a small railroad station at which a train stops twice a day to pick up cotton.
The nuts are delivered on the same day to our processing plant which is also right in the coconut plantation.
To this day, many of the famous pu - erh tea plantations closely guard their techniques for cultivating this uniquely fermented tea.
[O] ur harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a more special manner rejoice together, after we had gathered the fruit of our labors; they four in one day killed as much fowl, as with a little help beside, served the company almost a week, at which time amongst other recreations, we exercised our arms, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest King Massasoit, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation and bestowed on our governor, and upon the captain, and others.
This day we visited a coffee plantation and ate with the farmers who prepared a goat for us.
I knew that one of our days needed to spent visiting an old plantation and after some Google searching I discovered Magnolia Plantation was a 25 minute drive from the Belmond Charleston Place.
Cotton plantation, sultry afternoon after a hard day's work.
Set within a sinister plantation mansion in modern day rural America and taking place after the dramatic events of Resident Evil 6, players experience the terror directly from the first person perspective for the first time in the Resident Evil series.
And then there are a few jarring scenes involving Pitt's character who descends bearded and Jesus - like, deus ex machina to save the day — but not before he debates the injustice of slavery with the nasty plantation owner.
The Weinstein Company's «Django Unchained,» which is set for a Christmas Day release, also had four nominations, including one for Outstanding Motion Picture and an Outstanding Actor nomination for Foxx, who plays a slave - turned - bounty hunter attempting to rescue his wife from a Mississippi plantation owner.
There's just as much Days of Heaven as there is Roots; McQueen's incredible direction (assisted by the beautiful colors and compositions of Sean Bobbitt) provides a warm, amber color to plantation life that sharply contrasts the gritty trappings of slavery.
After witnessing the kids» play — and the subsequent whipping that followed for anyone caught by the supervising plantation boss — Sakamoto offered to watch the children if they were allowed to splash and play for an hour each day.
Hardwood floors and cozy plantation style architecture offer a nostalgic sense of days gone by with a contemporary interior design.
A dramatic, multi-million-dollar renovation has restored this historic plantation to her days of glory as well as adding luxury resort amenities and corporate and social event venues.
The chefs cook down home southern favorites, plantation recipes from the olden days and offer numerous daily specials for the seasons!
Guests hardly need to leave the 52 - acre, plantation - style Long Bay Resort, which has two restaurants, a spa, three bars, and tennis, snorkeling, and diving, except for a day sail to the cave - filled Norman Island, the backdrop for the 1950 film Treasure Island.
This eight - day trip opens the lid on the natural splendour of this overlooked gem of a country, giving travellers the chance to hike cloud forests, snorkel the Caribbean and even discover where that delicious morning cup of joe comes from at a coffee plantation.
Join us for a festive 10 day celebration that honors Kauai's diverse sugar plantation heritage.
Day 4 — Caño Negro Cruise, Hot Springs Head north this morning, passing through sugar cane, teak, pineapple, and orange plantations.
In the green Orosi Valley, Churacas Hotsprings Estate offers full day tours of its coffee plantation and includes a dip in its naturally thermal hot springs.
Located in the south of Madeira, amidst banana plantations and wonderful gardens where flowers bloom all year round in the shelter of the verdant mountains, it is an extremely lush, green and relaxed city by day but scratch Funchal's surface and you will find it to have a vibrant and varied nightlife scene with multiple personalities.
Use the property as the setting for an unforgettable event, explore the area's animal reserves and tea plantations or treat yourself to a spa day at the villa itself.
Katiliya Mountain Resort & Spa does, however, offer various day trips to mountain villages, tea plantations and the Golden Triangle.
You can always sign up for a half day hot spring tour or whole day coffee plantation tour.
Start: Uitsoek hut, Uitsoek plantation, 80 km from Nelspruit near Sudwala Caves Finish: Uitsoek hut Duration: 30 km, 2 days Fitness: difficult — the overnight route is for experienced hikers Our tip: pack warm clothes even when it is warm, as the overnight temperatures at Lisabon hut can plummet
Great experience we offer for your holiday by offer two different activity on one day, is best blend to do water sports movement at the celebrated shoreline in Bali with clean water and white sands along the coast, you will appreciate the Banana Boat, Flying Fish, Glass Bottom Boat and Turtle Islands Tours, then after completion water games endeavor you will appreciate lunch with set smorgasbord Indonesia menu in local restaurant, After the lunch complete the Water Sports and Volcano View Tour packages will keep on visiting the Kintamani village for see the view of Mount Batur volcano and the lake from the distance, is great sensation to see the mountain view in during your journey in this amazing islands, After see the view of volcano we will visiting the Bali Coffee Plantations, this visit is perfect choices for those like to drink coffee, in here you can try the testing coffee for free and see wide variety the coffee plants including the famous coffee luwak or known as civets coffee.
4 Day North Thailand Tour Includes the Golden Triangle, hill tribe villages, long tail boat ride, excellent food, handicraft shopping, Tea plantation and Factory, beautiful temples.
Day 7 Visit a tea plantation and the Furnas Valley.
Day 9 Drive up into the Western Ghats to Periyar (5 hrs) and visit a spice plantation.
Close to the Piazza are the Library and Dive Centre, housed in original coral block buildings that date back to North Island's days gone by as a copra plantation.
The three - day Nevis Mango & Food Festival features a roster of events, including the Mango Madness Street Fair, the Nevisian Chefs Mango Feast and mango - themed dinners at venues such as Montpelier Plantation & Beach, a Relais & Chateaux hideaway offering private dining within the archeological remains of a 300 - year - old sugar plantation.
Experience genuine encounters with the people, places and stories on the island's southern coast and in day journeys to tea and spice plantations or wildlife - filled forests.
Beginning in Medan, this 8 - day trip will introduce you to the impressive super-volcano at Lake Toba, coffee plantations, village life in Berastagi (famed for its delicious passionfruit), and much more.
The package included lodging, private cook for meals 3x's a day, two motorcylces, transportation to - and - from Managua airport, 1 - full day tour with Macua Tours chalked full of cultural and historical info all throughout the day that that included a walking tour in the oldest city of the Americas Granada, zip lining through coffee plantation (SOO FUN!)
The first stop of this day trip is at Segara Windhu coffee plantation for a short tour of the plantation, an introduction to the various fruits and spices that are grown there, a demonstration of the coffee roasting process, and an opportunity to sample the freshly harvested coffees and teas.
But its choo - choo and whistling hearken back to an earlier day, when sugar cane dominated the island economy and trains were used extensively on all the plantations to haul cane to the sugar mills.
* Kauai Coffee Plantation - our tour day continues with a stop at this charming plantation for a short walking tour as well as complimentary coffee tastings.
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