thanks for the tips guys. yea the swamp cooler idea is what I had read online a while back. what the temps are in the day in the spare room, honestly I'm not sure. I'd say in the 70s possibly up to low 80s. Will probably experiment with the ice thing, like the bottle idea, easy to manage.
really appreciate the saison yeast tip, not sure if I can get that down there, but before I go back I plan on hitting up a homebrew shop close to pick up a few things anyway, will look into it. I've also pretty seriously considered culturing although I've never done it before, really looking into it is something I may do over the next week. I guess a little liquid yeast could make the trip ok, and I guess culturing could be done with dry yeast.
yea coming up with some creative recipes is something I definitely want to do. my favorite brew back when I was brewing before was a cherry stout, was thinking of substituting a local fruit called corozo for the cherries. also have thought about playing with mango. and of course at some point ill have to get some coffee in being in Colombia. not sure how coconut would do. will be fun, I had just graduated to all-grain and hadn't gotten to my own recipe formulations before I stopped brewing, so the lack of ingredients will force me to get creative.
appreciate all the advice guys, salud