Sunday, June 12, 2011

Day 5!

 Before the paint!
 After paint!
 Crushing the chocolate beans!
 Homemade natural hot chocolate right from the plant!
 Liquid chocolate!
 On the bridge!

Day 5!
Today we woke up at the fabulous time of 6:30 am to eat another delicious breakfast. For breakfast we had the usual: gallo pinto, eggs, plantains, pastries, and lots of fruit. It was incredible and needless to say we are never short on food. We all eat and then are ready to head off for our 3rd day of work! We first head to the site and learn what we had to do for the day. Turns out we were painting the whole play gym! We headed to the hardware store and picked out many colors. From pink and green to blue and purple this playground is definitely multicolored and beautiful! From the pics you can see what we started from and how it turned out. After we spent all morning painting the playground, we head back to the Chilamate lodge for lunch! After lunch (consisting of more wonderful food) we head to the chocolate plantation… maybe the best part of the day. There we got to walk across a long bridge over the Sarapiqui River and the forest, and then we got to make our own chocolate and best of all eat it. We saw how it started from the tree and learned how it got to the bar. We also ate all the chocolate:  we ate it in bean form, then powder, then paste, then hot chocolate, then liquid, and then finally in bar form. Needless to say, we got plenty of chocolate, which made us all energized for the night! We got back , had dinner, and the night’s activities began. We did a group activity, ended the night and headed back to our rooms, hoping there would be no surprises. To our dismay, two of the cabins, one full of the sophomores-Katherine, Madison, and Haley, and then a cabin full of juniors-Leslie, Hanna, and Chandler had MASSIVE bugs waiting for them. There were cockroaches in the bathroom, and spiders on the walls and beds. It was quite comical, for the girls were screaming as usual, yelling for Ryan who comes and rescues them from the insects. Not only were they screaming about the bugs and yelling for Ryan, but the cabins were arguing over whose bug was bigger and who got Ryan first. At last Ryan came and rescued both cabins and the night went on with two broken beds and a wipeout on the bathroom floor because of an overflowing shower in the sophomores’ room and finally a good nights sleep! It was such an amazing day filled with many adventures and excitements! This trip has overall been so phenomenal and I can’t wait to share more stories such as the bug story! Our whole group has bonded like family and I can’t believe the trip is nearly over. Enjoy the pics! We miss everyone!
Katherine!

1 comments:

Katherine said...

Chocolate and bridges and bugs, oh my!
That playground looks awesome - so glad that you are having such an amazing time.

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