Sunday, March 27, 2011

Day 9 March 25th Chocolate, Video Clips & Fun...

Hello! This is Ellen Tuttle reporting on our last full day in Costa Rica. Today we got up at 7:30 to get ready for breakfast. We ate eggs, pinto, pastries, pancakes, and fruit. Once we finished breakfast, a few people went to play volleyball while the others played cards. At 9:40 we all left to go to a chocolate factory! When we got there, we met our guide and ventured into the jungle to go look for the coco trees. We walked over a really long, old, and shaky bridge. Once we got there, our guide told us about the history of chocolate. We learned about the countries that harvest chocolate and how the Spanish prepared chocolate. We ate coco beans that where warm and cold but where delicious! We crushed he beans into little pieces and grinded them into powder. Also, we learned that dark chocolate is good for you and tried some of it melted and hard. It was really good! We went back to the car to go back to the lodge. Some people played volleyball for awhile. Me (Ellen), Caelin, and Ben went to swim in the river. It felt so good! Caelin and Ben ganged up and stated throwing sand at me! I threw back but it was fun for awhile. Once we got out, we walked back up and took showers. Ryan found more iguana's in the hole where he found the others before. Most people went but when they came back the tricked me into thinking Ben got bit by an iguana. I gave him a bandade but thought the bite looked a little small.IHe started walking and told me the bite was fake and I was gulible. I did fell like it. They told me the hole had carbon dioxide in it, so Ryan came out light headed but was okays. They all came back and we ate dinner. Then, we watched a movie then went to bed. Can't wait to see everyone tomorrow! See you then! Bye!  

1 comments:

Unknown said...

Ellen, great report! Grace will be so jealous to hear that you went to a chocolate factory. We all can't wait to see you. Love Mom, Dad and Grace