Music: Daddy Yankee - Gasolina
Yesterday morning, we met up at UNA at an ungodly early hour, picked up the UCR kids, and headed out to La Virgen de Sarapiqui. We went to the Tirimbina rain forest reserve, which has the longest hanging bridge in Costa Rica (280 meters) and an old-fashioned cacao plantation. Cacao AKA the plant that makes chocolate. Which means there was a lot of chocolate involved. I think the only part of the day I didn't like was the Channel 7 television crew filming us... God knows I don't need to be on television all sweaty like I was.
Anyway, they showed us all the steps of the process for making chocolate. You start off with these orange elliptical fruits, and when you crack them open, out spill delicious chocolate seeds. Then there's drying, fermenting, and toasting said seeds. After that, grind them up with some cinnamon and some sugar (this is only for making the drink of the gods - Central American hot chocolate - though, not for any other chocolate). The paste that the grinding makes is delicious... I could have just sat and eaten it all day, ha.
After the tour, we all went home and got dinner and a shower, then a bunch of us headed into San Jose to meet up with the UCR kids. We went to a salsa bar called Castro's, where I actually... wait for it... danced. It was astonishing. If you missed it, you missed out. You also missed out on an excellent 24-hour diner experience, haha.
All right, screw this, I'm going back to sleep. Lotsa love!
Pura Vida,
Sarah
New Words:
papeleta - ballot
intachable - impeccable; irreproachable
surtir - to supply
prelacion - preference; priority
mitin - political meeting; rally
sondeo - poll, survey
cociente - quotient
curul - seat
Pabellon Nacional - flag
dieta - salary
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