Thursday we visited a cacao plantation and got the full bean-to-bar walkthrough. The coolest part was learning how they graft multiple cacao varieties onto a single tree to pull the best traits out of each one, way more science behind chocolate than I’d ever realized. The drying and fermenting process was dialed in too, and…
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One Last Dance
Day twelve started off with a very odd dream I had. I usually don’t remember my dreams, but I did vividly remember this one. To make it a long story short my alarm never went off so I slept in, and everyone left without me. It even woke me up and I made sure my…
Chocolate Making and Pottery Painting
Day eleven was a very chill day because we were still recovering from the travel day prior. We got up for 8 am breakfast which was scrambled eggs and fried yuca. I think no matter how yuca is cooked I don’t really like it. I’ve also noticed on this trip I’m becoming more accustomed to…
Farewell to the Waorani
Day ten was very similar to day eight so I’ll keep this one short. We woke up for breakfast at 6:30 and packed up everything before going downstairs. Breakfast was juice, eggs, and buns with jam. The entire day I tried not to drink too much since the canoe ride would be even longer on…
Up and Up
Welcome back, travelers. It’s been a packed couple of days since my last post. We continued our journey through Ecuador, visiting volcanoes, waterfalls, and even seeing some of the biggest birds in the world. Our day started at the Cotacachi volcano, where we took a boat ride around the lake inside the crater. It was…