Day 8: Sensoria and Chocolate Tour

We started the day with an amazing breakfast with rice and beans, toast, and scrambled eggs. From there, we were greeted with three trucks ready to take us to Sensoria. The road there was bumpy and harsh, filled with rivers and rocks, but it was enjoyable to hang out with others on the way there. We even picked up a hitchhiker to take back to his sister's house. From there we continued our journey to arrive at the beautiful Sensoria. Once we arrived we were greeted by our tour guide, who lead us up rocky paths uphill and downhill with many many stairs. We arrived at our first destination, which was the "Blue Waterfall". It was a long beautiful, pure blue waterfall, just as the name suggests. We took a few pictures as seen below and went to our second place. The second place was a cold spring, which we were able to swim in and climb on the rocks. It was insanely cold and really refreshing! John was the first to hop in! After that, we went to our third and final spot in Sensoria, which was warm hot spring. After some time in the hot spring, we were greeted with a lunch of hot ham and cheese and cookies. Ana lead us the entire time along with the guide and went as far to help others who were stuck in the rainforest. When back at Finca la Anita, Pablo greeted us with his introduction to the chocolate tour giving us the background of cacao plants. He first started his tour by making us hot chocolate which didn't contain milk. That in itself was very good. Then we all sat down together to enjoy more chocolate which was cut up to serve each individual in various ways. After a nice snack we headed to see where the cacao is fermented as Pablo explained the process and how well things are managed at his farm. Finally after this, Pablo ended the chocolate tour by showing us the cacao plantation itself describing how each one of the cacao plants is important to the workers and vice versa. From there we thanked Pablo for his generosity for allowing us to stay here and all he has done with us. His graciousness was greatly appreciated by all as this was our last night. Dinner this time was fantastic consisting of pulled pork, chips and salsa, beans, and much more. We have prepared to make our departure to the beach after another amazing day in Costa Rica.
Brendan Gallagher and John Hughes

Trees grow big in Sensoria.

Blue Falls

Three, Two, One... Queso (or as they say in Costa Rica... Whiskey).

Great group of kids... bonding in Sensoria.

Trinity and Lex Cath kids hanging out.

Muy Frio

Teamwork

Looking good Sam.

Volcanic waters can be really cold... too cold to swim.

Jumping into the cold volcanic waters.

Hot springs here we come.

Relaxing at Sensoria

Nothing better than a hot swim on a rainy day... except a hot meal right after.

 Don't we look sophisticated?

This hot chocolate has a kick.

Chocolate Sauce w/ Cacao Nibs

Chocolate Tour... let the tasting begin.

The last part of the chocolate tour included a taste of the raw seeds.

Beautiful afternoon for our last day at Finca La Anita. 

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