Field Trip

Class then had a class trip to Rivas. Went to the pier where you can catch the ferry to Ometpe, the island with two volcanoes. Saw two monkeys leashed to a tree, and sand blowing so hard it coated our skin. Next we went to a house that makes chocolate, the natural sort which is basically caco and azucar. Got to sample and see it in different forms, including a Caco tree. Bought some, it is good stuff. Learned that all of Central America has a Chocolate competition and the place we visited is ranked number one for best chocolate. Again, good stuff. I like it much better than Hershey’s and milk chocolate. It’s natural too.

Then we stopped at a wall with the history of the indigenous people and Spaniards met. Then onwards to a museum that was coated in dust and mice droppings with a sprinkling of artifacts. There were taxidermy animals everywhere and it was sort of strange to see them, glassed eyed and teeth barred. We were the only ones there, and if the taxi hadn’t taken us, I never would have found it. Afterwards we visited an Artisan’s shop with hand crafted goods, then drove to the park central and got stuck waiting for a parade of kinds in the backs of cars, covered in shaving cream laughing. One theory was they were advertising the new shaving cream, but its possible it could have been something else. We’ll never know.