Day Two

Hello Families. Though we long for sleep, we must appease your worried minds, so we write to you of our travels.

First we toured the cacao factory, and learned all about the history of cacao in central and south America. Then we sampled many delicious chocolates with no milk, as milk ruins everything and has no place in chocolate. Instead, we drank ground cacao with warm water and sugar, it was pretty good. 

After a tasty lunch we went to the lab for the first time, watched several clips about ants, and where divided into groups. No one knows how, the scientists wrote various symbols next to our names, stared for a few minutes, and poof it was done. We started our first experiment to practice the scientific method, testing different environments for bacteria. 

Then we took a bus back to the cabins, hung out with friends for a bit, and enjoyed dinner with caramelized bananas and cacao as dessert. The scientists then divided us into two groups. While half of us braved the dangerous jungle, the others learned more about the leaf cutter ants, and than we switched. No one has been attacked by snakes yet. yet. 

Now that we have finished out story, we must retire to our cabins for rest. Goodnight. 

From Alex from Boston, and Brooke and the Texan gang.