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I didn’t get any sunburns during my four days at Finca San Juan! For me this is quite the achievement, and I am currently accepting pats on the back and rounds of applause. These days I’m just doing homework and interning, other than one notable salsa break (thanks Olga and Freddy!). However, this long-awaited trip northwest was a journey full of blood, sweat and tears, with all the blood being inside the mosquitos that bit me, and the majority of the other fluids having been secreted by my overworked sweat glands. The path taken from Guatemala City to Retalhuleu -> San Felipe -> Finca San Juan, and then back. Only takes 4-7 hours depending on the day! How to Get to the Cacao Plantation I started my trip on Wednesday, at 12:15 in the afternoon in a taxi to the Santa Lucía bus station, where I caught a bus to Retalhuleu (the city whose name I can finally pronounce, though a bit late for it to be of any use). The bus ride took near...

Due to the two online Spanish classes I am taking this summer, these days it seems all I do is work at the store or do homework. But I have also been planning my next chocolate adventure, and this Wednesday-Saturday I will be visiting Finca San Juan, a plantation in northern Guatemala! Honestly, I don’t know exactly what I’ll be doing beyond taking publicity photos and learning a lot about the processes involved in cacao cultivation. But I am very excited! Jorge, the owner of Finca San Juan, the cacao plantation I mentioned above. Before Seeing The Farm, One Must Define the Farm Before the big adventure south, I spent Monday afternoon with my housemate, Leo. It started with a trip to the local store named “Orgánica,” where one finds some of the only imported organic foods, albeit at double or triple the price in the US. After this we were distracted by a cute little bakery named Sweet Brooklyn, and then we walked all over Zone 10 and Zona Viva . Fi...