Antigua 2

After our hike we were pointed in the direction of a chocolate museum. They offered a chocolate making course where they go through how to roast, peel, and grind the cocoa beans. From the ground cocoa you can make hot chcolate or you can process it further to extract the cocoa butter and add it later to make really creamy chocolate. We mostly watched the class as we arrived just after it started and it was open to an audience. There were all sorts of chocolate facts posted on the walls and propoganda about the health benefits to help you feel good about liking it. They also had a cafe where we indulged in their chocolate fondue for $4. Oh so delicious! The family size fondue was actually difficult to finish due to the size and, after we finished the pile of fruit they gave us to go with it, we poured the rest into our peanut butter jar to enjoy later.

After dessert we went for lunch and met Daniella. She is on a world tour with her backpack from Germany. That night we went out for supper together and then onto a couple popular bars, one being a salsa bar. The salsa bar was amazing. Everyone in the place was dancing in pairs, skillfully, and erotically too, as many of the dancers were couples and would kiss between dances.  Naughty!  It was inspiring to see so many skilled dancers enjoying themseves and moving together in rhythm and such fast coordination. We decided to stay one more day as there was a free salsa lesson the next night.  Our last day was spent planning our route towards El Salvador and attending the salsa lesson, it was just for beginners but it was a fast and energetic hour that left us sweaty.  Turns out there are more salsa bars with lessons running even at different times for free, but always on Monday and Tuesday as they still want to get paid for the extra lessons too.