This morning we got up and prepared to take a hike through the tea plantations, and up across several peaks. The hike took four hours! Seeing the views was way worth it though. There was a great view of the town down below, and the peaks mountains further away hidden slightly by fog. Near the top we took a break and ate some of the fruit our guide brought for us. I ate three passion fruits, and one orange. Well, almost one orange. Tara threw one of my slices off the cliff. The passion fruits made up for that slice though. THEY WERE SO GOOD! The taste was pretty good, but their crunchiness was awesome. They also had weird slippery texture, kinda like tapioca! We decided to get some later. They were an easy fruit to eat, because you could just break it open with your hands, without a knife.
Oh yeah! Mom also wanted me to put some of the things I learned down. Hmmm well. Leeches drink you blood while harvesting tea leaves in the monsoon season. The vast system plays a big role in their culture (especially in marriages). Black tea helps you stay energized, white tea helps with your bodily functions, and green helps with high blood pressure. Oh, and chocolate can help with wrinkles. There’s some random facts you wanted mom!
After that hike, I came down drenched and craving air conditioning. Our air conditioning was cut short, because our drive to lunch was a short one. I got noodles (again! So much for branching out). Tara got chicken masala. Dad got some plate full of dips and rice. And mom got, the second most popular food item she eats. Beside from rice, eggs. So yup! That was lunch.
Next was just a short walk through a food market nearby our lunch place. I find markets in foreign country’s cool! Just picture a small table overflowing with bunches of cilantro, garlic, onions, white carrots, eggs, ect. It’s so... pretty? I don’t know how to describe it. Sadly there wasn’t any passion fruit, so we picked some up of the way to the chocolate factory.
Oh yes. You heard me right! THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. They showed us a mini demonstration on how they make it and stuff, then, lead us over to shop part of the room. Luckily, mom was feeling really generous today, and let Tara and I each get our own box! And dad too, of course. He doesn’t really count though because he just got disgusting dark chocolate. It wasn’t all bad there, but, still. Tara picked out a mix of fruity chocolates, white chocolates, and nut chocolates. I just kept it simple with white and milk chocolate. IT WAS SO GOOD. I’ve been trying to refrain myself from eating any since I got back. I’ve only ate one! One plus six that is...
Now I am back at our place. I just finished rinsing the the dust off of my disgusting feet, from the hike. All that’s left of the day is dinner! I think it’s time to sign off for now. STAY TUNNED.
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