ecuador-part seis, written by auny
auny said it all so why should i try to tell it. here is what she wrote on her blog
The cocoa bean is grown all over the world along the Equator, but Bethany's (the Cocoa Tree's chocolatier) favorite place to get them from is Ecuador. We tried and tried to go on a tour of a cocoa plantation, but all of the ones we checked into were either ridiculously expensive or not giving tours at the time. We found out that there was a plant in Guayaquil where they convert the cocoa bean into blocks of chocolate, so we took a cab there. However, an armed guard met us at the gate and asked for our passports. After looking at our passports for about ten minutes (I don't know if they did an investigation or what), they declined our request to tour the plant.
So, all day, everywhere Brock went, he would ask, "Donde esta el chocolate?" or simply state, "Yo quiero chocolate!" or "Me gustan chocolate!" This means "Where is the chocolate? I want chocolate. I like chocolate." After he said these statements over and over again to one cab driver, the cabbie said, "Quiero el chocolate el hombre!" which means, "The man wants some chocolate!" In the end, we had to settle for some truffles and fondue at a mall close by. We also were able to bring back some tasty Ecuadorian chocolate bars.
The closest we got to seeing a cocoa plantation was the mural on the wall of our hotel. Here is some pictures of it...
The chocolate shop in the mall
Kay, Trent, and Brock eating the fondue in the mall
The cocoa bean is grown all over the world along the Equator, but Bethany's (the Cocoa Tree's chocolatier) favorite place to get them from is Ecuador. We tried and tried to go on a tour of a cocoa plantation, but all of the ones we checked into were either ridiculously expensive or not giving tours at the time. We found out that there was a plant in Guayaquil where they convert the cocoa bean into blocks of chocolate, so we took a cab there. However, an armed guard met us at the gate and asked for our passports. After looking at our passports for about ten minutes (I don't know if they did an investigation or what), they declined our request to tour the plant.
So, all day, everywhere Brock went, he would ask, "Donde esta el chocolate?" or simply state, "Yo quiero chocolate!" or "Me gustan chocolate!" This means "Where is the chocolate? I want chocolate. I like chocolate." After he said these statements over and over again to one cab driver, the cabbie said, "Quiero el chocolate el hombre!" which means, "The man wants some chocolate!" In the end, we had to settle for some truffles and fondue at a mall close by. We also were able to bring back some tasty Ecuadorian chocolate bars.
The closest we got to seeing a cocoa plantation was the mural on the wall of our hotel. Here is some pictures of it...
The chocolate shop in the mall
Kay, Trent, and Brock eating the fondue in the mall
posted by Life with Brock Gill at 10:23 PM
3 Comments:
hahahahahahaha is funny... wile i was reading the post. I almost laugh in every spanish phrace... hahaha why?? because they are wrong hahahaha And then i think... mmmm they probably laugh all the time with my comments haha. Is funny.
You get two. "¿Donde esta el chocolate?" and "¡Yo quiero chocolate!"
The other two is: "¡Me gusta el chocolate!" and "¡El hombre quiere chocolate!" ó "¡Quiere un poco de chocolate el hombre!"
Save me the chocolate!!!
i love reading your comments barbara
i am trying to learn more spanish so i can make you laugh too.
also, yo quiero mas chocolate.
mas chocolate por favor
hahahahaha so, you are saying that i'm your clown.... hahaha JK!
You never get tired of chocolate... don't you??
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