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Tirimbina, Costa Rica –

The room was Spartan.

I’m talking monastery Spartan.

It had a couple of twin beds, and the type of metal shelving that you normally find in a restaurant pantry.

Plus a small, student-sized desk.

That was it.

And it did have an air conditioner, above the back door, with a remote control.

And instructions to turn it off whenever we left the room.

I felt lucky that we had a bathroom, in the room, and not some outhouse that we would need to find in the dark.

And the bathroom did have a shower.

Oooo, talk about luxury!

Tirimbina, Costa Rica –

“This is a ripe Cocoa pod, ready for opening.

“The traditional method the Incas used was to use their heads.

“Do I have any volunteers?”

The group taking the tour consisted mostly of College students, and they immediately had their preferred candidate.

“Jose, Jose,” they cheered.

Reluctantly, Jose rose from where he was sitting and approached our guide.

The guide smiled and then added some additional information that Jose might find helpful.

“The Incas observed the monkeys, which would open the pods by banging them on logs.”

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