Finmac photos

A few photos from Finmac (a nearby chocolate/banana farm and the first of two stops on our first weekend field trip)

Cacao pods fresh off the tree - they are collected in hanging bins and then dragged along a cable from one end of the farm to another

The inside of a cacao pod - every one else seemed to like eating the fruit, but I couldn't quite get on board - too slimy

My first ever interaction with a sloth - his giant claws were a little scary once he started swinging!

More adorable sloth - this seemed to be his favorite position - not too comfortable in my opinion, but maybe he thought he looked scarier that way (he forgot to stop smiling though)

Pensive sloth

Mama sloth with her 4 hour old baby - you can see the baby's arm sticking out around her belly

Those are bags and bags and bags of cacao beans ready and waiting to become chocolate

The banana part of the farm had a similar process of hanging the fruit and dragging it all along a cable

The banana processing area - I've never seen that many bananas in my life!