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Cocoa Cocada, Cocoa Honey, Liqueur, Cocoa Juice, Cocoa Almond, Witch in the Cocoa, Baron, Cocoa Tree, Harvest, Fermentation, Cocoa Agroforestry…
Chocolate-y, Homemade from Bahia-ah
Cocada de Cacau, Mel de Cacau, Licor, Suco de Cacau, Amêndoa de Cacau, Bruxa no Cacau, Barão, Pé de Cacau, Colheita, Fermenta, Agrofloresta de Cacau…
Chocolate-ie, Caseiro da Bahia-ah
A tip to all the Captain Ahabs out there:
“Be careful when hiring young men with dreamy faces, thin bodies, and deep eyes; be very careful, for whales must be spotted before they are hunted. A boy fond of meditations will take your ship around the world ten times without seeing a single whale.”
From Moby Dick
I received, 500 years later, a letter from a traveler (Pero de Magalhães Gandavo) who once wandered through a place vulgarly called Brazil.
Among his writings, this observation caught my attention:
“The language of these natives along the whole coast is one; it lacks three letters, you will not find F, nor L, nor R in it. A remarkable thing, for thus they have no Fé (Faith), no Lei (Law), nor Rei (King); and in this way they live without Justice, and in disorder.”
Pero de Magalhães Gandavo
Oh, Gandavo…
I wish we had kept our lives without those letters.
Two traveler friends were once stuck with little money to continue their journey.
We happened to bump into each other on the road, and a quick brainstorm led us to create a project where people could fund their trip by buying a 10×10 cm piece on their kombi to write something.
The inspiration came from the 1 Million Pixel project, where people could buy a pixel for $1. I helped them set up a page and payment system. Everything went smoothly, and many people ended up helping them complete the trip.
