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to a successful harvest. [ speaking foreign language ] but we re not done. we got to transport this stuff to our trees and finish the job ourselves. i know you won t believe it but the energy has changed. i m serious. i m not joking. listen, i m not disbelieving. i have an open mind. eric and i are heading to the maranon canyon, eight hours by car from chiclayo, well into the andean highlands. on the way, we stop for lunch and meet up with this guy. [ speaking foreign language ] chris curtin, master chocolatier and our business partner in this knuckle-headed adventure. one of life s great joys, eating in a peruvian market.
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the maranon canyon. we re headed to meet some of the farmers that supply the beans that make our chocolate and get me an education in all things cacao. the roads up into these mountains can be tricky, so we got to take care of the local vigilante dudes who run a road block here outside of town. it looks like a shakedown but they re a welcome sight. this hill, where cars have to slow down, was where all sorts of highwaymen and miscreants used to waylay travelers like us, so these guys stepped in to take care of business. wow, that was a big shotgun. that will shoot through an engine block. actually, i don t really know but i m assuming. at this time of year, there s also the rain and mud, which can mean flooded streets and streams that cut right across the roads.
water inside the boat. look, look, look. the boat is sinking. you got to go down and then up, just right! we make it to the other side, reasonably dry. beer? the maranon canyon is home to a wide range of species including and most interesting to us a strain of the cacao previously thought to be almost extinct. a few years ago, the valley s cacao free trees were genetically tested at a dna lab