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 trees were dna tested at a u.s. lab and had dna of the rarest form of cacao in the world. this stuff.
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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
the maranon canyon. we re headed to meet some of the farmers who 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 have to take care of the loccal vigilante dudes that run a roadblock 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 travellers 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.
that s it here, and the chest. a little bit like that. we wanted a blessing for our cacao harvest. we got this. my aura is now cleaner than gwyneth paltrow s colon after a three-month juice cleanse. to a successful harvest. [ speaking foreign language ] but we re not done. we ve 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, not joking. 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.