National Geographic Travelさんのインスタグラム写真 - (National Geographic TravelInstagram)「Photos by @hellokrisdavidson | Chocolate begins here with this road leading to Flor del Bosque, an Amazonian farming community in the Ecuadorian jungle. It was an incredible honor to photograph this story a few years back, with a specific focus on farmer-owned cacao harvesting, the first step in chocolate production. I tasted so much delicious chocolate along the way, but my favorite part was getting to know the people behind the deliciousness, including a shaman in the remote village of Rio Arajuno who graciously showed me other wondrous plants in the jungle and how they are used as medicine. Cacao harvesting is hard work, from hiking up and down muddy trails to tend to the cacao trees year-round, and after the twice-annual harvest, to finally transporting the precious beans via canoe down the Napo River into larger towns for fermenting. I’ll never look at a chocolate bar the same way again, and I always buy single-origin chocolate now (it tends to be a good way to support these farmers). Pictured in the series: Flor del Bosque is one of the communities working with Asociacíon Tsatsayaku, Pacari cacao educational center in Santa Rita, and Santa Barbara, a remote cacao-harvesting community along Rio Arajuno working with the Kallari cooperative. #chocolate #Ecuador #Amazon」6月23日 1時15分