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The five-hour excursion to Fazenda Primavera, a cocoa plantation 20 kilometres from Ilheus, is well worth taking. It costs R$45 (US$15.68), with an English-speaking guide.
Brazil produced more than 90 percent of the world's cocoa crop -- and made a handful of 'cocoa barons' fabulously wealthy -- until after World War II, when a devastating disease struck the trees. Today over 95 percent of all cocoa beans are harvested in West Africa -- though most are shipped to Ilheus for processing.
The fourth-generation owner of the fazenda -- which still produces a small crop -- explains everything from care of the trees to preparation of the beans.
Lunch (not included) is at a rodizio halfway between the fazenda and Ilheus. At R$15 (US$5.23) it is a bargain.
If you go, avoid 'my' horse: you can walk from the casa to the orchard in half the time it takes this poor nag.
Updated Sep 8, 2003
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