Life on the Farm in Photos - BRAZIL

In the last 10 days I have been traveling through some states of my beloved Brazil and knowing this wonderful nature that exists here.

I would like to share in this post some photos of a farm in the middle of the mountains in the south of Bahia.

The local population is small, consisting of only 8 families. All live from agriculture and livestock, with cocoa, coffee, pepper and banana being the main sources of income, in addition to manioc flour.

I had the opportunity to know a day of work in the plantations and to follow the routine of those people who work hard.

The place has a closed forest and is supervised by IBAMA, as it has animals such as jaguars and various species of monkeys, besides sheltering a series of plants such as Brazil wood.

Some home are still made of wood and have no electricity.

Although they sell cocoa, coffee, pepper and bananas, the villagers own several smaller plantations for consumption only, such as coconut and jamelao.

Pepper tree planting

Harvesting cacao. Nothing like eating a fruit straight from the tree

The transport to carry the cocoa: donkey

Water for consumption is direct from nature as well. That waterfall in the background is one of the sources

Moment of tension to cross the river LOL

But the reward was wonderful

A waterfall untouched by man

In order to arrive at it, it was necessary to open a path in a closed forest. Nothing like a good machete for this!

And when night comes the way is to gather in the house that has light under the moon and the fireflies