Abdul holds the yellow cocoa pod lengthwise and gives it two quick cracks, snapping it open to reveal milky white cocoa beans. He dumps the beans on a growing pile.
Abdul is 10 years old, a three-year veteran of the job.
He has never tasted chocolate.
Marco van Hylckama Vlieg is a designer, web developer, photographer and an overall creative mind. He's a true global citizen currently living and working in his fifth country so far. Born in the Netherlands and currently living in San Jose, CA where he works for Yahoo! as a front end web developer. Marco blogs on this tumblelog and on The Net is Dead. He has a photoblog too.
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