Way back when , I used to roll up rubber favourite . When you get to have more than a few dozen of something , you pop out to inquire where they came from . I began to depict factories in China , pushing out chiliad a Clarence Day , and rubber duckies did n’t seem quite as cute as they once did . Some things , however , are even cooler when you find out where they add up from . Take the aloe gel that you use on your sunburn , for instance . I never really thought about it , but recently my friend Andrew took a trip to Curaçao , and while he was there , besides fulfilling a life - long pipe dream of riding an ostrich ( still wait on those photos , Andy … ) , he took some time to call in an Aloe vera grove . Now his slideshow of the visit is stake on his web log . Go on over and take a look — it ’s fascinating!http://www.gardensmackdown.com / subject - trip/2010 / field - trip - aloe - vera - plantation - curaao/
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