Uploaded October 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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My favourite substance in the universe is planifolia vanilla. In Sep-Nov 2009, I went out to Madagascar during the turbulent coup d'état - in-search of the Madagascan planifolia vanilla plantations. I travelled by water, road and air, all over the island and shot these images. Told in a (kind of) travelogue video essay.

The journey was heavily inspired by Tim Ecott's book "Vanilla, Travels In Search Of The Ice Cream Orchid" (one of my favourite books of all time).

Music by:
track 1 - Baaba Maal and Masour Seck
track 2 - Stars of the Lid

Camera, Narration & Edit:
Jason Gleeson