Starting

Thanks to Lonely Planet for this image

(I'll collect my own when I am there).

The chilli word tour will eventually trace the spread of the chilli to cultures and cuisines and cities around the world.
  
In just 40 yrs Portuguese traders from  the Americas introduced the chilli to Africa, Asia, the Middle East and eventually Europe. By sailing ship. Without internet.


Chilli world tour 1.0 is a brief visit to Melaka in Malaysia which the Portuguese ruled in the 1500's. I plan to be there 15 to 18 April, this year. 500 years after the chilli was just starting to spread across the world.