Okay it has been a while since the last post; and as usual it is late in the evening so Diplomonkey needs to get out a quickie post before he falls asleep.  Otherwise I guess folks will wonder if Diplomonkey has survived yet another trip to Ecuador.  Type bad monkey, type…

Babahoyo rice field shack.

This time around old Captain Jack went to Guayaquil and out into the wilds of Babahoyo.   Nothing quite like speeding down dusty back roads in a black, unmarked armored car.  Swish go rice and cane fields in a blur.

Babahoyo field.

Eventually Diplomonkey arrives at the banana plantation. Thousands upon thousands of hectares of the green not so little things being picked, processed, and shipped to the four corners of the globe.

Banana cultivation.

Bananas coming off the field; the hose down.

One banana for me and one for you.

Packing bananas for shipment.

Cheers and enjoy so picture of life in the foreign service.

Diplomonkey