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26-NOV-2007

Running Banana Train, Guapiles

Banana plantations in Costa Rica have endless network of rails with chains stretched through the passages between the trees. As bananas are very heavy ( about 25-30 kg ), they need to be transported to the processing plant while being suspended, to avoid the damage to the fruit. So, when visiting, one could see guys running in front of the bananas trains and pulling them through the chain towards processing plant. These people are barely making $200 in the month while living in the country where prices on everything are just as high as in North America...

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Sandi Whitteker30-Jun-2008 14:57
Very interesting bit of daily life Eldar, and nicely composed shot.
Guy Dube08-Jun-2008 20:28
A very nice picture Eldar, V
flowsnow08-Jun-2008 10:39
Very interesting illustration and shot, Eldar!
Marcia Colelli02-Jun-2008 23:53
Very nice capture V
an nguyen01-Jun-2008 21:42
Very interesting image, Eldar. Wonder what the blue bags contain? V
Ann Cleeves31-May-2008 20:50
This is very interesting...the image and the info supplied. The young man is very fit, too!
Guest 31-May-2008 17:40
What the heck is this ???? I looks interesting : )