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Avid outdoorsman and underwater photographer, Barry Brown has spent the last seven years documenting life above and below water in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Focusing on the island's coral reefs, he has worked hand-in-hand with several businesses and environmental groups, including SECORE, a marine conservation organization based in the Netherlands. His image of a research submersible was recently featured on the cover of DIVER magazine.

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Oct 19, 09     Comments Off
Banana Tree

Banana Tree

Hola Amigos!!  This one’s for Eva who wanted so badly to see a real Banana Tree with real Banana’s growing so today I went over to my friend Gordys house and took this photo just for her!  These real Bananas are about half the size of a store bought Banana and could be the most delicious fruit I have ever had!!  They taste nothing like your store bought variety Banana, these real ones are sweet like a Kiwi-fruit and just melt in your mouth and the outside peel or skin is very thin!  Here on the island of Curacao they call them Bakoba’s.  The down side to owning Banana trees is that they need large amounts of water and from what I was told they grow very fast. Each stalk produces one huge flower cluster and then dies. New stalks then grow from the rhizome.  Bananas are the 4th largest harvested fruit in the World, is that amazing or what??  So Eva, I am sorry we never got around to finding you a real banana tree but I will think of you every time I pass this one and will try my hardest to eat as many as I can for you, anything for a friend!
 
Very busy day at work to say the least, Aimee and I just had dinner and watched the 13th Warrior, it’s off to bed!  I’ll be back tomorrow, Barry
19-10-2009

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