Mango Season

The mango season is in full swing here in the jungle and the trees are actually bending due to the weight of all the fruit hanging from the branches. In fact it can be dangerous to walk under a mango tree because you never know when one is going to fall and hit you in the head. Several of the houses have mango trees right outside and when the mangos fall you can hear them landing on the tin roofs...which makes quite a noise.

Here are a few pictures of some of our co-workers trying to cut off a few of the mangos before they fall, hit the ground, and bruise the fruit. I don't think I could participate in this activity due to the extreme heights and unstable surfaces. Just after this picture was taken, one of the other guys climbed 40 ft. or so up in the tree with his machete to cut off some of the mangos. The rest of the guys were down below with a tarp ready to catch the falling fruit. The last picture is of one of the trees, but I'm not sure if you can see all the mangos on the branches. This type of mango is called the apple mango and it is riquisimo!