As the sun came up, they began to hike through thick brush, picking up bitter mangoes along the way and stopping to eat green bananas.

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The harvest season (from March until October) brings an abundance of mangoes, melons, strawberries, green oranges and small sweet bananas from mountain farms.

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We made the journey in three 4x4 Unicef vehicles bumping along the red dirt roads through the lush green tropical landscape - trees packed with bananas, oranges and lemons.

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