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deruo
03-02-2010, 04:56 PM
I thought of everyone here at Bananas.org several weeks ago when I visited Funchal in the Madiera Islands. This was before the flash floods that sadly, killed at least 42 people and destroyed a lot of the beauty I saw while I was there.

I had no idea that bananas were grown there. We went on one of those double decker tour buses around the city. I was going crazy taking shots of bananas, which I'm sure was amusing for the other people on the bus.

I'm not sure what kind of banana plants they are. They didn't seem to be much more than 10 feet tall, but many of them had lots of fruit on 'em.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=29959&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29959)

Plenty of plants here to keep you busy! ;-)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=29958&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29958)

Scenery like this at every turn. Banana plants everywhere!

cherokee_greg
03-03-2010, 09:48 AM
wow this is so neet !!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for posting it

LilRaverBoi
03-03-2010, 01:53 PM
That is like a banana FOREST! Doesn't even look like there is any order to it...just let them go or something. Hard to tell though from above. Thanks for sharing!

Abnshrek
03-03-2010, 06:19 PM
I think the Picture is Awesome. If its in any order.. I hope they have a track saved on the gps or somone would get lost in there.. checking every plant... :^)

palmtree
03-03-2010, 11:47 PM
Ive never seen so many banana plants in one place! Thanks for sharing!

Jack Daw
03-04-2010, 10:55 AM
Mooooooooore. I neeeed moooooore PIXXXXXX! GV. ;) :ha:

saltydad
03-04-2010, 06:17 PM
All of a sudden the pix are gone from Tom's post???

AV1611Corbin777
03-04-2010, 06:53 PM
Pics work fine for me.
Yeah Bryan I think were on the same page. It almost looks as if the grow wild(But I doubt it) Either way great pics and thanks for sharing.

If I was you I would have yelled STOP than said. Babe we are getting off here!

deruo
03-04-2010, 07:06 PM
Actually, I had every intention of coming home, selling everything and moving there - but then the mudslides came and decimated the area. Still keen on the idea, just not in the immediate future. Have some other pix to upload.... just want to resize them.

AV1611Corbin777
03-04-2010, 07:47 PM
Aw no need to resize =]