YangonBananaJetty

10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Porters unload bananas from a river boat at the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Porters unload bananas from a river boat at the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ