21. Not far from Neve Dakalim, past banana trees and tomato fields, teen-age Palestinian girls play volleyball at a makeshift summer camp set up in the sand. 22. On a promontory jutting into the lake is a large Catholic church built of stone, surrounded by tall banana trees. 23. Smoke rose from a ramshackle house, perched above a hill terraced with glistening rows of dasheen and squat banana trees. 24. Some huddle under the leaves of banana trees. 25. Tending banana trees has become one of the most dangerous jobs in this violent land. 26. The banana trees and their fruit are gone, washed away in the storm. 27. The island has gorgeous white sand beaches, and mountains covered with a lush jungle of bamboo, palms, banana trees and breadfruit. 28. The grave was discovered behind the middle of three small buildings, next to a grove of banana trees. 29. The mud houses, painted turquoise blue in the local custom or adorned with intricate designs, are scattered far from one another amid terraced fields and banana trees. 30. There are sugar cane and a banana tree in clay pots in front of the house. |