The Hunt for Wild Bananas in Sumatra | MONDO BANANA

Markku Häkkinen

The Hunt for Wild Bananas in Sumatra | MONDO BANANA: "I’m back from the final MONDO BANANA shoots with Finnish banana taxonomist Markku Häkkinen in Malaysia and Indonesia. It was a fantastic nine days of exploration and discovery, and I got excellent footage for the documentary.


Finnish banana taxonomist Markku Häkkinen scans a hillside for wild bananas

A week ago Sunday, I met up with Markku in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. We hadn’t seen each other for over a year, and to get re-acquainted we decided to take a trip to the KL Bird Park – the world’s largest free-flight aviary, which is located downtown and proudly displays photos from Martha Stewart’s recent visit. Now don’t get me wrong, this wasn’t just a Sunday trip to the ‘zoo’ for us – Markku had a specific purpose for choosing this location. "

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