Once the Andean mountain range descends to near sea level, extensive plains lined with banana, rice, shrimp, and cacao farms stretch out as far as the land can take them towards the Pacific Coast.
These “alluvial” plains are fertile and tropical, produce mangos and exotic fruits like the pitahaya, breadfruit, mamey… The men and women who live traditionally in these lands are called Montubios, local coastal farmers that live near plantations in rustic wood houses built on stilts to protect them from humidity and insects.