To get to the right place for podosiri picking, Kensli and Mambo travel down river

Mambo and Kensli explore the forest to find a spot where a lot of pina palms grow

Kensli looks for a pina palm with bountiful podosiri berries

Kensli climbs about ten to fifteen palm trees in one morning

Kensli clenches his machete between his teeth and ties his feet together to climb up the tree

Some of the palm trees are twenty meters high

Kensli uses his machete to cut off the branches with podosiri

Holding the branches in his hand, Kensli swiftly slides down the palm tree

Kensli hands the branch with podosiri berries to Mambo

All the branches are collected on a blanket

The branches are shook very hard so that the berries come off

The remainder of the berries are removed by hand

The berries in the bag are covered with palm leafs

The podosiri berries are carried back to the village to be processed

Mambo takes two bags of podosiri to his uncle's factory

The small factory in Moengo processes large quantities of podosiri

Visiting a small podosiri processing factory in Moengo

A small machine mashes and sifs the berries

All the podosiri pits are collected on one big pile and later on used for land reclamation

A big bucket full of fresh podosiri. The podosiri is then packaged in small bags for sale

The factory is a small family business

Crushed ice for the cool box is made by freezing a large amount of water and then smashing the ice inside a garbage bag

The cool box is filled with podosiri and ice

The drive from Moengo to Albina takes about half an hour

Mambo takes the berries across the river, to sell them in French Guiana

Across the river, in French Guiana, Mambo sells the podosiri for euros