Fresh fruit is plentiful in season, but despite the tropical environs, fresh vegetables are often hard to come by.
Below, a young boy wades into the greasy-gray waters of Marikina River to gather kangkong for the family meal.  Kangkong is a spinich-like vegetable used in several Filipino dishes that, depending upon where it is harvests offers an excellent source of vitamin C, iron and by times an assortment of heavy metals.