Wow! And I thought that there was only a St Lucia here in South Africa. A lovely tropical area in KZN. That island looks fabulous Lady Denise and I am glad that you could get some R&R in.
They wrap the bananas here in hessian cloth, as the cloth can breathe, but I have never seen them spraying the fruits.
Far up north in Tzaneen, a place near where I lived as a child, there are tea plantations, mango trees, avocado trees, to only name a few and all over the place the banana trees can be seen.
Glad that you are back and that you are well my dear friend.
Blessings!