-Welcome back to Tropical Day on "Camp TV."

Whew!

It sure is hot here.

But that's the tropics for ya.

The tropics refers to the area of the Earth that's located closest to the equator.

And the equator is the part of the world that gets the most direct heat from the sun.

[ Reggae plays ] Because the sunlight is so strong, The tropics are generally warm all year round and they can be found in parts of...

Some parts are wetter, like the rain forest of Brazil; and some parts are drier, like the Sahara Desert of Africa.

When you say something is tropical, it means it's... And one of my favorite things to eat from the tropics is tropical fruit, which gives me an idea.

This heat is making me really thirsty and, while water is always the perfect go-to drink, I'm thinking something a little more fruity, a little more frosty, and a little more festive might be fun.

Do you remember Mr. Crab, who brought me my fruity drink earlier?

Well, he was kind enough to share his tropical smoothie recipe with me.

Should we give it a try?

A tropical smoothie can be made up of all the different kinds of fruits you might find in the tropics, like coconut, mango, passion fruit, or pineapple.

But you can really use whatever kinds of fruits you like.

You can even use vegetables, like carrots or celery.

For this smoothie, I'm going to use one ripe banana.

2 cups of frozen mango chunks.

Whoa!

1/2 cup of pineapple juice.

Got to make sure we get this 1/2 right.

There we go.

1/2 cup of orange juice.

♪♪ And 12 ounces of vanilla yogurt.

Some measurements can be found written on the package.

Like this one.

[ Ding! ]

This container has 6 ounces.

I wasn't able to find a 12-ounce container, so, I bought two 6-ounce containers because... ♪♪ Next, with the help of an adult, blend all your ingredients until it's smooth...ie!

Oh, and don't forget to put the lid on and close it tight.

[ Whirring ] ♪♪ [ Whirring stops ] ♪♪ Looks so yummy!

Now, we're going to add a little decoration.

So, we've got our straw here.

Boop!

We've got our tropical umbrella.

♪♪ Now, that's tropical paradise in a glass.