Tuesday, 23 September 2008

The Countryside

This is the update to our Sunday in the country.



The reason it is a couple of days later is that the connection here is slower than me on a sudoku puzzle (dont know why i hate them so much?!)
























We were visiting friends of Savreys and got a chance to wander down some paddy fields and see just how oppresively hot it can be away from fans or air con.




(yes i know how very un-traveller of me but we were dressed in sunday best)





We had a look around the garden and found some beautiful plants, some of them herbs which we "borrowed"for our meal that night and others flowers.

It was crazy as we wandered through the undergrowth to see the insect life and small animals that thrive in such humid conditions.







Army ants (big enough that their warning bite makes you jump!) swarmed across pathways, dragon flys massed across the rice paddies and the

ubiquitous lizards lay on any warm surface trying to catch unwary insects as they flew by.









Below is a cross section of a palm, the amazing patterns made by the stem structure were made more interesting as the plant started to decay in the heat. Nothing stays around for long in this climate.




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