As it was Ursula’s birthday and we had changes rooms (once more and finally in the old one the air condition was barely able to keep the temperature at 25°…) the hotel had a nice surprise in stock:
And even a small cake
As it was a beautiful day we decided to take a tuk-tuk (that’s how the small three-wheelers are called) and explore the region
The bridge’s fence would need some refurbishment some time…
Dried fish along the roadside
The smell is rather strong but still nice
The raw material (caught, ok hauled in, just 10m behind)
Water buffaloes in a field
The natural predator here
A buffalo indulging in an old rice patty with some visitors nearby (the cleaning team)
Yes, 5-star super deluxe
It is really boring to take tourists around if they want to stop and shoot every 5 min…
Another hunter
A rubber-tree with the typical markings
the plantation (ok, a part of it…)
next to the manager’s estate a real nice example of a strangler fig taking over a victim
It’s starting as well…
Crossover buffalos’ way
The afternoon thunderstorm (around 15:30) is approaching
Buddhist temple
Here we started walking up the road to a hill
Where we found this baby chameleon on the way
And more and more rubber trees
Finally from the top the view over the hill country
Well… Just imagine the mountains and hills in the back, will you?
Ferns love water
So all in all quite common fauna
Here we came down… We still don’t know why we had to get up in the first place, but our driver thought it is nice up there. Saved us at least 30 min on the cross-trainer, indeed
And the experience what we wouldn’t have done otherwise – hiking through thick ferns, mosses, etc. in a tropical environment… Brrr… I got a leech once in the jungle in Thailand – not nice…
Back down through oil palm plantations
A oil palm
rice patties (will be flooded next month again) after being harvested. They have 3 harvest a year…
And more oil palms
Driving in rain can be some fun as well
Everything is very clean, proper and crisp
A tea garden (no, this is no plantation )
more close up
A Buddhist shrine and worship place around a sacred tree (below which Buddha got his inspiration – no, not exactly this one – just the kind of it… )
Looking at the statutes an old saying springs to mind: Bring food, come naked
Evening was the time for more formal celebration with a special table, some nice decoration and atmosphere
Selecting the best fish for our indulgence
Lobster, prawns, fish, etc. – all you want
They even got us some flowers
And the lady is getting shy
No, not only for us but they played quite nicely
As humidity can reach close to 100% with temperatures at night around 28° air condition gets visible
modern art scenes
Thunderstorm over the ocean behind the shack
So a wonderful ending to a beautiful day!
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