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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Rainy Season is Over!

On Tuesday, I was told that rainy season is over for this area. Mind you, it was raining at the time.

Here are some unrelated pictures:

Here is a rice field, showing how tall the rice is now. This field is between my apartment and a shopping area with a Wal-Mart like grocery/general store, a book/video/CD/videogame store, a cell-phone store, a clothing store, a restaurant and a 7-11. There is also a drug store inside the grocery/general store.









Here is a nice flower garden. Even if people don't have a yard, they often have a pot or two of flowers.










Here is a view down a street near my apartment. On the left, you see some green netting near and on a wall. That is a garbage collection point. Everyone in the area puts their garbage out in the same spot. The garbage truck doesn't stop at every house. The green netting is to put over garbage bags, so they don't blow around at all. This area is mostly houses, but there are also apartment buildings and small shops.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I like the useful use of space; a little rice here, a few flowers there, clean streets. We could learn.

What do you know about rice harvest?