We got an invitation to hang out with some new friends on Sunday and crammed about 3 days worth of experience into 5 hours or so. We had fish chips (not to be confused with "fish and chips" these are chips made of fish). Looked at fruit trees (including mangosteen, rambutan, mango, durian, lime, pulasan, water apple, and banana. We also saw some pineapple growing (they don't grow on trees). And were swarmed by mosquitos. All this in about an hour!
After that we went to this "green area" and met a lot more people, sat around in a small building, and ate a bit. Here are the ladies all gathered together. 
The interesting thing was that this small building was built sticking out over a pond. Every time a new person joined us, I wondered how many people the fire marshall had rated that place to hold. Someone would walk in and I would wait for us all to collapse into the water but we never did. You can see the edge of the building in the photo below. Sorry we didn't get a better outside shot of it.
Here is Mom enjoying all the excitement. She appreciates that we try to have all our conversations in the local language but also knows most of these people speak English, too, and so probably feels a bit bored and left out a lot.
If you normally see her in KY, you may not recognize that dark circle around her hair. We're not really sure what it is but its been there since she arrived...
2 comments:
There is nothing that goes better with fish chips than chili sos and hot sweet tea. It takes the chill out of the morning.
Looks like you all had fun after all! And I'm glad you didn't collapse into the water!
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