Green Weekend

Tapioca plant

Liya and Ajib learned about many trees, some bearing fruits, some reaching the clouds, some maintaining the shady branches..

Bananas can be made into chips, sweet porridge, or banana fritters and banana balls. Ajib and Liya saw many other plants too: durian, dragonfruit, tapioca and heliconia.

Ants, bees and worms were found in abundance as well. Liya and Ajib tried to find caterpillars but in vain. Chirping birds and singing birds made our day fun.

There was a rake, a spade and a few planter’s hats. Liya and Ajib played with the dirt. They noticed the flower buds and dying brown wrinkly leaves. Also, There were bushes (tapioca), (pumpkin) crawling and climbing plants (local green bean) with purple and yellow and pink flowers.

We setup our blue canvas dome tent, spreading the sleeping bags over the thin mattress. The truth is, Ajib and Liya only had a drink inside the tent and glanced through several books but never slept inside the tent at nightfall.