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Our evening and night with Hung (pronounced Hoong) and his family. For a while we thought it was just us, then about ten more arrived! Lovely walk looking at the local flora - fruit especially.

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Hung pilots us to his home
Hung pilots us to his home
Hung and his older son (7) outside the house
Hung and his older son (7) outside the house
The main reception area (our room's behind the green curtains)
The main reception area (our room's behind the green...
Our room
Our room
Typically heavy S.E. Asian furniture
Typically heavy S.E. Asian furniture
Hung's wife Mai in the kitchen
Hung's wife Mai in the kitchen
Hung's mother chopping wood next door
Hung's mother chopping wood next door
Reclining chair on the veranda
Reclining chair on the veranda
The same chair from behind, showing the canvas strips
The same chair from behind, showing the canvas strips
In the upright position...
In the upright position...
...half-way...
...half-way...
...and fully reclined (but it's not actually all that comfortable!)
...and fully reclined (but it's not actually all that...
Shaking fruit from the unidentified tree in Hung's garden
Shaking fruit from the unidentified tree in Hung's garden
Dinner. And the guy with the Tiger t-shirt (and the terrible red-eye) turned out to be a recent student of our close friend in Norway!
Dinner. And the guy with the Tiger...
On our afternoon walk: a cactus hedge
On our afternoon walk: a cactus hedge
Mary assimilates with the locals
Mary assimilates with the locals
Banana flower, showing the young bananas
Banana flower, showing the young bananas
Hung buys an ice cream (we had to avoid those). That red box has a speaker in it, playing the radio.
Hung buys an ice cream (we had to avoid those). That...
Coconut leaves for building, drying in the sun
Coconut leaves for building, drying in the sun
Along the path
Along the path
A profusion of foliage, with hundreds of longans (small and brown, but like lychees inside) just visible
A profusion of foliage, with hundreds of longans...
Betel nuts
Betel nuts
Unidentified tree and flower
Unidentified tree and flower
Plants for Chinese medicine
Plants for Chinese medicine
Not entirely successful macro shot of a very bright flower
Not entirely successful macro shot of a very bright...
Cockerels kept for fighting
Cockerels kept for fighting
'Table tree'
'Table tree'
Papayas, which grow like weeds - yumm!
Papayas, which grow like weeds - yumm!
Water apple (or plum) tree in flower
Water apple (or plum) tree in flower
Another water apple tree
Another water apple tree
Weaving a mat with wire from tree bark. A 1 x 2 metre mat takes about an hour to make.
Weaving a mat with wire from tree bark. A 1 x 2 metre...
Inserting a cross-piece
Inserting a cross-piece
This tranquil lily pond is in fact a bomb crater
This tranquil lily pond is in fact a bomb crater
A piece of palm leaf art that Hung made for us
A piece of palm leaf art that Hung made for us

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