cool plants

When it pours down, some people use leaves to cover their head, umbrella style. Coming from Canberra, it seems silly, and that using your hands would be just as effective. Not here! Some leaves are enormous! These are also part of the reason why rain sounds so deafeningly loud and falling coconuts/breadfruit sound like the apocolypse.




I am also most impressed by the local coriander (cilantro). Unlike the variety with the long stalks and pretty leaves I'm used to, this hardy little plant has no stalks, wide leaves, grows very quickly, survives the tropical rain/sun/chickens and can cut you with it's prickly edges. And it tastes and smells JUST LIKE Australian grown coriander. Amazing!