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IMG_0534_2
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I'm not sure what "Return to Paradise" is. The floormat writer is getting increasingly vague.
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Title:
IMG_0536_2
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Summary:
On our hike, our tour guide was good at pointing out various plants and such. This is a banana tree - you can see the tiny green bananas with the, um, brown thing hanging down.
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Title:
IMG_0538_2
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I'm hanging loose in the forest. Whee!
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Title:
IMG_0539_2
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A spider!
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Title:
IMG_0540_2
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Our tour guide picked some passion fruit from the jungle. I thought it was quite good, although David didn't really like it.
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Title:
IMG_0541_2
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Summary:
This irrigation canal is used for sugarcane.
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Title:
IMG_0542_2
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Summary:
Our guide (on the left) went under the tree, while we opted to go around :-)
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Title:
IMG_0544_2
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But he found this frog! (no worries - we let it go and it hopped happily along)
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Title:
IMG_0545_2
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Summary:
David pauses for a picture while the group goes ahead.
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Title:
IMG_0546_2
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Later we arrived at the first of five waterfalls.
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Title:
IMG_0548_2
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I got in and waded a little. I'm wearing these crazy Japanese water shoes - they were OK for wading but not great for walking.
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Title:
IMG_0549_2
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Summary:
A closeup of the crazy Japanese water shoes.
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Title:
IMG_0550_2
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Summary:
There was some crazy moss on this tree.
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Title:
IMG_0551_2
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Summary:
David holding a shampoo plant which, when you squeeze it, indeed emits a shampoo-like substance.
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Title:
IMG_0552_2
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Summary:
We saw a lot of trees that had this crazy root/trunk structure.
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Title:
IMG_0556_2
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The next waterfall had carved out a cave!
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Title:
IMG_0555_2
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David against the cave wall.
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Title:
IMG_0558_2
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Summary:
Actually, water was seeping through the cave wall. It was pretty cool!
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Title:
IMG_0559_2
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Summary:
There was a rope swing next to the waterfall. We didn't swing on it.
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Title:
IMG_0566_2
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Summary:
You could even jump off from the top of this one, although our guide didn't encourage this.
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Title:
IMG_0567_2
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Summary:
Here's a banana tree where the bananas were more developed.
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Title:
IMG_0568_2
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Summary:
This flower is known as "cat's whisker" for obvious reasons.
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Title:
IMG_0570_2
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Summary:
One last pretty waterfall.
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Title:
IMG_0571_2
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Summary:
It looks more waterfall-y here, though.
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