the vegetation is the most beautiful, thick bulby gnarled trees with whiskers of leaves, moss in varying hues of yellow to green creep up the hillside under the trees.

and rocks shaped by water flow jut out in loose geometrics.

the buildings are short and thatched, streams clean with fat catfish making their way through the cloudy algaed water. and history-- everything about the past seems relatively intact.even with the modernity of pichanko machines tradition still roams.

a rake across sand, not a foot print in place, sand pyramids kept intact against the wind and rain. and school kids laugh loud not furtive or self-conscious like those in more urban environments, and everyone says hello.