Sepia monsoon ferns. Some day, I'd like to wallpaper a room in this.



Saturday afternoon, I walked to one of my favorite local spots: Fairy Glen. Ferns and these peacock orchids carpet the ground there this time of year. No better way to find serenity...



Saturday was also Independence Day here and it's quite the event. Everyone wears formal national dress, so it's colorful. Unfortunately, my camera les fogged up in the monsoon mist and I got zero pictues of the people. Right at the end of lunch, as everyone was leaving, I caught sight of this ambitious monkey trying to sneak across the top of the tent and snatch some food.