sunburned

at the risk of receiving hate mail (or hate comments) i have to complain a bit about my sunburn. i was only away from the shade of trees for a little while! this equitorial sun is brutal, i can't even remember how long it's been since i've gotten toasty red. so tomorrow i will slather on the sunblock.

today was wonderful. we finished up rather early with all of our number crunching. luckily we were able to do the data entry at the hotel outdoor dining area right by the seashore. much better setting than the hospital. we then headed up to the kaole ruins, where archeology students from the capital are doing an excavation of a 16th century (i think?) old arabic settlement. it was neat; there were the remains of a mosque, the well where men drew water to wash their feet before entering, and a mausoleum in the adjacent plot.

after touring the ruins, we passed by a crocodile farm. they keep them in separate pools according to their age and raise them for meat and skin. not quite the big game reserve experience, but it was really interesting to see how that particular farm used their land area for croc raising, vegetable farming and fruit orchards as well. i'll post pictures of a guava tree they had that was also colonized by a host of yellow birds for all of you wildlife enthusiasts, as well as some of the crocs and the ruins in the following post.

enjoy!