Coir manufacturing and
Cashew farms.
Feeling sleepy in the mornings came from the extreme heat and dehydration from constantly eating sugary spicy meals.
A trip to the local industries was enlightening and energising.
To get the the Coir factory we had to park and walk a way through the jungle and across a railway track. Under a small hut by the river, some women were tearing the husk off coconuts with their bare hands, as other women unloaded more coconuts from a canoe. Large piles of husk were then taken over to another area where the women there were spinning the husk into rope. They did this with a merry song and yelled and laughed if they dropped the yarn. As I was leaving I noticed a shed piled to the roof with thick Coir rope.
I took some time to take pictures of the beautiful ad unique flowers at Fragrant Nature:
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| My favourite. From far it looks like bunches of peach silks. |
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| A cute flower vine, climbing up a palm tree. |
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| By the coffee house: This flower and it's faned leaves were posing a perfect frame and focus. |
Around mid-day, I was feeling so calm and relaxed, I actually sat and drew a picture, (of a Tiger cub.)
The Rainy season started whilst we were visiting the Cashew Factory that afternoon. They roast the raw nuts to begin. Then a shed of women who would bash the cashew nut shell open with rocks.
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| The women breaking open the Cashews. |
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| A water well at the factory. |
A second shed has mant women cleaning up the cashews and sorting the bad ones out. They are then roasted for a second time and sent away for packaging.
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| The women here, leave there shoes at the door and scrape the cashews to a clean shape. |
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| The final roasting... Love this photograph. It might be found framed on my wall one day. |
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| YUM! |
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