Daily Report: Jungle Sunday

Sunday morning and we were up early. Actually every morning, everyone is up early in Jasaan... but especially on Sunday for the 6:00 a.m. church service. Epril and I took Tyson for a walk.
As per usual, the church is filled to standing room only. There are loudspeakers outside the church for people standing in the street to hear the service.
Close to the church is Jasaan's munincipal hall. It's a new building and quite nice. The old one is next door to it and still houses certain town offices.
Another parade... this time for the church. I actually don't quite grasp the significance of walking around icons like this. Maybe they want The Virgin Mary to get some fresh air. Well, it's still fun to watch.
Epril riding on the new bicycle. We actually bought the bike for my father in law, but Epril has been enjoying it as well. No crashes yet.
In the afternoon, I walked with Tyson over to Bird's house. I love the color of fully-ripe rice paddies. It really is one of the most vibrant greens in nature. (I see that my new camera is a bit weak on reproducing green properly. This picture doesn't do reality justice at all... as any of you who have seen a rice paddy just before harvest can attest.)
The Bird house: Mike kept it all simple on the outside, but it's nice on the inside. He is right next to a large stream, and has his own rice paddy in the back, lots of fruit trees and vegetable gardens and spice gardens. As you can see, he also has a lot of plants. There is a small flow of water running through his side yard from an above-ground culvert to the rice paddy over which he has built a cute little bridge (not visible in the photo below).
The large stream looking downriver at some bamboo huts.
And looking upriver into the jungle.
I'm not in the mood to write much today... so that's it for now!