Village Life is characterised by daily chores that come to resemble rituals.
In the morning the farmer takes his cattle out to graze in the rice stubble...the house-dogs are voluntary participants in the procession. This is a rather large Snout Beetle that Na found snorkling in the dirty dishes in the sink.
I fished it out and placed it on a hand-towel to soak off the water it had picked up. On taking pics I discovered there were a number of tiny parasites hitching a ride on its legs and antennae. [Wouldn't it be fabulous to get up close enough to the parasites to discover they also had parasites clinging to their limbs...] Within a minute the bug clicked open its wing guards and was out the window. My Toyota Fortuner is into its 11th year of useful existence. It has been trouble-free so far. It seems Toyota had some good sense when they built this rugged people-mover on a tried-and-proven base of the very long-lived, Thailand designed-and-built Highlux utility truck.
There is an all-new Fortuner, just released, which has moved to 4wheel independently-sprung comfort for urban adventurers, but I won't be heading that way any time soon...I think mine is a "keeper". ...not the same as a Jock Strap, but a stone designed to hold a carved phallus...found in a 1000 year old Khmer Ruin on the Thailand:Cambodia border...the early Khmer Kings followed the Hindu religion.
One the School Run, the sun is just rising to illuminate Highway 24, even though it is raining lightly.
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