Umir, wetlands

This is a smaller wet land, bigger one is just to the South.
In the wet season, this fills up right to the top of the roadside.
This area early evening and early morning is considered very dangerous. The elephants roam freely, and the locals are very wary and scared of them.
At night the crocodiles sleep right by the road, so no one goes out at night there.
There were so many birds that looked like our Koutuku/white heron.
Our tuktuk driver told us his name was "today" butthen he shared that his real name from birth was "Relax"😂 he showed us around his village, we saw his sister who owns the shop, his brother owns a chicken farm, was keen to look but was worried we would never eat chicken again.
Then bless him he brought us some corn, he was great, chatted the whole way and we understood 1/2 of it 🤣😂, we went far further than first negotiated and he was still only going to charge the agreed amount so he was very grateful when we gave him double.
We went past an area that was being minded for gems, Ruby's, Diamond, etc. we got the impression that it was being done by monks, about 1000 of them, not allowed in, but no surprises there.Læs mere