On the pavement against a backdrop of painted banana plants.
But what is it you see behind the tree?
A sugarcane crusher - you shove stems of sugarcane into it, rotate the handle, and the juice gets crushed out and collected to be sold at Rs. 5 per glass.
12 comments:
Rayna - These are lovely 'photos. I'd never seen a sugarcane crusher before, so that picture also taught me : ).
Most informative Rayna,
Enjoy your week-end.
Yvonne.
Neat photos. Hadn't thought about other countries not having live Christmas trees. Learned something today. Thanks.
Mason
Thoughts in Progress
It's similar here in Mexico. They don't have real ones...well, that's not true, they do. But, they're really expensive. So most small trees end up at the curb at the end of the year.
Recently, I tried sugar cane and loved it. They take the cane here and put the juice with other things or they just suck on the cane. I liked it.
I'd not thought about countries lacking in pine trees either.
We're so surrounded by pine trees, it's hard to imagine not having them.
Cool! I've never had sugar cane juice.
Wonderful photos! I have never tried sugar cane either. And we too are surrounded with all kinds of evergreen trees. Amazing
Hugs
SueAnn
I love your photos, Rayna, and the interesting info about Christmas trees in your corner of the world. There are plenty of evergreens here in Colorado, and yet we sometimes don't buy a tree at Christmas. It seemed so much more important and fun when our kids were little.
I've tasted sugar cane but never sugar cane juice. Sounds like something I would like, since I have a serious sweet tooth.
I've had a fake tree all my life, even though we could get a real one if we wanted.
Neat photos! I just stumbled across your blog but I'll be sticking around. :)
@ Margot - thank you. Maybe I should do a photo essay on sugercane juice. But will have to wait for the rains to get over before I can take those pictures.
@ Yvonne - thank you.
@ Mason - we have pines only in the Himalayas. The rest of the country doesn't.
@ Clarissa - I guess it is the same thing here. If you really want a tree, I guess you could get one,but they would be really expensive.
I prefer sucking the sugarcane myself.
@ Alex - and it is not even science fiction!
@ Jemi - and we have the trees that you would associate with rain forests
@ Debra - not very different from what you get when you such a cane, but much less messy and not as much fun.
@ SueAnn - aren't you in New Mexico? Isn't that desert?
@ Patricia - somehow, to me, it seems pointless to cut down a entire tree just for a couple of weeks. Even if I could get a real one, I would probably prefer a fake tree, or a tree in a pot.
And we seem to share a tooth!
@ Diane - much more eco-friendly, I agree.
@ Guinevere - thanks for stopping by. And I will visit you soon.
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