WHEN IN NEW ZEALAND VISIT MY FARM

Homestead and sheep farm on rolling landscape.

Roadside marketing of fresh fruits by the farm.

Grape after hard pruning.

 Training and pruning of tree tomato to increase fruit yield.

Wish I have such beautiful farms for visitation! Sorry for the disappointment. The closest I could get to temperate/subtropical small scale cultivation was in Cameron Highlands  - growing apple, strawberries, persimmon, strawberry guava, cabbages.

LIFE ON THE RIVERS OF SARAWAK

The large island of Borneo is akin to the Amazon of the East where the thick jungle is criss-crossed by many rivers and their tributaries meandering from the mountains to the sea (pic Sarawak coast).

Melanau fishermen living by Sg. Igan. The livelihood of Melanaus is always close to the water - rivers and seas.

Rivers are a means of transportation to the hinterland.

Villagers (Melanaus) use the streams and rivers to float sago logs to sago factories, Mukah (pic Melanau elderly lady tending sago logs).

Rivers provide income, recreation and beautification of the natural landscape (pic late afternoon at Kuching riverbank).