Miscellaneous

The towns are divided into neighborhoods called barangy (ba rang guy). This barangy must be larger. It has a fancy entry gate over the highway.

Member trikes; note the "Liahona" and "LDS" signs.

The trees and vines are growing right before our eyes.

The government has posted signs all over the country that point the direction to the LDS chapels. I don't know the whole story, but our church is the only one that  has this signage. It sure helps us find the chapels as we drive into a new town.

They buy the rice plant starts in these clumps.

The clumps of starts are placed in rows in the fields and the workers separate the starts and plant them individually into the mud of the rice field. You can see the progress of the workers in this field. It's back-breaking work, you stand in mud and can get parasites under your skin. This is not fun work.

A view of the rice fields in different stages of growth. The land owners loan the farmers the money to buy the clumps of starts, fertilizer, pesticide and the money to pay the workers and gets 75% of the crop in return. The farmer gets the other 25%.