A short visit to an area called Narra, further south on the island, to a beautiful long empty beach. I would have swam in the sea but... because of the tides at the moment it is full of jellyfish. Click on the picture to see more photos.
While there I visited Johnrey's family which lives on the coconut plantations. The ponds in the pictures are their fish farm. They catch small fish from the sea and let them grow in the ponds, then when they are the right size they are easy to catch and sell at the market.
I tried a lot of different coconuts while I was there. At different ages they have different uses... when they are younger they have no flesh but are full of clear, pure, slightly sweet water. A little older and they still have the water but also the flesh is soft and sweet like a coconut jelly. Only when they are fully grown are they like the coconut that we would recognise in England. They use the leaves to make roofing sheets and make all kinds of things from the shells... very useful trees. Their seeds are carried by the sea and they grow right on the beach. God knew what he was doing, because even if you are on a small island with no water the coconut trees will thrive and they are a source of fresh water food and building materials, so it is still possible to survive.
