A Roadside Wedding

Newly planted palm oil trees
Ditches for irrigation. These oil palms take a great deal of water.
They cover the base of the trees to help conserve water.

Palm oil "berries" on the way to the factory

What they can carry on the back of a bike.

More oil palms. They have developed a shorter version of the very tall palms.
With the older trees, harvestors often have to shimmy up the tree to cut the oil kernels.
With the shorter trees, they can use an extension with a saw at one end.

Into the countryside. Palm oil fields

More palm oil plantations and a processing plant in the back
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The road leading into the National Forest

1. Vera, our CEO, stopped to pick up some fruit for us - no durian nor mangosteen,
but she got SALEK, or Snake Skin Fruit. The skin resembles an armadillo curled into its shell...
2. Peeled and three sections are revealed
3. There is a Seed in each segment
4. There's almost a medicinal taste with the first bite. It has the texture of apple, but not juicy.
Probably put with Jackfruit on our list of favourite fruits... towards the bottom of the list

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