Smells & Sounds

Today I realized that I have not written about smells here. It is 8pm now and this is the time to smell everybody burning trash (I am in touristville Sanur, but my neighbor over the wall is something of an intown farm/orchard). The trees...just out of reach...have the biggest mangos I have ever seen! Must be a very precious piece of property. The trash burns everywhere, along the side of the city streets, in fields, and beside houses and warungs.

During the day, when I open my doors upstairs, I am hit with the Frangipani fragrance. It is lovely. I am the first to swim each day, so I clear the leaves and flowers out of the lap pool. If I find a pretty blossom, I swim along holding it in my mouth, and the smell is intoxicating!

And there are so many wonderful sounds! As I have mentioned, the cocks begin before 5am. Then many birds in the canopy (my second floor is in the canopy) begin their songs. There is one that I am imagining to be a mocking bird. Sounds like the one in Catching Fire! I love the bird music.

On the road, it is all little friendly horns! Not angry horns, just 'I am here', 'don't come out until I pass'. 'go ahead', or 'what are your plans'! They must get new horns frequently.