"Only the female trees produce fruit. Male trees have only flowers."

"Caimito, or star apple."

"Chico. The fruit has thousands of tiny seeds which give it a sandy texture."

"Sineguelas. The fruit appears before the tree sprouts new leaves. The tree is bare most of the year."

"I found out a short time ago that these snakes are extremely venomous but not aggressive. They are related to kraits which are land dwelling snakes. I have heard that you shouldn't worry if you are bitten by a krait - because you won't live long enough to have time to worry."

"The girls play a game where you have to guess the posture of someone behind you. The one behind holds her hand against the head of the one in front. When the hand is released she assumes one of a variety of set poses and the girl in front turn around and makes the pose she guessed. If the poses match then the one in front is the winner and gets to be the poser in the back."

"Honey came to our door almost every day for several weeks selling banana cue and toron. Every day we would tell her we didn't want any and she would smile, say thank you, and give us a cheerful goodbye. That kind of attitude wears you down and we started buying treats from her several times a week."

"The large island on the horizon is Bohol where you can find tiny primates called tarsiers."

"What impressed me most about getting this shot is that, without being asked, the kids helped unpack everything before they hit the beach. I had time to help unload and then dig out my camera in time to catch them enter the water. We had so many kids with us they looked like a line of ants carrying things from the car to the cottage."

"Faith and I had lunch with Gina and her family on Sunday. I took several pictures of Alondra and her friends as they preened in front of the mirror."

"The plantain stems are split and spun into rope (lampakanay) for making rattan furniture."

"Cone snails have tiny poisoned harpoons that they shoot at prey. If a human gets harpooned the sting is extremely painful and often fatal."

"This is the largest fruit produced by any tree in the world. Durrian is a similar but slightly smaller fruit about the size of a watermelon."

"Coconut wood has become popular because you can get both hard and soft wood from one tree. Coconut wood is also free of knots since there are no branches growing from the trunk. It is used most often unseasoned since it gets very hard once it dries."

"This is what Captain Bligh was sent to Tahiti to bring back as a food source for slaves. Faith says this tastes good served with caramelized coconut."