existential struggles in greater China and southeast Asia
I apologize for not posting more this month. Hopefully December will be better. These photos of the landscape around the langur park are all I can offer to you for now. Hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season!
This is the time of year when I miss the U.S. the most.
karst islands in sugarcane sea. langur park vegetation visible in lower-right.
sugarcane monoculture. langur park in foreground.
Every now and then, especially playful dolphins swim up to our boat and show off a little, leaping over our bow and passing repeatedly as if to get a closer look at those clumsy, noisy bipeds.
Usually, only younger dolphins (marked by gray coloration) show such curiosity and playfulness. For the first time in my short dolphin-watching career, an adult (white with spots) dolphin danced with us during a recent outing.
The langur park’s beloved (and haunted) building number 5 was demolished over a year ago to be replaced by modern new living quarters.  It was completed earlier this year, but the government seized it and resisted handing it over until recently. We think the original inhabitants of building number 5 may have had a hand in the government’s change of heart.
