Upon awakening, I walked outside to see the flowers and birds. There were roses and lillies of every color and hue. They have 900 avocado trees, macademia nuts, lemons and bananas. It is an amazing array of plants. Marie plants flowers nearly every day and has a worker help. The yard is soooo colorful but the dogs don't care, they go where they want! I mean at 140 lbs. who will argue?
As the morning progressed, Pepe decided to do a little bit of dirt bike riding, so of course, I, always the adventureous one, went along for the ride! The mountain views were fantastic. There were plantations for bananas, macademia nuts, including a processing plant, lemon trees and mango as well as avocado as far as the eye can see. It is so lush and green. Many of the same plants that we have in Fl. are here. Bouganvilla, jacaranda and acacia dot the landscape turning it all sorts of hues.
We then turned out bike to the dirt road that leads past gated communities and to the Tzaneen dam. You can walk across it, but not ride your bike. It was a fabulous site as well.
Finally Pepe took me on a great dirt trail that is washed out in the rainy season. Here thousands of eucalyptus trees are grown on the mountainsides. Some are as tall as 40 feet. Amazingly straight trunks are formed when the farmers cut the lower branches off.
With Pepe at the helm, it was a wild ride! Tomorrow, who knows?
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