The Week in Vapi

More interesting items from "Life in Vapi".

One of our neighbors is painting their house. Here one painter is holding the ladder for a second painter. (I took the picture through a screen. That accounts for the strange set of diffuse dots that are mostly notable in the lighter areas.)

On our Sunday walk, there was a parade of a south India cultural and social society heading to festivities at the Ram Leela Maidan (park) next to the Amba Mata Mandir (temple).

We have no idea who/what these children were portraying, but they were all dressed up in costumes.

I've posted a few pictures of air pollution in Vapi, but it's much more difficult to get a picture of water pollution. The small streams in Vapi are basically open sewers -- cloudy, full of trash, and odorous. Water pollution in Vapi is actually a bigger problem than air pollution -- and much more difficult to solve.

In amongst the dirt and trash, there are some truly beautiful trees blooming in Vapi.

You would think that I'd be able to identify this tree from the flowers and leaves. But so far, I'm stumped.

The two trees (yellow flowers and red flowers) are probably cultivars of the same species.

This one I have been able to identify: A Bauhinia (probably variegata). The flowers are striking.