At the moment we are crying out for rain. It hasn't rained much here since last June. The dust gets every where, especially when a vehicle passes by on the dirt roads. When the wind picks up we have sand storms. But the worse thing we have to deal with at the moment is the smoke from all the forest fires. It even blocks out the sun. These fires are deliberately set to clear the forest and fields to encourage new growth for the cattle. Each of these pictures are taken from different communities over the last few weeks. It is hell for the wild life. The other day we came across a monkey sitting on the middle of the road, obviously overcome by the smoke and the fires. Even though we came up beside it, it took its time to amble off the road.
By the time I got my camera the monkey had ambled back into the forest, but you can just see him here.
One side of the road is still forest the other side has been cleared, by fire, to make a new field.
