“Some of the cottages have tiny courtyards surrounded by high stone walls. These walls are bright with flowers: valerian, feverfew, mallows, lace cap hydrangeas spring from the crevices in these stones and flourish in the salty air. If she looks across the river Evie can see Kingswear with its tier upon tier of houses stacked on the hill above the marina: narrow terraced houses the color of ice cream: mint, vanilla, bubblegum, coffee.” FlowersColorsCottagesMarinaTerraces Book:Summer On The River Source: Summer On The River
“Tourists who come to Nepal look at terraced fields and see their beauty but remain blind to the hard labour they extract from tillers.” TouristsTourismNepalHimalayasRural LifeTerraces Book:Forget Kathmandu Source: Forget Kathmandu