Our stream actually used to be a beautiful river but it's slowly disappearing due to the deforestation of our surrounding hillsides and the corresponding erosion of exposed soil. Because of soil erosion the river bed is now extremely shallow and each year during the heavy rain season our neighbourhood is hit with devastating floods. Sadly, the stream that my sister and I know is nothing like the river my mother swam in as a child and by the time we have kids of our own it may not exist at all.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Riverside Pholourie
Spent the day with my Granny and later went with my mumz to buy Pholourie at a nearby shop. Pholourie is one of my favourite treats, it's made of fried balls of pea dough and served with a mango or tamarind sauce (today I had mango.) While my mum was busy chatting with the shopkeeper I took some pics of the stream that winds around our neighbourhood.
Our stream actually used to be a beautiful river but it's slowly disappearing due to the deforestation of our surrounding hillsides and the corresponding erosion of exposed soil. Because of soil erosion the river bed is now extremely shallow and each year during the heavy rain season our neighbourhood is hit with devastating floods. Sadly, the stream that my sister and I know is nothing like the river my mother swam in as a child and by the time we have kids of our own it may not exist at all.
Our stream actually used to be a beautiful river but it's slowly disappearing due to the deforestation of our surrounding hillsides and the corresponding erosion of exposed soil. Because of soil erosion the river bed is now extremely shallow and each year during the heavy rain season our neighbourhood is hit with devastating floods. Sadly, the stream that my sister and I know is nothing like the river my mother swam in as a child and by the time we have kids of our own it may not exist at all.
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