Bali Day 2

Learning time

Every day we try to learn something new about Bali, Indonesia or our immediate surroundings.

Ella

Ella’s picture of the pool at our villa

Ella says:

The pool is cold, so when it is hot I can jump in the pool, so I don’t have to be sweating all of the time.

Keith

Areca palm and Yellow butterfly palm
Traveller’s palm

Keith says:

I found three different kinds of palms in the yard around our villa.

Dypsis Lutescens is a palm native to Madagascar.

Areca catechu is native to the Philippenes. The fruit of the Areca palm is commonly called the betel nut, which is chewed for its effects as stimulant.

Ravenala, also native to Madagascar, is known as the Traveller’s palm. Possible explanations for the name:

  • because the sheaths of the stems hold rainwater, which supposedly could be used as an emergency drinking supply for needy travellers.
  • the fan tends to grow on an east–west line, providing a crude compass.
< Back