After The Tsunami

A small sapling at the beach of Mamallapuram reminds us of the Boxing Day 2006 Tsunami, which devastated much of the eastern Indian Ocean

GeckoNut Palm

The Gecko restaurant in the beach town of Mamallapuram is built around a twenty year old coconut palm.

The Glom

This tree is growing from a granite crack near the center of Mamallapuram

The Crimp

A neem tree hugging the edge of a granite boulder below the temple carvings ata the ridge of Mahabalipuram

The Crutch

Near, Krishna’s Butterball Boulder, this tree is rotted through the center, and is balancing carefully on pieces of decaying wood.

Jaws II Crocodile Tree

Amongst the many draconican reptiles at the the Crocodile Bank along the Coromandel coast, the largest and most impressive Croc- Jaws the Second- waits in the water underneath this tall Ailanthus.