(1) We hiked up steep switchbacks between ancient samaan and banyan trees and clambered down gullies where razor grass spikes up high along the trail and mango and cashew trees form a fruitful canopy.(2) SAMANEA SAMAN is a truly noble tropical tree. It has a sturdy, smooth, pale grey trunk mostly divided near its base into a few hefty branches that grow almost horizontally to support its monstrous parasol canopy.(3) Heading into the garden behind here, underneath the enormous saman tree , whose massive branches are furred with philodendrons and hanging with vines, you come to a swimming pool.
