the view from the other side

 A couple views of our wee domain and baby jungle from the other side of the ravine.  

It was beneath the Macaya in the foreground below that I met Arturo.  I was struck by the simple chivalry in his standing to cut a few large leaves off a nearby tree and laying them down on the red dirt ledge for me to sit without getting my skirt dirty. 

The largest palapa is the Palapa del Fandango, the one in the foreground is the guest house, and our small rooftop is just barely seen to the right in the first pic.