Using the same principal and agreement I had between Jim and myself as with the cane workers we had met earlier that morning, we had the car pulled over again when we saw a farm house and these colorful women shelling betel nuts.

The betel nut is actually properly named the areca nut. The misnomer stems from the practice of curing, chopping, and rolling the nuts with sweetening agents and spices in betel leaf&emdash;called pan in India&emdashwhich is chewed to a mash and used as a refreshing stimulant.

This shot is just a tad over exposed. It was tremendously bright that day. I don't know how those women can sit in the sun all day long!