January 4

myself and my host father, Bob, planted 40 taro plants (Alex's favorite) this morning in Alex and I's kava garden (we have three gardens, the kava garden - which is the farthest antap (on top), our antap karen- which isn't really that much antap and the garden beside our future house.) Apparently taro is a good companion plant for kava. I originally wanted about half a dozen kava plants to harvest and share just before I returned to America; but now we've got at least a quarter acre of kava and taro (and Bob has plans to expand).
After lunch, Alex and I planted some tomato and bean seedlings near our future house, and talked for long time about life.