It's just teak everywhere,

Eros is everywhere. It is what binds.

Total restoration of a flood-damaged car can be as extensive and expensive as restoring a classic car,

There is a lull to the very air of the place, the creaking of the tall teak forests, the lapping of the canals, the gentle swaying of the little kingfishers who sit like neat blue idols on almost every telegraph wire.

What we saw was that there was still a layer of muck everywhere, and that some of it is still contaminated.

One and all, the orthodox creeds are crumbling into ruins everywhere.