Wander down near the lake to marvel at the yachts (almost as large as the resort itself) or saunter to the near-silent garden near the golf course, where a colossal
kapok tree rises several stories.
Dandelion-like cotton balls from a
kapok tree overhead land like dust on the visitors.
I went to another favourite market of mine, where I know the stationery seller, the paan-wala, the photo guy who charges Rs30 for a hardcopy 4x7 print of one nice family photo taken from a phone, and the cobbler under the
Kapok tree (who glued back both soles of a pair of my only slightly coming undone shoes, also for Rs30).
Their topics include The Great
Kapok Tree, art analysis, poetry analysis, overpopulation of wild boars, and biography study.
And deep in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador, it is the
kapok tree, with dramatic, giant exposed roots, where I learn about the beliefs of the Achuar people.
Visitors to the dome can gather valuable information as they walk through four layers surrounding the central replica of the
kapok tree. The journey begins on the emergent floor, the fourth level which you reach through an elevator.
Deep in the forest nearby, thereas also a 36.5 meter (120-foot) stainless steel canopy tower built next to a giant 47-meter high (155-foot)
kapok tree with a viewing platform, allowing guests to observe the wildlife above the forest floor.
"While in Spain on a business trip, I saw a
kapok tree with bundles of fibers hanging from its branches," Simard says.
Kids can climb a nine-foot
kapok tree, explore a gorilla nest, build a model insect, identify endangered species and become a research assistant through assignments, costumes and props.
English: Indian cottonwood, Indian kapok,
Kapok tree, Red cottontree, Red-flowered silk-cotton tree, Red silk-cotton, Red silk-cotton tree, Shaving brush, Silk cotton tree, Simal tree Brassica rapa L.
This book begins with a man who has tired while chopping down a huge
kapok tree and decides to lies down to rest at the foot of the tree.
(1990) The Great
Kapok Tree. New York: Harcourt Children's Books.