Tropical twilight is short.
Darkness is deep and blue.
Sea glimmers.
Land is black.
Stars are brilliant.
Candlelight is yellow.
Bats dart.
A lizard scuttles.
Wild pigs grunt.
A peacock screams.
Insects chirp.
The cool air is jasmine-scented.
I summarize with a list in order to demonstrate the number of distinct details in this descriptive paragraph, including four senses or five if we count the dinner that the characters eat although, unfortunately, this is not described. (We had a Food Thread a while back.)
2 comments:
That's one of the first things you notice in the tropics, especially on the equator: sundown (and sunrise) is -fast-. And it happens the same time all year 'round.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
I noticed that in Hawaii, the Sun might set around 6.30 PM and full dark would come in about half an hour. Starting a bit before actual sunset.
Ad astra! Sean
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