The exoctic strawberry.

by Bouchra Zaidouni (Belgium)

I didn't expect to find Malaysia

In the twilight of that summer morning, we found ourselves awake after a long evening of silence. Our dream came true, the two of us together again. We decided to get out of our comfort zone and venture into the Malaysian jungle. Between us, nothing could happen to us. We were enriched by meeting others. Our first day was exotic, exotic food, exotic night, exotic us ... In the following days, we are enriched by meeting others, isolated people, with a simple life. a happy life. Happiness. Children playing in the trees. Mothers preparing a good meal. An ambient humidity that invites to escape. After several days in the heart of Taman Negara, we take the road to Cameroon Highlands, we didn't expect to find strawberry farms there. How in the middle of all these tea plantations we could find this smoothness, this sweetness, this color. The contrast between this greenery and this redness left us speechless. We didn't expect to find this