Just an update, said earlier about stopping tapping the biggest plantation early, due to wind, low prices and tappers not thinking it's worth it.
Well those trees are all greened up already, one good rain and they will be ready to open again, will give them to the end of the month to rest, but lesson learned, I think.
Stop tapping early, trees are still strong and recover faster, now just the prices have to pick up.

On anther note, poverty does not become me and it's time the kids, wife and I got out of the jungle for awhile, so in the proccess of renewing passports etc.
Wife's got a job sorted in Australia, kids are booked into a school, so April sometime we head back.

No idea for how long, but at least until the kids English gets better, will see how much money comes in from the rubber while away, inlaws, workers will no doubt steal a lot more, but I'm sick of rice and time for a holiday of sorts. Jim