If you've never seen how coconuts are picked, you're in for a treat.
This lad is right at the top of the coconut palm with his machete, chopping the young green coconut cluster from the tree. He ties a rope around the top of the cluster...
Mindoro, Philippines, 2007
... but first a longer view...
...then lets it loose while someone on the ground slowly lowers the coconut cluster.
Then the lad deftly climbs down the coconut palm, the same way he went up, in bare feet.
And then the green coconuts, full of sweet healthy water, are cut open and served - garnished with lovely hibiscus - as welcome drinks to the day's newcomers to this resort in a tropical paradise...
PALM is the theme for Theme Thursday and you will find links to many other creative takes on the theme when you click on the link.