Long pirogues were poled across the pink and silver currents of the river at sunset, frogs called loudly from the banks and huge bats swirled overhead in the last of the light.

• 用篙撑著的长长独木舟横越在河面上，落日将粼粼流动的河水染上一层粉红色的银光，河岸边的青蛙大声的鸣叫，巨大的蝙蝠在天空仅存的微光中盘旋著。