On Wednesday afternoon, while some people went shopping, others visited Bogor Botanical Gardens, home to beautiful 200-year old trees. At the end of the day, the visitors got showered by a generous tropical rainfall: a little hands-on experience before going into the field!

At Bogor Botanical Gardens, before the rainfall – Copyright : Laurent Pouyaud / IRD

(translated by Solene Chambon and Estelle Rasselet, L2 SVC, UM2, France)