"There's a town in here?" Rodrigo asked dubiously. For the past hour, Peinam had been leading them through a wetland of reeds whose tasseled #stalks waved high overhead.
"Mmhm--we're here!" Peinam said.
The circular houses of Natalelu were formed of living reeds bent inward & tied together at the top--they looked like onion domes. A tracery of boardwalks & channels wove through the town.
"Ma, Pa, everyone!" Peinam called. "Come meet the friends I made while traveling!"



