The acacia trees were perhaps the most stunning flora we came across on our trip. They appeared often during our travels, and could turn any isolated horizon into one of simple majesty. Appreciating the vegetation was an unexpected pleasure of our trip. Viewing the different varieties felt like playing a game of Exquisite Corpse, where the component parts felt familiar to North American eyes but the end results were very different. Unusual sights included trees that were actually cactuses, pine trees with branches like willows and Birds of Paradise plants in excess of twenty feet.