Collapsed trees lay where fallen, their dirt-filled stumps rising higher than a man. Telephone and electrical wires drooped down, touching road level, stretched and frayed from sun and neglect. Wrecks of cars and trucks rested sunken in mud, stripped of their wheels and axles and now used for oxcarts and Ho Chi Minh sandals. The wood panelling removed from the vehicles had been used for building and burning, the doors ajar and windshields missing; vinyl and stuffing from crumbled seats exposed