Nightly journeys- where is this place?

Out in the deep blowing darkness
Sky finally turned navy blue at eleven pm
With gaps of pale turquoise left as patches
Glimmering in the darkness a star

Twilight at six pm, dusk suddenly imminent
Cicadas making music in the trees
Evening star, venus, pale blue looking down
Dusty warm air cooling down

Long journey in second class three tier
Plunging through the dark night
Lights in the bush, a distant village
Fires burning bright

Taxi ride through rubber plantations
Trees standing tall in straight lines
Climbing into the cool hills, darkness falls
Headlights chasing each other up the road
Night rushing past till journey's end.

Rebekah Dickinson July 2010