Mangoes

... ; groves of date-palms shadow the honeycombed-tombs at Bat (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and mud-brick citadels and wild mangoes couple brazenly at Mokneyat. Bounded by the jagged Hajar Mountains in the northeast and the immense Rub al-Khali desert to the ...

... ;t cut mangoes as well as the “experts” but hopefully the concept is clear.      _______________I enjoy eating mangoes the way locals do here, sprinkled with lime juice and salt.  Delicious! ...

Though probably the least novel of the bunch, the mangoes were definitely next in line in the race to obsolescence. Even though mangoes aren't exactly a novelty, I love them and wanted to buy some anyway. Lucky for me, one of the vendors was selling two ...

... of the road. It is officially mango season, trees line the road and their branches are fit to breaking with the number of ripe mangoes dripping from them.  They come in all shapes and sizes, small and yellow, large and red, but they all seem to be ...

... so I decided to make a run out to the big super market to pick up some things. While there I decide to get some frozen mangoes because I like them with cream.  As I entered the checkout like I got behind an older dude and his young daughter. ...

... went to North Bengal where my grandfather has his farm. And what a grandiose time we had there!!!! There's an orchard full of mangoes and lichees which in itself is paradise found. And then the fields surrounding have okra, red spinach (you can't find it ...

... , I wanted to share a couple of funny anecdotes. Anecdote 1)  We are nearing the end of mango season in Paraguay.  Mangoes are an evil fruit - seductive and deadly.  We do not have mango trees in our site because we are far ...

... -laws took us on a tour and explained all about the workings of the plantation, water allocations, irrigation systems, banana trees, mangoes, vegetables and table grape vines. All very interesting and just wish that I could remember more of the details. ...

... ? We quizzed each other, now what exactly a sort of ceremony is that? Sibi, enclosed in escarpments, falaises and hundreds of mangoes trees is a 35km weekend break form Bamako and about the same again from Kourmale and the Guinea border. Perfect to ...

... up and eat them off the street (giving a new name to 'street food', literally) and the locals feed their horses mangoes instead of hay. The buildings are colourful and well maintained, the humidity is intense and it looks like rainy season is starting to ...

... time alone on the beach, I was unsure as to my desire to depart. However, I had a bus from Bhuj to Junagadh, renowned for its mangoes, as the season of the King of Fruit had begun. On arrival I bought a kilo of them (as I almost do daily) and ate them ...

... visiting the main kraton in Solo and its museum. Let's not forget about mangoe season. Two days in a row we ate four mangoes - at bargain prices - 1,000 rupiah each (10 cents! Complete mango delight) We also saw Casino Royale at a cineplex for 15,000 ...

... us hold it. Not such a good idea, I think that baby's still having nightmares.   One bus diver bought heaps of mangoes (1 cent for 2) and bananas and told us to throw them out of the window, all of a sudden monkeys came from everywhere and ...

... for us.  We had many varieties and lunch was delicious. After another round of coconuts brought fresh from the trees, delicious mangoes and pineapples we sat off for the rest of our journey.       We reached Kottayam in ...

We arrived in the village of Barinitas and were welcomed by George´s mother and her cousins. Driving through Barinas to Barinitas, the contrast to the rest of Venezeula was evident. The land was completely flat.....the houses all bungalows......the ...

... sheave down to the deck.  On trip #4 up the mast Dave took the bitter end of the halyard after threading it through the headboard 2:1 block and tied it to the mast crane.  Mission accomplished.  It ain’t all rum and ...

Waited for Noah to wake up this morning. We were to hike up the mountain through cane fields. But first, he had to drop off his cows. It amazes me how they can respond to his herding calls. It was a gradual clmib which I was glad to take easy. ...

Well, well, well. Would you Adam 'n' Eve It?  They've only gone and changed their bleeding plans again.  The Bird wanted to get a shifty on and head to Mali.  The Bloke was happy to procrastinate by going south through Gambia, back into Senegal ...