Fruit, Fruit, Fruit!

Fruit, Fruit, Fruit!

One of the greatest things about living in Thailand is all the fresh produce; in particular, the fresh fruit.  You may want to run grab a Kleenex before you read further, because you will be crying when I precede to tell you what fruit I get and what I pay for it.  Actually, I might run grab a Kleenex because it brings a tear to my eye to think that I can get this amazing fruit for near nothing.

So, this great man in my photo is my fruit man and this is his “store.”  I don’t know if you can tell, but he has FRESH: pineapple, mango, watermelon, cantaloupe, papaya, guava, and some other fruit that I am still not sure what they are.

He is outside our front gate every morning.  I usually bike out to him or go after my Muay Thai boxing (that is another post) and buy fruit for the day.  Below are the prices I pay for fresh, already peeled, cut and ready to eat fruit:

            Pineapple, watermelon, cantaloupe, papaya -10B (roughly 30cents)

            Mango, Guava – 15B (50 cents)

So, on any given day I’ll spend around 100b (about $3) and get fruit for dinner, smoothies, and snacks.  It is just unbelievable that it is so cheap; and what’s more, it is so good.
Are you crying yet?  :)