October 9: Today we visited the Farmers Market just outside of Pahoa, the town closest to us. This town looks very old and is inhabited by a lot of hippies. There are tattoo shops, pizza shops and places to buy tie-dyed clothes, incense, flowers, island fruits and marijuana. The Farmer's Market, however, was a little different. There were varieties of everything, including orchids of all kinds and some interesting typical Hawaiian eats. I actually bought most of my souvenirs here, cause the prices and the variety of goods were great. I took lots of pictures of the beautiful orchids for sale. I also encountered “dragon fruit” which is the prettiest fruit I have ever seen. This fruit had an outer skin which, except for the rainbow colors, looked like an artichoke. Inside, the fruit was mushy
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