Some Observations - Crafts, Foods, & Signs

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June 17th 2011

Published: June 17th 2011

Some of the craft and souvenir shops that you see on the islands are the same that you see anywhere. You have the typical jewelry, the T-shirts with numerous funny and not so funny sayings, handmade dolls and all of the other items you expect in a gift shop in any tourist town. The nice thing is that we have also seen many unique items – either due to the materials used or the skills involved.... Read Full Entry

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Bob & Janice Waller

s v Tsamaya

Like so many others we love to travel and we love to sail so cruising makes a lot of sense. Janice has retired from Cornell as a business manager and Bob has retired from South Seneca school district as the high school principal. It's time to sell the house, get rid of whatever doesn't fit on our 40 foot Caliber LRC named Tsamaya (this means Travel Well in Setswana) and set off to see the world. Our reasons for publishing this blog is twofold, first to keep in touch with our friends and family and secondly to share our experiences. If you would like to receive notification when we have added ... full info

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Do you know this one?

We saw a sugar apple (sweetsop) growing while on our walk to the falls while visiting St. Vincent.

About Ready to Eat

Joe, our tour guide in Dominica is about to eat the cashew apple. You have to either eat the whole thing at once or lean over as it is very juicy and makes quite a mess as Janice found out. It is quite soft and is tart but quite nice.

The inside of a sweetsop

You "peel" away the individual white pedals, eat the sweet white coating and discard the black seed inside.

Loaded with Mangoes

All the trees seem to be loaded with mangoes throughout the islands

Is it a banana?

This may look like a mango and bananas but they really are dessert figs. When buying “bananas” you always have to ask to find out what you are really buying as there is quite a variety ranging from plantains to dessert bananas, dessert figs and bananas.

Is this a pear?

The vendor called this a pear but we finally determined after talking to her that it is a pear avocado. “Please do not shake them” was the lesson every vendor told us so you don’t make the flesh inside black. We hadn’t seen one that was this deep a color of purple – in reality it is almost the color of eggplant.

The flag man

This is the “flag man” in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia that sold us those fabulous mangoes that have set the standard for us.

Lime makes the difference

We have learned that to bring out the flavor of the pawpaw you should squeeze a wedge of lime on it – what a great breakfast treat.

Starfruit on steroids

We had never seen star fruit this large before. They are a nice addition to a salad.

How much is that pie filling??

Just an example of one of the shelves we saw in a store recently. The can of apple pie filling was only $9! As we have said you can pretty much get anything you want in some of the shops if you have the money for it.

Our mango man

Godfrey went and picked us fresh mangoes and delivered them to us in his wooden fishing boat. After paying him he was treated to ice cold water as well. Many of the vendors have seemed to enjoy this treat as they are usually out in their boats for hours on very hot days.

Loads of Mangoes

We are constantly seeing trees loaded down with mangoes. We didn’t realize that there are so many varieties and there definitely is a difference. Luckily the vendors know the difference.

The sweetness of mango

Note the rich orange color of these sweet mangoes. The flesh is firm, sweet and without fibers – what a great find.

The bigger the better

A few of the mangoes we bought from Godfrey

ShurFine in the Islands

The ShurFine raisen bran sells for 15.50 EC which equals $5.81 US –this is much cheaper than we have seen in other places.

Breadfruit

Breadfruit trees are quite numerous. We always say we would hate to be under one when these drop. We found that you only pick what you need as they do not keep well at all so need to use them almost immediately.

A pear?

Pawpaw is better with lime

We have learned that to bring out the flavor of the pawpaw you should squeeze a wedge of lime on it – what a great breakfast treat.

Starfruit are bigger here

We had never seen star fruit this large before. They are a nice addition to a salad.

Are you in the safe zone?

Montserrat is dividied into zones and at times warnings are given that zones must be evacuated due to volcanic activity

Who is that on the label?

Yes,, that really is Janice - this is one of the distilleries we toured on Martinique

18th June 2011

Sherry Haefele
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Ithaca news
Your blog is bringing back fond memories. Hope to see you in Ithaca. I think it will stop raining soon and be safe. Sherry & Lee

27th March 2016

Bharat Kadge
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What Is it ?
The fruit shown under this caption is called " Custard Apple ".Nearby Mumbai,Maharashtra, there are lot of gardens of this fruit. I have thoroughly enjoyed your blogs.I find them informative and very positive.

27th March 2016

s v Tsamaya
Bob & Janice Waller

thank you
Thank you Bharat for the comment and glad that you are enjoying the blog. It was nice of you to comment on one of our older entries as it brought back memories of our travels from previous years!

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