Rain rain go away, come again another day! The Team and I woke up to rain this morning. We had planned to go to Irente Farm for lunch and then hiking up around Irente Pointe. We decided to hold off on that adventure until tomorrow. Hopefully it will be less wet and full of sunshine! Fingers crossed.....
Instead, we took off on a 2 hour car ride Korogwe where we were hoping to find a working ATM. Lushoto has an ATM but it does not take Visa. Many of us are running low on shillings and are were in need. The drive the beautiful. After driving down from the Usumbara Mountains, we drove an hour further south towards Dar es Salaam only to find a "closed for maintenance" ATM!!!! Talk about frustrating!!!! We decided to grab lunch in Korogwe, so our trip wasn't made for nothing! We enjoyed some great pizza and soda and stopped again at the ATM to see if it had miraculously been fixed... no luck!
Pondering what to do for dinner, I suggested we stop along side the road for some fruits and some parachichi (avocadoes) to fulfill the Mexican Food craving many of us were having. The team agreed and Efraem pulled up to some eager man selling tons of different fruits. We were pretty much mobbed by men coming in our windows trying to get us to buy from them. We managed to get 5 avocados, 3 mangos, 1 HUUUUGE Jack Fruit, and 2 Cocoa fruits for a mere $6!!! With a quick stop in the Lushoto Market we would be set to make some guac and have enjoy some fresh and interesting new fruits! Check out the pictures below. I'm not lying when I say HUGE and interesting :)
Though the day was pretty uneventful, we had a lot of fun just hanging out in the rain and making the most of our last Saturday together in Lushoto. Tomorrow, we are hoping to wake up to clear skies so that we can enjoy a Sunday up at Irente. From the pictures, you can tell we enjoyed some delicious guac accompanied with fresh, made from scratch, Chipatti. The staff at our hostel thought we were pretty hilarious bringing in fruit and other food to prepare and share. They were delighted to get to enjoy our fixings :) Check back soon to hopefully see some pics from Irente!
Driving back towards the Usambara Mountains
JACK FRUIT!!!! JACK POT!!!!!
Anybody for some Jack Fruit (Finessi)
This things literally weighed 20 pounds!
Guac fixin's
Making some guacamole
Inside of the Jack Fruit, very interesting to eat, you have to take the membrane around the seed off and then take the seed out of the middle. It tastes similar to a banana but the texture can really getcha!
Ta-da!!!
TopeTope...Cocoa Fruit
Valerie and Bronwyn helping take apart the Jack Fruit
Instead, we took off on a 2 hour car ride Korogwe where we were hoping to find a working ATM. Lushoto has an ATM but it does not take Visa. Many of us are running low on shillings and are were in need. The drive the beautiful. After driving down from the Usumbara Mountains, we drove an hour further south towards Dar es Salaam only to find a "closed for maintenance" ATM!!!! Talk about frustrating!!!! We decided to grab lunch in Korogwe, so our trip wasn't made for nothing! We enjoyed some great pizza and soda and stopped again at the ATM to see if it had miraculously been fixed... no luck!
Pondering what to do for dinner, I suggested we stop along side the road for some fruits and some parachichi (avocadoes) to fulfill the Mexican Food craving many of us were having. The team agreed and Efraem pulled up to some eager man selling tons of different fruits. We were pretty much mobbed by men coming in our windows trying to get us to buy from them. We managed to get 5 avocados, 3 mangos, 1 HUUUUGE Jack Fruit, and 2 Cocoa fruits for a mere $6!!! With a quick stop in the Lushoto Market we would be set to make some guac and have enjoy some fresh and interesting new fruits! Check out the pictures below. I'm not lying when I say HUGE and interesting :)
Though the day was pretty uneventful, we had a lot of fun just hanging out in the rain and making the most of our last Saturday together in Lushoto. Tomorrow, we are hoping to wake up to clear skies so that we can enjoy a Sunday up at Irente. From the pictures, you can tell we enjoyed some delicious guac accompanied with fresh, made from scratch, Chipatti. The staff at our hostel thought we were pretty hilarious bringing in fruit and other food to prepare and share. They were delighted to get to enjoy our fixings :) Check back soon to hopefully see some pics from Irente!
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