- Daniel said on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 08:00:25 AM
http://delicious.com/danikreg
What giant appetizing shrimps and crabs! Wow, it looks incredible!!!
I dont think crabs grow in farms though.
- steve said on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 09:07:36 AM
the fruits are(big)dragonfruit and(small) lychees.
- TSRA said on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 06:41:50 PM
Andy, fellow Indiana native here.
Your travels are interesting but you really dont seem to have an inquisitive nature about the foods you encounter. Fuzzy fruit? The lychee is very common in asia, certainly you should have learned the name by now. Shrimp cocktail? Seems as though your palate is still stuck back at the local diner.
I looked for other postings about food on your sight (very little by the way considering all of the different places youve been). You mention a good food to have on a bus or plane is to pop open a can of tuna. Please consider the other passengers, especially after you have complained about body odor so much. Something with a neutral odor is more considerate.
Im beginning to wonder about how much you get your head into the places you travel. Although I do find your insights interesting.. many times they remind me of other Hoosiers who cant quite come to the understanding that there are vastly different cultures and the reasons behind those differences.
Sorry for my first post to be of this nature but I just had to vent a bit.
Good travels.
- Darren said on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 07:05:04 PM
http://www.itravelabout.com
Lychee are one of my favorite fruits here in Thailand. Recommended for those who have not tried them.
- Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 01:17:45 AM
Am I suppose to call you TSRA?
Hmm, interesting cultural observation.
Andy
- slimbag said on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 10:39:44 AM
you should try the Durian, such a wonderful fruit -)
- Nicholas said on Sunday July 5th, 2009 05:24:39 PM
Haha, I love it when people come across as very arrogant and correct people like TSRA does and then have it completly wrong. There are no lychee fruits in that picture. The fuzzy fruit is called Ngo in thai. Rambutan is the english name.
- Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Sunday July 5th, 2009 09:20:25 PM
I was nervous calling it a fruit, I never know, maybe it is a vegetable.
Andy
- TSRA said on Sunday July 5th, 2009 11:08:31 PM
Thanks for the clarification on the name of the fruit Nick. According to wiki the lychee and rambutan are closely related and bear some similarities though the Rambutan is fuzzier.
I think you missed the point of my earlier post which was that I dont get a lot of details that would seem answered by an inquisitive traveler. Andy notes that he is always fascinated by the fuzzy fruit. Hasnt he asked what they are yet? Has he had a taste? Are the sweet, sour, or bitter?
There are a lot of travel blogs out there and the readers are the customers so to speak. Is it arrogant to expect a little more than what I could get from a Tripadvisor thread.
And if I was worried about everything being so correct I would mention that your first sentence is somewhat incoherent but that would be picking nits.
However let me say that I do respect Andys travel credentials. He certainly is prolific and does well with variety of content.
Good travels
- Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Monday July 6th, 2009 01:30:56 AM
Damn I am a great internet Travel Writer.
I set the stage, I engaged the audience, and I proposed in a way that that elicited all the answers I needed to satisfy my curiosity.
A writers job is not to think for you, a writers job is to make you think and feel. The tools of an internet writer are different than a magazine writer.
Send a donation on a topic. I will focus on answers.
- Little Blossom said on Monday July 6th, 2009 06:18:04 AM
Hmmmm....interesting.
I just thought the pictures were very colorful in nature, now if I could only have smell-o-vision (who cares about the other smells!) I could enjoy the entire effect of the pictures!
BTW, if I dont know the answers to my questions about your posts Andy.....I research for myself.
Fuzzy fruit, sounds questionable to me! :-)
- Bob L said on Monday July 6th, 2009 08:32:41 AM
***A writers job is not to think for you, a writers job is to make you think and feel. The tools of an internet writer are different than a magazine writer.***
You definitely make me think and feel. But as provocative as your writing is, the comments section completes it. Comments add such a great dimension to this (and any). Different readers see different things in your writings. For example, I never would have seen this post as one that would encourage a lively discussion, yet it did.
Bob L
- Nicholas said on Wednesday July 8th, 2009 06:01:11 AM
Tsra, I think the lynchee is a more taster fruit than the rambutan. But the absolute best fruit here in south east asia is the mangosteen. Its amazing. Nothing compare to it. google it! You really should try it if you dont have already. I dont know if it was my sentence that was incoherent or someone else. Sry for that, my English is not my first language. Have fun with the fruits!
