Day 23 Touring Old Town Phuket
This will be our last outing so we're off early in the morning in order to return around noon for packing and relaxing before our departure tomorrow morning. We're surprised that Dome has arranged for us to visit a rubber tree plantation and Kitty, the landowner and farmer, educated us on the ins and outs of harvesting the rubber tree sap. He also has a durian tree. Remember durian? They say it smells like hell and tastes like heaven. I'm bringing home some chocolate covered durian from this trip. It's the big one center in the back. And then there's the cashew tree. I was amazed that each bulb on the tree only produces ONE NUT! The locals harvest the nuts, break open the hard shell and roast the inside nut for eating. They also take the bulb (looks like a mini pepper to me!) and cook it for eating as well but it better be yellow and ripe instead of green. The leaves smell wonderful! Cashews Only one per little pepper-like bulb ...