It is wise to get to know someone from getting to know his friends. And I was just doing that when last September T brought me for a weekend trip to Kanchanaburi with his friends. There were 7 of them - young and energetic office workers in their 20s and 30s. The trip was remarkably fun because we were staying in a resort set in a natural environment next to River Kwai, a river flows in western of Thailand infamous for its Bridge over the River Kwai. Such a refreshing weekend getaway with good food, great friends and freshest air!
As it was our first trip together, I was so looking forward to it for the entire week. Located 130 kms west of Bangkok, Kanchanaburi is Thailand's fourth largest province that spans over 19,486 square kilometres, and borders Burma to the West. The comfortable 2 hours drive brought us to this province which is famous for its bridge, waterfalls, caves, national parks and reservoir.
Along the way, we had a chance to visit Rose Apple farm. It was so much fun watching all these beautiful fruits hanging on the branches and gaining knowledge about how this fruits grow and where to market them. The whole experience turned out to be a wonderful one as the farm owner let us pick the fruits right from the trees and eat them fresh. Of course we could only leave in content if we were allowed to buy some for friends and the loved ones at home. We also had the chance to visit a beautiful temple nearby and Amphawa floating market. Well, a trip can never be complete without buying local snacks and tidbits.
While other friends' fresh-from-the-farm rose apples mostly ended up right in the stomach, mine took a longer journey. And I was recalling my get-to-know-each-other trip with T, I left these rose apples as a present for you to enjoy.....
Gorgeous photos and sounds like a lovely trip. I've never heard of apple roses but they look very interesting/delicious!
ReplyDeleteGOSH...!!!! I'm jealous.. I miss 'jambu' so much, *that we called this fruit*
ReplyDeleteI adore your pictures as always :) and I wish your 'journey' with T will bring so much happines, Kris and you will be perfect together..
Delicious and beautiful! What more could you ask for?
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun trip. Your photos are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteMimi
I have never heard of this fruit! At first glance I thought they were red bell peppers:) They sure are beautiful though!
ReplyDeleteLauren: Well, maybe you could ask for cake or ice cream made from apple rose??? Check out: http://bakeinparis.blogspot.com/2009/01/latest_16.html
ReplyDeleteMimi: Thanks! I never realized how fun it is to include trip photos into my blog until recently.
Xiaolu: Thanks, I am sure it will be nice to bake apple rose cupcakes, don't you think?
Sue Sparks: I am sure they must turn out beautiful if you draw them on your icing cookies! :-)
Regards
Kris
Yes, jambu merah! Love it too, just that in Jakarta it doesn't taste as good as the ones in Bangkok!
ReplyDeleteFit, thanks for your supportive wishes. The relationship is getting stronger, hope it will last *I always make my wishes too.
Regards
Kris
I have discovered your blog by accident. I have reviewed all the posts and I love it! Congratulations on amazing blog. Greetings from Poland.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nina, your blog is very interesting too. Hope maybe one day there will be an English version for me to read. For now I enjoy the photos very much. :-)
ReplyDeleteSawasdee from Thailand,
Kris
Beautiful shots, Kris. I miss chom-poo. :)
ReplyDeleteThe photos are beautiful and the fruit so intriguing. Thanks for sharing your trip, Thailand must be beautiful. I love your Daring Baker post too, very creative.
ReplyDeletewonderful photos! these "jambu merah" fruit is always one of my favorites, too bad it's also one of the impossible fruits to find here in the US.
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