We started out this morning in familiar territory – at least familiar to me since I have been there before – Malioboro Market.
If you get there early enough there’s almost no one else there
“Lucky” for us, Hugo wakes up at 5am these days so it’s easy to get out before the heat of the day settles in.
Malioboro is at the center of Yogyakarta’s tourist area and is lined on both sides with stalls and shops selling local arts and crafts.
Endless rows of batik clothing
So far on the trip we haven’t found an outdoor market that Hugo doesn’t like.
Toy cars made of wood!
After walking all the way through the market, we picked up some fruits to eat at home. I had some questions about rambutan yesterday, so here’s a picture of what they look like on the inside:
Rambutan, half peeled
We also picked up some mangosteen, which I love but Gareth hates. More for me!
Mangosteen on the outside
Mangosteen on the inside!
Mangosteen is sweet and amazing.
It tastes like your favorite day dreams manifested in fruit form.
We also picked up a few of these:
It’s called salak, or snake fruit, or alligator balls, depending on who you ask. It has a thin scaly peel over white sections of fruit.
Gareth loves salak, but I’m not crazy about them. They taste like a really dry apple.
Thanks for posting rambutan pictures! That does look like a lychee..the mangosteen looks interesting too. I wonder if they sell these anywhere in the U.S..
I don’t know where you live, but we can get them in Seattle in the bug Asian markets like Uwajimaya and Super Viet Wah.
I’ve actually visited Uwajimaya in Seattle (loved it!), but I’m in the North East and we don’t have anything huge like that near me..I’ll keep an eye out though..Thanks.