The Mango Festival

Today I got the chance to hang out with some awesome kids and see a million different things made from mangoes. It was the annual Mango Festival at the National Stadium, where creative souls come to show off their new creations made out of this delicious fruit.



Right now is the peak of mango season (avocado being the next), so it was fitting for the festival today, but I have NO IDEA there were so many variations of mangoes. At least 10 different kinds of mangoes from babies to large cantaloupe size. Now I have a couple mangoes trees in my yard and one fair game tree at the bus stop. I always assumed there were two kinds: stringy and not stringy. Makes sense right? One gets stuck in your teeth for days and one doesn't. Guess which I choose?



I saw some strange creations made from mangoes too: mango pizza, mango ketchup, mango cheese and fried mangoes. Some of the more normal inventions were: mango nectar, mango pie, mango cheesecake, mango ice cream (i tried this one, duh!), mango rum, mango crumb cake and mango popsicles.



Overall, it was a very mango-y day. Hung out with some awesome kids from another volunteers summer camp, got some delicious mango ice cream and paid my water bill! SUCCESS!

Miss you all,
Mack