Bangkok, Thailand, April 21, 2009

Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 02:20:17 PM

Before my departure from this beautiful country, I visited yet another floating market to buy mangos and take more pictures. There are many floating markets near Bangkok; canals surround the city where the local growers bring their products from other villages.

Details make themselves clear to me on this day. The Thai mango is honed to a perfection of texture, a silky sweetness and simplicity of flavor here in Thailand. Mango has been domesticated in these lands for generations to arrive at her present perfection. Horticulturists have worked their magic of selection here in Thailand. Each variety has its own sense of place among her people. Her flavors are delicate and curves sophisticated. She, the mango is an inspiration to me and I will leave with a rejuvenated sense of her. Yet, my heart is heavy, for this land is an inspiration to the lover of the mango.

I want to thank Dole and their people for their support in this experience. I take with me good memories and images for the love of mangos. I travel to Okinawa- Japan and the modern world of the dwarf, intensive cultivation of the orient.

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