Fruit From the Santiago Market

Panajachel

Taking a break from building the house, we went to Panajachel on Lake Atitlan. We also took a boat across the lake to Santiago and visited the market there.

At the market, we had the chance to taste some fruit that was new to us. The first was pitaya, or dragon fruit, which comes from a column cactus. It tasted light and refreshing.


I don't know the name of the other fruit. I thought it was licha or liche, but after doing a google search, I don't think that is correct. Does anyone know what this fruit is called?

* Thank you to Mike at Vagabondish for identifying the fruit as rambutan!

After the skin was peeled away, it resembled a large peeled red grape, and it tasted like one, too. Both fruit fit in the "peel it yourself" category of okay to eat, although we used a knife to quarter the pitaya.

Someone from God's Child Project came with us to make sure we stayed out of trouble. ;-)
I'm glad he was there, because he is the one who pointed out the fruit. If he hadn't, we would have walked right by it and missed out on a new experience!