![Vegueta Market](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50533150248_6bb825a029_o.jpg)
This post is dedicated to my newfound obsession with fruits. I've always liked fruits but back in Toronto I would only get a small variety of them (a lot of melons and strawberries..sometimes grapes, blueberries, etc). But here I've recently started a goal to try all the different types available and at least one per day. I guess this new interest is due mainly to the new book I'm reading called The Fruit Hunters. It's a super interesting book that talks about a lot of exotic fruits around the world, most of which I had no idea existed. Maybe that's why I suddenly got a desire to try as many different fruits as I can (there's thousands of different types around the world), especially on my travels. Eventually I will start a separate Instagram account to document them all. I wish I started this sooner, especially in Peru and the Amazon last year as there were a lot of exotic ones there! But here in Canary Islands is a pretty good place to start as well.
So in the photo above is Vegueta Market, a farmers market full of fruits and vegetables (and some meat/seafood stalls). I really loved it there..the stalls were all bursting with different fruits and colours. This photo below is the book:
![The Fruit Hunters book](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50533287153_4911ec77bf_o.jpg)
![Vegueta Market Las Palmas](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50533880026_df85e01fa2_o.jpg)
![Vegueta Market Las Palmas](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50534032617_6b69e7c188_o.jpg)
![Mercado de Vegueta](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50533879781_cd10effcb9_o.jpg)
![Mercado de Vegueta](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50533879776_91459ab370_o.jpg)
![Mercado de Vegueta](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50533879736_e6f3393d11_o.jpg)
![Vegueta Market](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50533879571_6d4994e571_o.jpg)
![banana plantation Canary Islands](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50534033092_edfd4ee4b8_o.jpg)
Last week we visited a banana plantation (there's a LOT of them here).
![banana plantation Canary Islands](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50533150938_8ccb4d0500_o.jpg)
![banana plantation Canary Islands](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50533150838_94197428c2_o.jpg)
![banana plantation Canary Islands](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50533880181_71d7b0fbeb_o.jpg)
![citrus fruit tree](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50533880151_d4717d2b46_o.jpg)
They had some other fruit trees as well like this citrus tree (it grew both lemons and oranges)
![banana plantation](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50533880116_9a690580a9_o.jpg)
Growing bananas under the flower leaf
![banana plantation](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50533879531_a7e1a589ff_o.jpg)
One thing I didn't know was that each tree can only yield one bunch of bananas in their lifetime. Once the banana bunch is cut off/harvested, the tree must also be cut down to make way for a new tree to grow. Canary Islands grow their own type of banana which is a bit smaller and tastier than the other varieties.
![fresh fruits](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50533150148_9882096604_o.jpg)
Some of the fruits we brought back from the plantation. The guava got a bit crushed.
![guava](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50534032157_e9297abdee_o.jpg)
I can't believe it was my first time trying guava (I think). I love the smell of them. They are pretty good and convenient to eat.
![mango](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50534032097_c226fa2207_o.jpg)
Mango
![dragonfruit](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50534167167_39092e8146_o.jpg)
Dragonfruit
![palm tree dates](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50534016046_95421a3ce6_o.jpg)
Palm tree dates
![guava](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50534167117_ed7e6894d6_o.jpg)
Guava again. I thought the green ones were just another type of guava but I guess it's the unripe kind lol.
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