Desaru Fruit Farm

After experiencing the slight boringness of the Museum, we headed off to the 100 acre woods, or farm, the Desaru Fruit Farm, which was located a short distance away from the museum. We reached the farm at noon. By that time, the breakfast that seemed sufficient then had long gone into the depths of our digestive system and all of us were famished. FAMISHED I SAY.

 'Welcome to Desaru Fruit Farm' 

Everybody getting of the bus to start the tour. Wheee.

At the farm, we met our fabulous tour guide, Zaidi, who filled our empty heads with useful information on the fruits that can be found there. We were also given stickers to paste on ourselves just to add to the whole touristy vibe.

 The sticker that was given to us. 

He showed us a lot of fruits. If I were to list them all here, this blogpost would never end. However, there  was a fruit that really caught my eye. It is the Mengkudu or Noni. It is said that the Noni can be used to get rid of the cancer cells in our body when consumed. It is usually made into a juice. However, it tastes bitter and sour, which makes it very horrible. To add to the whole horrible effect, it smells horrible. As said by Zaidi, " Lebih busuk dari bau tahi ayam." Which means, it is smellier than chicken faeces.

Noni that rotted on the ground.

Another fruit that intrigued me was the Pulasan. It comes from the much loved Rambutan family. It even looks like rambutan. Unlike the rambutan, this fruit cannot be opened by the mouth, as it contains a certain kind of rubber that may destroy your lips. It contains vitamin A and is a tropical fruit. Unfortunately, we did not get to see any of the fruit as it was not in season. We only got to see a few fruits that were leftover from the previous Pulasan season.

Well, to sum up the fruits that we saw on the rest of the tour, we have put together a collage of fruit photos. 

FRUITY GALORE.

Halfway through the tour, we stopped by a shelter where they were selling icy cold, fresh fruit juice and fish food to feed the hungry fishes at the pond nearby. Most of us went ahead and bought the juice. I mean, who wouldn't pass up an opportunity to buy cold drinks. It was a sweltering hot day after all. But I, Umairah, bought the fish food because I had never fed fishes in a pond like that before.

 Tour Guide Zaidi promoting the juice.

 Hungry fishies.

 2RM fish food.

 Fighting for food.

Very big fish.

After that, we continued on with our tour where we came to an open clearing with a few trees and tour guide Zaidi came to a mysterious box. It turned out to be a beehive. Some of us fled to safety for fear of being stung. But I went as near as I could and managed to snap a photo.

" Beehive", as said by Agatha.

This next fruit is a very interesting one. It is the Pisang Seribu Jari, or, Thousand Finger Banana. This is an extremely interesting fruit. It only produces female flowers which continues to produce fruit until it reaches the ground. The stem of the fruit can grow as long as 2 metres tall and the fruit itself can only grow as big as our fingers. However, it is a fruit that is not encouraged to be eaten as it contains a lot of tiny black seeds and tastes bitter. 

Apart from having a lot of fruits, this farm also has a Mini Zoo, which made all of the girls squeal with delight at the sight of all of the cute animals. We saw rabbits, monkeys, goats, ducks, chicken and even an ostrich. We even had an opportunity to feed the animals. We also had an encounter with a crazy goat. It was truly the highlight of our trip to the fruit farm. 

 Just seeing this sign made us all squeal.

 DUCKS!!

 CUTE FLUFFY RABBITS!!

Hello Mr. Ostrich.

 DUCKLINGS. Have you ever seen anything cuter than a sleeping duckling?

 Crazy goat.

WELCOME TO THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

After that, it was finally time for lunch. We had expected to be served with a healthy, fruity lunch. However, we were presented with chicken, fish, prawns and squid. We were presented with a long buffet table of fresh fruits as desert. Mr Azam was speaking the truth when he said to us before the trip, " The lunch is FANTABULOUS. " 

Yay to yummy food. 

After that, we proceeded to an open air lecture hall to listen to a talk about honey by Mrs Hani, where she promoted bottle after bottle of honey to us. We girls at the back could not hear anything though, probably because Mrs Hani did not want to ruin her honey sweet voice by talking too loudly. She also promoted to us other honey items. But unfortunately, most of us were not interested. 

 Promoting the honey and other products to us. 

 During the talk, we spotted somebody making good use of the sticker given to us.

Brilliant. 

After the talk, we headed to the shop which was selling fresh fruits from the farm, tidbits and other souvenirs to bring home for our family, or to eat in the bus. We, Umairah and Sakina, decided on buying the fresh fruits to bring home for our family members. Particularly our fathers to give thanks for letting us go on this trip. And also because Umairah's father is a fruit fanatic. And at about 3:00 pm, we left the fruit farm with fond memories and new knowledge. From there, we stopped by a rest stop for prayers and headed off to Angsana for the last and most enjoyable part of the trip, SHOPPING.