Hey everyone,
As of now I am in Guangzhou, China. I will be going to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Langkawi, Kota Kinabalu, then to Tenom and maybe Limbang.
I am in Guangzhou to collect some plants/seeds of lychee and wild rambutan. Since heading off the train station I already saw people selling lychees and myrica rubra. I first headed today to the Jiangnan Fruit and Vegetables market. When we told the taxi driver to go there, he dropped us off at the wholesale distribution trading center and talked to the guards for a while to let us in. Turns out they thought we were foreign investors looking to purchase and distribute, but then we walked to the market itself. I saw several different lychee varieties, and onE of them being sold was picked fully green but still sweet. I forgot to take picturespecially in all the excitement. I ended up buying lychees and mangosteen for less than a dollar a pound.
Tomorrow I am heading to South China Botanical Gardens and I will take lots of pictures.
On the streets I found a giant lychee being sold as well, we tried to ask variety names, but they laughed and shook their heads.
I will go into more detail later on about the fruits, but for now I have limited WiFi and no phone service. Will make sure to post everything else on lychees.