Around the World in 80 Bites
Check out some of the strange foods I've eaten or encountered on some of my recent trips abroad. WARNING: Not for the faint of heart or vegetarians.

   

AUSTRALIA: Throw another cat on the bar-b.
Down Under, stores have entire aisles of refrigerated pet food.
We made soup with this lemongrass in Cape Tribulation.
Every day, Digby serves guests 10 kinds of fruit for $10.
This was on the menu the day we visited.
Don't quiz me.
You can make pancakes out of Jackfruit.
This isn't the smelly fruit, Durian, but I did eat some and like it.
BALI: Breakfast at the Honeymoon Guest House
Food offerings to the Gods. (This is like a marzipan paste.)
The Honeymoon Guesthouse has cooking classes. This is what we made
Balinese rice terraces outside of Ubud.
This is where Rice-a-Roni gets its start.
We bought peanuts from these cuties to feed the cheeky monkeys.
NEW ZEALAND: I went to a rugby game and ate a lamb hotdog. Yum!
I did not win the Wheetabix cereal eating contest. They are gross.
In Rotorua, I ate freshly-steamed corn in a Maori village.
I lived on fresh green mussels for two months (and got really skinny).
FIJI: Kava rocks! Let's mix up a batch tonight - I've got the goods!
TANZANIA: Sarico was our chef while we camped. Great quiches.
In Mosquito River, everyone grows bananas.
The banana BEER was awful. (This is before I tasted it.)
Which is more dangerous? Climbing Kili or buying your dinner here?
The Hadazabe bushmen don't have grocery stores.
We went hunting with them one morning for breakfast.
This is not the Egg McMuffin I ordered.
They shared this squirrel with me. Breakfast of champions.
Thank goodness they did not spear this thing.
ZANZIBAR: Checking out the day's catch at the local fish market.
On the beach, we were offered this lobster for dinner.
Decisions, decisions...
LIBYA: Fresh honey outside the ancient city of Cyrene.
Olives ready to be pressed at a tiny olive oil factory.
He was very proud of his Italian machinery.
Ghadafi should be exporting THIS oil.
Culture shock, Tripoli.
In the oasis town of Ghadames, we visited this underground home.
Guess what we had for lunch...
Yep, we ate camel. (Not this camel - this guy was in Egypt.)
After scaling a sand dune, we drank fresh mint tea with heaps of su...
EGYPT: The McArabia at Mickey D's was so good. (Sorry Morgan Spurlock)
Along the Nile, they grow food the old fashion way.
About a million miles from Safeway.
Joseph and the people who passed by his Cairo alley cafe were a trip.
A sheepherder and his flock strolled by during dinner. Unbelievable!