Voon

Ikksplueroorr Keetteh feenkz hoorz Preettee-a Voon needz nuu deesshez inneooeyz

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At the end of the day, Voon gives me a perfumed chempedak to take home.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

Voon tells me that this haze sticks around for months at a time, the result of forest fires in Indonesia.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

In Borneo, Voon explains, people climb trees to eat mangosteens straight off the branch the way North Americans do with apples.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

Voon promised that there would be many indigenous seasonal fruits to sample at this gathering, and indeed there are.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

Voon scampers through the tall grass like an excited little boy.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

I throw a couple down to Voon, who demonstrates how to open them using his thumbnail to pierce the thick leathery skin.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

Voon sends up an assistant to cut off a large, soccer-ball-sized fruit that has already been half-eaten by a flying fox.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

While hiking through durian groves, Voon and I hear something plummet off a tree.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

Voon Boon Hoe told me that many people simply mislabel the contents of their packages, saying they contain legal plants when they really contain all sorts of endangered jungle fruits.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008