Mango Fest

We spent part of Sunday afternoon with Matt and Vicki at the Second Annual Agat Mango Fest. Agat is a village at the south end of the island and Stephen had heard of the event some where so we just drove down to see if we could find it. Holy Moly! I've not seen so many cars on Guam all together except at the Kmart.

It was your typical street/park carnival - with a mango theme for all the kids games, a huge bouncy thing and a stage with local groups showing off their talents in music, dance and martial arts. There were tons of vendors encircling this beach-side park, selling anything from locally crafted wood, to plastic things from china (there's always a few), to plants, to food. Yeah, the food was why we were there. We all started out with some sno cone/slushies in mango, strawberry or tropical blue. Then Stephen and I tried some banana/mango donuts (hole style). They were a bit greasy and all banana flavored. Later we waited forever in line for the other lady's mango donuts, and they were worth it. Just mango, a few chunks here and there, and not greasy. We also picked up some homemade mango jam - I've now been assigned the duty of making this for us at home because it was so good. I doubt the jar will last the week once we open it.

Strangest thing though - no one was selling actual mangoes. We thought we'd be able to pick up a bag of them from a local and eat them all week, but not the case - just things made with mangoes available. They did have a 4-H type booth, with prize mangoes for different types, nicest looking mango, weirdest looking mango and best mango plants. As well as having demonstrations on pickling mangoes, the mango donut making, and grafting/care of mango plants.

All in all a cute local event that I'd probably attend every year if I could. Especially if Vicki opens her booth for fresh lime squeezed over chilled mangoes.