Saturday, September 29, 2007

Grapes!

Grapes are an important part of life for the area of Asia that I live in. Outside of the city grapes are the lively hood of many minority people.Welcome to Grape Valley where you can find rows upon rows of grape vines strung over canopies. Life revolves around the vineyard and you can find many people sitting around, playing music while they wait for the grapes to get ripe. The grapes get bigger and bigger and if you look closely between the green leaves you can see the huge bunches hanging down.Once they are ripe ladders and scaffolding are set up for people to use to pick them. They are cut at the vine and piled into baskets.Some of the grapes get put in these funny looking buildings with holes where they can dry and turn into raisins. The desert climate out here is perfect for them.Others get shipped into town where they are sold in the local markets for us to eat!