A Coconut At Turtle Lake

Yesterday, after a stop at turtle lake, which happens to have no turtles and no lake, certain people in our group were feeling hot and tired. After a quick debate between ourselves, we chose a restaurant across the road to grab some lunch before heading on to the language school.. Amberly had wanted to go to a sushi club that was nearby. When we arrived, however, we discover that they were only serving drinks, presumably because the chef was out. Mum ordered a banana smoothy, I ordered a drinking coconut, and Isaac and Amberly ordered chocolate milkshakes. A few minuets later I was in heaven. Ever since trying one in a cafe in our first week in Vietnam, coconuts have been my favourite drink. Drinking coconuts (also known as jelly-nuts or tender-nuts) are unripe coconuts that have been cut open at the top to reveal coconut "water" and mushy,slimy (but tasty) coconut flesh. Coconuts are actually a type of fruit that contain sugar, dietary fibre, proteins, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, and provides an isotonic electrolyte balance. Today we learnt how to say ''can you give me a coconut please'', then we went and bought one of the street and successfully used the phrase to purchase 4 coconuts.