About Ranong We woke up at the Jamson Beach Resort to views over the long inlet separating Thailand from Myanmar. It’s an older hotel just outside of Ranong City, in Southern Thailand. In the lobby, there are photos of the hotel from maybe the 1960s. The hotel looks almost the same now as then. Friends […]
Our 12 Best Durians of 2022: The Year in Review!
Happy New Year again, Durian Munchers! This is our annual spill of all our personal Favorite Durians of 2022! You guys ask us all the time for which durians we actually love the most, or our top ten all-time list! But while we can’t (or won’t 🤐) tell you our all time bests, I’m happy […]
Durian Day Trip to Ea Tu Commune Buôn Ma Thuột City Vietnam
How we found ourselves in the Ea Tu Commune We were staying in Buôn Ma Thuột, Đắk Lắk, Vietnam and one morning a friend took us to visit several small durian farms in the mixed urban-agricultural outskirts of the city (see the Youtube video). As I peered out the truck window down a red-dust road […]
Bilut Hills Durian Resort For A Relaxing Getaway| Raub, Malaysia
Updated: This post was originally published on August 21, 2018. It is now updated on July 23, 2022 with photos of the new swimming pool and other new rooms. As you buzz down Highway 8, the main road connecting Raub to Bentong, you’d never guess there’s a lovely durian resort tucked into the hillside behind […]
Thornless Durians in Chanthaburi, Thailand
In 2022, I think I was sent a video at least 200 hundred times showing a Thai man tossing down thornless durians and catching them barehanded like American footballs. The video was everywhere. And being in Thailand, I decided to find out who he was and what his thornless durians are all about. VIDEO INTERVIEW: […]
Mai Khed Prachinburi Durian Farmstay ไม้เค็ดโฮมสเตย์ ปราจีนบุรี
About Baan Mai Khed (ไม้เค็ด), a Prachinburi Durian Farmstay In 2002, Khun Eed Chamnong built a large rambling country house on his wife’s 20-rai (7.9 acre) durian farm in Prachinburi province. He was retiring from the government service in Bangkok and it was time to get out of the city. As the son of durian […]
Musang King Durian Zipline Adventure in Chanthaburi Durian Land
Ever wanted to get a bird’s eye view of a durian orchard? Now you can fly through a commercial durian orchard on a durian zipline adventure! In 2020, I drove by Durian Land every day on my way from Chanthaburi City to EcoFarm in Makham, where I was staying. The park was new, having opened […]
Cute Chanthaburi Farmstay at One Chan
One Chan is a 70-year-old farmhouse along Pliew Road that has been renovated as an Airbnb. It has an amazing location – just 800 meters from both the infamous Manee’s Garden (and mother tree of Puangmanee) as well as Suan Tho Thong, the first farm in Chanthaburi to open for farm tours back in 1999. […]
Durian Tree House Cafe in Chanthaburi
The Durian Tree House Cafe in Chanthaburi Chanthaburi is the biggest producer of durian in the entire world. People travel from all over the world and from all over Thailand to eat durian here. There’s even an annual Durian World Festival here. But it wasn’t until 2019 that Chanthaburi got its first durian-themed cafe. Here, […]
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