When national borders closed in March, 2020, we found ourselves suddenly trapped in very long and delicious Thailand Durian Season. 2020 quickly became The Year of Thailand! It was not exactly what I’d dreamed up in my 2019 Durian Goals (I didn’t mention Thailand at all 😳) But no kidding, we ended up eating Thai […]
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Sri Aman Durian Guide
About Sri Aman, The City of Peace Sri Aman is a small city facing the Batang Lupar River in a wide, bumpy agricultural plain meandering into the pepper-filled mountains of the Indonesian border. It’s a city populated primarily by ethnic Ibans, with a strong Chinese influence. There’s a Quan Yin Temple on the riverbank, plenty […]
Up River Durian Adventure (9 Days, 8 Nights, SUSPENDED)
**2% of proceeds are pledged to supporting wildlife habitat and reforestation
FEBRUARY 22 – MARCH 1
DEPARTS: Sibu, Sarawak
RETURNS: Sibu, Sarawak
PRICING & DISCOUNTS
This tour has a price based on the number of people who attend, so if you sign up with friends you get an automatic discount, like this:
- 1-5 people = $1785 USD per person
- 5-6 people = $1685 USD per person
- 7-8 people = $1555 USD per person
Want an additional discount? Email at [email protected] to ask me how.
DurianBB, the New Hipster Kota Kinabalu Durian Cafe
The Durian scene is changing. It’s like this: Once upon a time, if you wanted a cup of coffee in Malaysia, you went to Uncle’s kopitiam with the ceiling fans and weird black streaks on the walls and overly bright red plates piled high with otherworldly succulent noodles. But now, if you want a cup […]
The Gadong Night Market Durian Guide
Brunei’s Gadong Night Market is one of the most reliable places for a one-hit Borneo durian spree. It’s a huge market, with a wealthy clientele thanks to Brunei’s petroleum industry and strong currency, and durians are shipped in from all over Malaysia. The magic of this is that at Gadong Night Market, you can get […]
Thomas’s Sarawak Durian Farm | Serian, Malaysia
In 2011, I sat in a tiny wooden room in Costa Rica waiting with baited breath as the phone rang and rang somewhere in a place called Sarawak. Thomas Teo picked up the phone. Back then, I didn’t understand that while Sarawak is the land of Durian with a capital D, a Sarawak durian farm that […]
Go Catch Wild Durian Hutan Near Kuala Lumpur
In Malaysia, the jungle is never that far away. Even in KL, a city of 1.5 million people, you can take a 30 minute drive and hit some pretty jungle-ey stuff, where wild durian species like Durio oxleyanus and Durio lowianus and other botanical oddities can be purchased at stalls along narrow country lanes. These are […]
Thai Durian in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Sri Hartamas Stall Review)
Huai Bin picked me up Sri Damansara. “So, where to?” he asked. I was hoping I could ask him that. It was a Wednesday night in Kuala Lumpur, with nothing to do but search and destroy some Durian. We spent a flurried few minutes on our phones, and decided to take a risk. We were going […]
Where To Go For Durian Abundance in Bali | Luwus, Bali
Luwus is unmistakable as you zip northwards on your normal tourism activities around Bali. Suddenly you’ll pass a durian stall and feel your adrenaline start pumping. But don’t slam on the breaks – soon you’ll see another durian stall, and another, and another, and another, and then you’re in Luwus and there are durians freaking […]
