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Thornless Durians in Chanthaburi, Thailand

June 12, 2022 2 Comments

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

May 29, 2022 1 Comment

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

May 18, 2022 5 Comments

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 […]

Man named Bubbles with Puangmanee durian

Cute Chanthaburi Farmstay at One Chan

April 22, 2022 Leave a Comment

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

April 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

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, […]

Open durian in a basket with glowing golden flesh

Suan Saw Sudjai Chanthaburi Durian Buffet & Farmstay (สวนสาวสุดใจ)

April 9, 2022 4 Comments

Meet Auntie Saw and Uncle Sudjai Suan Saw Sudjai is a small 7 lai farm (2.5 acre) farm located in the Pliew District of Chanthaburi, just 15 minutes from the city center. Despite it’s small size, the farm is a popular tourism destination and is the most famous Chanthaburi Durian Buffet among local durian lovers […]

Richard posing with a durian seller on the side of the road, the woman is wearing very bright red, green and yellow print dress.

Zanzibar Durian Guide

March 11, 2022 3 Comments

In January we arrived to go Zanzibar Durian Hunting for the first time having very little idea what to expect. Thanks to Mark Wiens, I’d been plotting a Zanzibar Durian Hunt since 2013, but I had never managed to find any definite information about where on the island they grow, when the right season would […]

Ali, a tour guide at village green

Zanzibar Fruits at Village Green Spice Farm, Mitakawan

February 11, 2022 1 Comment

In Zanzibar, many people believe (or will tell you so) that the only place you can find durian trees is in the Spice Gardens around the area called Kizimbani. But there are Spice Gardens sprinkled all over the island’s interior, relics of the plantation aristocracy that made Zanzibar the Clove Capital of the world. There’s […]

Wasafi, a tour guide at Tangawizi Spice Garden, standing with an old durian tree

90-year-old Zanzibar Durian Trees at Tangawizi Spice Farm

January 26, 2022 5 Comments

About Kizimbani Kizimbani is a cluster of villages along a very straight road cutting through inland Zanzibar, about 10km north of Stone Town. Durian is very easy to find here. During the season, you’ll find piles of them being sold along the road and in front of people’s houses, kilometers and kilometers of durian. But […]

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