When I tell you where I ate my 10 best durians of the year, I’m telling you a story about me. “Best durian” are deeply personal. They’re where I was and what I was doing and what was important to me when I ate them. This post, The 10 Best Durian of 2017 is essentially […]
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The Biggest Buddha We Ever Found Hunting Durian | Mudon, Myanmar
Have you ever known you should get up and go on a walk? But it feels like there’s no where worth walking to? Sometimes after you’ve been traveling for awhile it can feel like that. Like, why would I go see another stupa? Or drive for hours to see another gilded temple? Luckily we’re always […]
Learning to Chillax And Just Enjoy The Durian| Mawlamyine, Myanmar
It was hot in Mawlamyine. The days lingered in endlessly blue, sunshine washed skies without a sign of the encroaching monsoon season. Maybe it was the heat, or the fact that I was still spending a large chunk of the day working on the Durian Tourist Guide to Thailand, but I felt lazy. All I […]
Durian Season in Yangon, Myanmar | Photo Essay
You have to stay on your toes when considering a trip to Myanmar, because things are changing fast. Most of the old warnings aren’t true anymore – at least, in Yangon there are ATMs everywhere, a plethora of hotels, and no one seems to care if you use crummy wadded up kyats or dollar bills […]
