The jagged peaks of Mount Kinabalu in Sabah shelters one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. More species of plants and animals can be found on these steep slopes than in Europe and North America combined, many of them uniquely evolved to survive the harsh conditions and metal-heavy soils of the mountain. Including […]
Four Georgetown Durian Stalls To Satiate Your Hunger | Penang, Malaysia
I was at Jelutong Market with some friends when it started raining. The sky was dark, and it looked like our plan to hike up Penang Hill wasn’t going to happen. Instead, we decided to get our exercise scurrying from durian stall to durian stall between bursts of showers. We ended up visiting (and eating […]
10 Tips To Travel and Eat Loads of Durian On a Small Budget
“It must be nice to be privately wealthy,” said the Australian woman on the other end of the phone. I was calling to interview her about her durian farm, and had just explained that Rob and I really did spend a year in Asia traveling to eat and explore durian. Her comment made me pause. […]
Fearless: 10 Videos in 10 Days Challenge
I’m the kind of nerd who reads about durian. I read a lot. I troll forums. I read blog posts about durian. I download books about durian. I like WORDS. And if you’ve been following along with us this long, I assume you’re that kind of nerd too. To complete the stereotype, I’m also skittish […]
Eating Durian In Style at Baiyoke Sky Hotel | Bangkok, Thailand
Rising high above Bangkok’s jagged skyline, the Baiyoke Sky Hotel is the tallest building in Thailand. Its swanky 85 stories of polished marble and soothing lighting towers 303 meters (997 feet) above the gritty hubbub of the street below. It’s like a cruise ship in the sky with shopping, odd-themed restaurants, and a great view […]
Tasting the Most Expensive Durian in the World | Nonthaburi to Penang, Malaysia
Taking durians on trains is generally not an okay thing to do in Thailand. Even really expensive durians. But I had a half-ripe $300 durian (that’s USD dollars) and an expiring Thai visa. How would you handle this situation? Thought so. Me too. I decided to risk it. If the durian got kicked off the […]
Durian Cheesecake Recipe, Book Review and Giveaway
Whenever I hang out with durian lovers, we spend a lot of time trying to describe what each durian tastes like. Sometimes it’s a lightly burnt marshmallow rolled in melted chocolate. Or a dense pastry stuffed with vanilla cream. Or sometimes it’s a creamy and vinegar Caesar dressing. With such a diverse and complex range […]
Darwin Durian Farm: Australia’s Top End
What do crocodiles and durians have in common? Nothing really, until we found out that this Darwin durian farm is currently the biggest in Australia, and it’s just a few miles from one of the most croc-infested rivers in the world. During the durian season, the orchard supplies Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide with fresh, Australian […]
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 […]
Our Top 21 Durian Things To Do In Thailand
For the last 9 months, I’ve spent a lot of time hunkered down over my computer writing and compiling our new book, The Durian Tourist’s Guide to Thailand (link here), and not a lot of time writing new posts or even going on durian adventures! It was a time of reflection, sorting through old material, […]
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 Trellis with Peter Salleras — Beating Cyclones With Smart Technology
Once upon a time in a very exotic place, there was an evil djinn that lived on a mountain overlooking a village. Occasionally, the creature roamed around, knocking on the roofs of houses with children. If it knocked, the parents had to choose one child to set outside for the djinn to eat, or he […]
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