In 2013 someone I trusted told me that Koh Samui Durian was the most epic Island Durian Experience you could ask for – think white powder beaches, turquoise seas, coconut fronds, a fresh wind – all while savoring a creamy handful of tree-ripe Durian from mountains jutting above the little beach towns. So I went. […]
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The Whole Story of the Koh Samui Durian Magic Garden
The first time I visited Koh Samui in 2013, I thought durian was kind of new to the island, a small cash crop to replace the dying coconut fields and capitalize on newfound durian fiending in China. I was very wrong. When we came back in 2025, I realized that the majority of the interior […]
The Hunt for Yala Durian Yaolynchee ทุเรียนยาวลิ้นจี่
Outside of Betong City, there are not many hotels or places to stay. But I was determined to stay nearby the durian farm where the famous and elusive Yala Durian Yaolynchee variety originated, so I zoomed in and out on Google Maps until I found the Bentong Camping & Homestay next to the Piyamit Tunnels. […]
Chanthaburi City Durian Guide – How to Hunt the Best Durian in Mueang Chan
Chanthaburi Province grows the most durian of any place in the entire world and has for decades. The mountainous durian piles, football-field expanses of durian warehouses, and long highway queues of 4-ton durian trucks stacked almost 2 stories high makes Chanthaburi Durian the stuff of many traveler’s wildest durian dreams 🤤 The disappointing news then, […]
Sulawesi’s Next Big Commercial Durian Area at Pendolo
Why Pendolo Pendolo is a stopover on the long journey from Makassar to Manado, a cross-roads with a few places to sleep in sort-of decent hotels for the tourists traveling from the famous mummies in Toraja to the snorkeling islands up north. It sits on the shores of Lake Poso, a lake so big that […]
High Elevation Durian in Dombu, Sulawesi
It was a chilly morning when I climbed down the wooden ladder of the main house. The room we’d slept in was located right above the kitchen and wood smoke was wafting through cracks in floor. Someone was making breakfast. Cradling a cup of hot coffee, I stood by the dining table under the house […]
Alcohol Durian Cocktail in Desa Kuku
The bottles contained Air Nira – the palm sap of the Arenga pinnata tree that is used for making Gula Aren sugar. Was it alcoholic? I asked. Yes – they nodded. You should mix it with durian, the woman said, and pouring the frothy liquid into a glass promptly set about mixing me an alcohol […]
Sulawesi Wild Fruits and Ancient Durians at Dodoha Mosintuwu Homestay
In Tolai, I asked our durian host a question. “If most people here are ethnically Balinese, and your parents moved here from Bali – who lived here before them?” The Kaili people, he said. Kaili is an umbrella term for the 13 different indigenous-language groups that still live in Sulawesi today, and their many sub-groups […]
Lake Poso Durian Road Trip – How to Circumnavigate the Lake
“The road might be okay,” Pian said, nodding as he thought about it. “But not really recommendable.” We were asking about taking the Western road because Richard was excited to circumnavigate the lake hunting Lake Poso Durian. While Google Maps “said” there was a road, we already know that in Indonesia Google Maps can be […]
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