Durian

Ao Nang, Thailand

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June 26th 2013
On Monday we left Pulau Langkawi and took a ferry headed to Satun, Thailand. While waiting for the ferry to leave, we decided to try some local fruit that we had never tasted before. The first fruit we tried was Durian. I had heard of this fruit before and knew that it was known for its "stinky cheese" odor. The man who sold me the fruit told me that Durian is the king of all fruits in this par ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more