Sri Lanka Durians

Tim enjoying durians (1 September, 2005)


Sri Lanka is hardly the place I would expect to find durians, and I think you wouldn't be able to guess where the photos on this page were taken unless I told you. I think it's well documented that I enjoy durians (and food in general, but that's another story), and my write-up about Balik Pulau Durians. However, the photos in this page were not taken in Balik Pulau, but rather Sri Lanka!

I was travelling with a group of AsiaExplorers members from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya when, after passing the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, we suddenly came upon this men selling durians by the roadside. It was an unexpected and unusual sight, so I got our coach to stop so we could check it out.

Buying durians in Sri Lanka (1 September, 2005)


They were selling very nice durians, which was a big surprise to me because I never have expected to find "the thorny thing" anywhere outside of Southeast Asia. I am not sure how Sri Lankans take to durians, but considering how cheap these fruits were going for, I don't believe durians are high in demand in Sri Lanka (if I'm wrong, please correct me in the Add a Comment section below).

Pretty soon we were opening durians and having a great time by the roadside on the country road in Sri Lanka. The durians were soft, creamy and sweet, absolutely no difference from those we got back in Penang. I managed to take these photos as proof that there are indeed durians in Sri Lanka!

Sri Lanka durian sellers (1 September, 2005)


Sri Lanka durian (1 September, 2005)

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Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.

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