I have been to Thailand a few times now but this time, I discovered a sign in almost every hotel which made me curious. There is written NO DURIAN otherwise you need to pay a fee for at least 2000 Baht which are around 50€.  Wait... Such a high fee for a forbidden fruit? I found this sign especially in escalators and it hang in my last hotel room as well. But why is a fruit forbidden...?

I had no idea what this green thing, big like a watermelon with spines was but you can find it in every fruit or street market. I thought it´s just a popular Asian fruit but it turned out to be ore than this. 

The durian (/ˈdjʊəriən/) or /ˈdʊriən/[2] is the fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus Durio. There are 30 recognised Durio species, at least nine of which produce edible fruit, and over 300 named varieties in Thailand, 102 in Indonesia,[3] and 100 in Malaysia.[4] Durio zibethinus is the only species available in the international market: other species are sold in their local regions.Regarded by many people in Southeast Asia as the "king of fruits",[5] the durian is distinctive for its large size, strong odour, and formidable thorn-covered rind. The fruit can grow as large as 30 centimetres (12 in) long and 15 centimetres (6 in) in diameter, and it typically weighs one to three kilograms (2 to 7 lb). Its shape ranges from oblong to round, the colour of its husk green to brown, and its flesh pale yellow to red, depending on the species.

I honestly never tried this fruit but I heard that some people regard the durian as having a pleasantly sweet fragrance, whereby others find the aroma overpowering in an unpleasant way. It has been described variously as rotten onions, turpentine , and raw sewage. I really can not imagine to eat something that should smell that disgusting. The smell must be very persistent otherwise it makes no sense for me to prohibit this kind of food. I was curious so I searched for this specific question online and found this...

The persistence of its odour, which may linger for several days, has led to the fruit's banishment from certain hotels and public transportation in southeast Asia.

I am thinking about to try it even once because people seem to be obsessed with Durians since you can see fresh ones in every Fruit/Street market and even the most common supermarkets sell Durian chips...

I am a person who gets affected by smells very easily. I can not stay at a place where the scent is not nice or where I feel uncomfortable. 

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I just switched Hotels and it took years to finally get into my room. After arriving and unpacking, I decided to get some stuff done at the rooftop pool and go out to the gym. Then it suddenly started to pour from the sky like an apocalypse which made it very difficult for me to film some shots for a new video. Then I saw a sign that says  No Durian in my room and I eventually started researching about it. 

Have you ever tried a Durian fruit?

Thanks for reading

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