Bangkok Dangerous: Sunday Afternoon DURIAN Conquest

May 15, 2011 by admin divider image

The orange bus hurled into the bus stop at Dao Kanong , to a breeze that carried that very familiar scent: Durian. Even though on this sleepy Sunday afternoon I had no plans to get off the bus there, I found myself unable to control the fact that I was stepping out of the vehicle and making my way towards the mountain of Durian piled on the table – the undeniable culprit of that heavenly aroma

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