Durian season

Durian season was here a few weeks back. And if you’re in Penang, you'd know where to find some good durians. It’s definitely none other than Balik Pulau.

Gosh! I didn't know it had been 2 weeks since this activity take place. Time flies... (my usual phrase :P)

So, 2 weeks ago the group of Taiping bikers made a visit to Penang Island just to get a taste of the famous Balik Pulau durians. Going through the twist and turn of Balik Pulau hilly road, we reach this place…er…middle of no where, and we stop down.

The view from our stop-down location...it has been hazy in Penang lately. If u look closely, can see the line where the sea meets the sky

Our cars and motorbikes are parked just like that by the road side. Not that we purposely want to simply park but there’s no other option. The road do not even have a road shoulder.

How the parking is done in Balik Pulau

We then walk down the trail to the durian farm. It's just a very short walk downhill.

Hut and durian waiting for us

At the end of the trail is a heap of durians waiting to be eaten! There’s a hut for us to sit around while enjoying the durians.

Smelly or not, u be the judge

There are different types of durians for us to try: ang hair (which translates to red prawn), ang jin (red yolk?), D14 or something -- couldn't really remember the number. Some are sticky, some less sticky, some sweet, some comes with a taste of bitter. I just eat and eat and eat, not knowing which is which. Well, my preference? I like sweet type, and not too sticky that it sticks to my throat.

Close up of durian

There's a guy who's responsibility is to open durian for us to eat. I think he’s the seller or something, I don’t know. My responsibility is just to eat and take photo, so I don’t care so much who the uncle is.

Durian opener

The bikers must have liked the durians very much that some of them even brought back some for their families. But how does a man on bike carry the spiky durians all the way back to Taiping?

Removed the thorns from the king of fruit

Creativity struck and this uncle removed the thorns of the durians just so it can fit into his small little side pocket of the bike.

Not enough taking one back, he tied another durian very near to his back side. I wonder if he got poke by the thorns on his way back to Taiping.

This is how biker uncle tie the durian to his motor. The Havoline box is the one with the thorn-less durian

Last but not least, Mickey says hi!