Friday 27 April 2007

Friday 27th April

Yesterday we went out to Mr Neil's land to harvest some durian.

Here's the farmer's house.



We load the durian into a basket to transfer into town by moped.





Our first durian sale went very well we thought, but we didn't realise there are two grades of durian, and of course the best ones went first (the better ones should get a higher price). It is interesting to watch the selection process by our customers. Each fruit is smelled, tapped, stroked, compared with the others and after about half an hour, a selection is made.

Well we sold the lot so we were doing something right (or maybe not - Chenda says we are not good salesmen, and should have negotiated higher prices)

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