span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;”div class=”wp-caption alignnone” style=”border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243); padding-top: 4px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; width: 490px; “div style=”text-align: center;”a rel=”attachment wp-att-176″ href=”http://xcskilife.com/?attachment_id=176” style=”color: rgb(0, 83, 138); font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none; “span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”br /img title=”New York 052″ src=”http://xcskilife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/New-York-052-480×360.jpg” alt=”” width=”480″ height=”360″ style=”border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; ” //span/span/a/divp class=”wp-caption-text” style=”text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; line-height: 17px; “span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”Walking through China Town, I saw a spiky fruit I had never seen before./span/span/p/divp style=”margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; “span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”What better way to experience a new piece of fruit than to buy it and bring it back to the LCO Boys and Girls Club./span/span/pdiv id=”attachment_177″ class=”wp-caption aligncenter” style=”display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243); padding-top: 4px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; width: 490px; “a rel=”attachment wp-att-177″ href=”http://xcskilife.com/?attachment_id=177” style=”color: rgb(0, 83, 138); font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none; “span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”img class=”size-medium wp-image-177″ title=”Durian 001″ src=”http://xcskilife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Durian-001-480×360.jpg” alt=”” width=”480″ height=”360″ style=”border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; ” //span/span/ap class=”wp-caption-text” style=”margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; line-height: 17px; “span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”The Treasure Hunt is on!/span/span/p/divdiv id=”attachment_180″ class=”wp-caption aligncenter” style=”display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243); padding-top: 4px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; width: 385px; “a rel=”attachment wp-att-180″ href=”http://xcskilife.com/?attachment_id=180” style=”color: rgb(0, 83, 138); font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none; “span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”img class=”size-medium wp-image-180″ title=”Durian 003″ src=”http://xcskilife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Durian-003-e1271510944118-375×500.jpg” alt=”” width=”375″ height=”500″ style=”border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; ” //span/span/ap class=”wp-caption-text” style=”margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; line-height: 17px; “span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”The Next Clue is… ‘Let’s play basketball outside’/span/span/p/divp style=”margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: center; “/pp style=”margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: center; “a rel=”attachment wp-att-181″ href=”http://xcskilife.com/?attachment_id=181” style=”color: rgb(0, 83, 138); font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none; “img class=”aligncenter size-medium wp-image-181″ title=”Durian 002″ src=”http://xcskilife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Durian-002-e1271510918423-375×500.jpg” alt=”” width=”375″ height=”500″ style=”border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; ” //a/pdiv id=”attachment_182″ class=”wp-caption aligncenter” style=”display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243); padding-top: 4px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; width: 385px; “a rel=”attachment wp-att-182″ href=”http://xcskilife.com/?attachment_id=182” style=”color: rgb(0, 83, 138); font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none; “span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”img class=”size-medium wp-image-182″ title=”Durian 005″ src=”http://xcskilife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Durian-005-e1271512287150-375×500.jpg” alt=”What is it?” width=”375″ height=”500″ style=”border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; ” //span/span/ap class=”wp-caption-text” style=”margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; line-height: 17px; “span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”What is it?/span/span/p/divp style=”margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: center; “/pdiv id=”attachment_183″ class=”wp-caption aligncenter” style=”display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243); padding-top: 4px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; width: 490px; “a rel=”attachment wp-att-183″ href=”http://xcskilife.com/?attachment_id=183” style=”color: rgb(0, 83, 138); font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none; “span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”img class=”size-medium wp-image-183″ title=”Durian 006″ src=”http://xcskilife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Durian-006-480×360.jpg” alt=”” width=”480″ height=”360″ style=”border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; ” //span/span/ap class=”wp-caption-text” style=”margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; line-height: 17px; “span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”Durian Fruit/span/span/p/divp style=”margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; “span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”Together we goggled ’spiky fruit’ and were able to find images and information about the Durian. The fruit doesn’t smell very good. One article mentioned that in some places the fruit is banned in public places. The taste is described as delightful, but our fruit might have gone bad. It was all I could do not to throw up. Still, we did enjoy learning about a new fruit and it was fun to play with the spiky husk and slimy insides./span/span/pp style=”margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; “span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: small;”See if you can find out more about the Durian. You can start by reading this article /span/span
