Snake farm

After we got our jabs in Bangkok we went to the snake show at the hospital. They use the snakes to produce antivenom and do a display about poisonous snakes in Thailand, their care and how to milk them etc. Here they are displaying King Cobras. The presenter was saying how all of the snake handlers had been bitten at least twice. One guy had had his finger bitten off and was proudly showing us his hand. They must be mad.

Scary Pattaya

February 8th 2007
Kris: After our brief journey to Cambodia it was time to meet up with the monkey project - at last! In the 1st instance this meant not going to the woods...but going to the head office of the organisation that runs the project (Eco Explorer) which is, bizarrely, in Pattaya. Patttaya is just east of Bangkok and is a tourist haven, teeming with expats. The skyline is dominated by high rise ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more

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