August 6th, 2012 at 8:47pm |
Monkey Business at Khao Takiab (Hua Hin, Thailand) Located south of Hua Hin just 10 minutes drive from Hua Hin town centre, Khao Takiab (Chopstick hill), also known as Monkey Mountain is the home to many cheeky monkeys. These monkeys are really playful and mischievous, they will grab anything not held on to tightly, so [...]
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May 17th, 2012 at 2:49am |
Cicada amulet seller at a local market (Buriram province) I found these real cicada amulets (ChakGaJan in Thai) at a local market in Buriram province this evening. Thai people believe that cicada attracts great wealth and good luck and the insect amulet will protect you from danger or misfortunes. There are about 2,500 species of [...]
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February 14th, 2012 at 5:19am |
A pair of Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans) (Si Satchanalai Historical Park, Sukhothai) During the migratory season from September to March each year, the Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans), migrates yearly from the colder climatic zones of northern and central Asia to Thailand to spend the winter and Si Satchanalai Historical Park, Sukhothai province has [...]
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July 5th, 2010 at 3:05am |
Short tailed macaque monkey (Monkey Hill, Phuket Town) Checkout these Short tailed macaque monkeys at the Monkey Hill (Toe Sae Hill) in Phuket. They are well taken care by a Thai-Chinese, Khun Hock and he has been feeding the monkeys for 13 years. According to Khun Hock, these short-tailed macaque monkeys are rather common in [...]
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June 7th, 2010 at 2:50pm |
Edible and Harmless Jellyfish at beaches of Phuket Last week, I??spotted a lot of stranded jellyfish on the beaches??of????Koh Maprow (Coconut Island) and Koh Rang Yai located on the east coast of Phuket. I was told by the locals that these jellyfish are harmless and edible. Only scyphozoan jellyfish belonging to the order Rhizostomeae are [...]
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April 7th, 2010 at 3:30am |
??Animals and Pets in Thailand – Squirrels Besides dogs and cats, Thai people keep many animals as pets. Some of them are captured from the wild and some of them are bred just to be sold as pets. There are many adorable baby squirrels for sale at the pet section in the Chatuchak Weekend Market [...]
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