Tuesday, November 11, 2008

South of Bangkok

Since it was Veteran's Day we decided to get out and see the outskirts of Bangkok. Not too far south there is a Crocodile Farm and Zoo. We saw man vs. the man eating crocodile show. The sound of the jaws slapping shut is amazing, it is a hollow roar.After the show we rode a train through the zoo seeing lions and tigers and peacocks oh my. We then saw an elephant show, where the elephants painted, peddled a tuk-tuk, and even danced on a tight rope. After we walked over to the largest crocodile farm where Bonnie was brave enough to feed them chicken carcases. There were different types of crocs, we never knew there was such a variety, long tail, no tail, albino, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, no eyes,and humpback to name a few. Ramiro deemed it "The Croc Freak Show".
A short drive down the road to The Ancient Siam Museum. It is a drive through park that is the shape of Thailand. There are replicas of statues, Wats, Palaces and so much more. We really enjoyed this park and are eager to return and enjoy the park more thoroughly and at a slower pace.We had lunch at a pier and saw hundreds maybe even thousands of sea birds (aka seagulls). This pier attracts people from all around to eat at the seafood restaurant on the end of the pier. The other attraction are the seasonal sea birds we just happened to be here at the right time, or might I say the wrong time. People were paying to feed the seagulls. We took a few pix with Bryce and then headed for cover.Our final destination was the Erawan Museum to see the three headed elephant monument. This was so much larger than I ever imagined it would be. It is a monument to Buddha and his elephant, Erawan. It is good luck to wai to the statue, so we did, Bryce even followed our lead.

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