Bugs grow big in Thailand, besides their frightening size, most of them can pack a painful bite or sting, and some are even deadly. Read this before you start messing with Thailand’s most dangerous insects and bugs. Mosquitoes Mosquitoes (see photo above) may not look fearsome or threatening, mosquitoes don’t have a painful bite, but […]
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Cooked Giant Water Bugs
Take a walk around Pattaya at night time, especially the bustling Pattaya night-life areas of Walking Street, Soi 6, Soi 7, and Soi 8, and you are bound to see a Bug Stall, Bug Cart, Bug Truck, or whatever you want to call them. On these bug stalls, you will see one of Thailand’s favorite […]
Continue ReadingPattaya Soi Dogs Photos
It’s a dog’s life in Pattaya. At least, it certainly is for many of the dogs, the so called “Soi Dogs” that live on the streets of Pattaya. Soi dogs, as you see in these photos (below) don’t have an easy life. They are seemingly unwanted and abandoned, turned out onto the street, where they […]
Continue ReadingWhy Do Elephants Cry
Let me start by telling you what spurred me to write this post. I have been living in Thailand for 12 years, and yes I have been elephant trekking, it was on my Thailand bucket list, can’t say that I enjoyed the trekking at all, it’s highly over rated. More importantly though I actually thought […]
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Although the Tokay lizards of Thailand have adapted well to life in urban surroundings they are still rarely seen, many households may have a Tokay residing in their garden or outhouses but they are not as common as they once used to be. So seeing a Tokay is something of a treat, I’ve seen many […]
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