Round The World in 777 Days: Day 1003

Day 1003 – 6th March 2008 +7:00 GMT

Had a long lie in and headed out just before lunch. We first headed to the Paragon Siam shopping mall and got some lunch then went to the snake farm.

Snake Farm

This is actually a hospital for Venom and toxicology. They create all the snake anti-venoms for Thailand and also send them all over the world. We first had a look around the exhibition and then there was a live show on.

World Health Organistion Snake Research Centre

Python Skeleton

We sat on the tiered seats and the staff told us what they did here and then brought out a 10ft long king cobra. Which is deadly and they just let it go, then spent the next 10 minutes trying to catch it with their hands without getting bitten.

King Cobra

A King Cobra

Spitting Cobra

Cobra

They brought out 5 or 6 different types of snakes all which were deadly and then finally a Burmese python which they let us hang around our necks. We then went and looked at the rest of the snakes in the centre.

At The Snake Farm

Me With A Burmese Python

Water Snakes

At The Snake Farm

We then did some shopping for mosquito repellent and we needed some more Larium (anti-malaria tablets) which our doctor in Australia said we could buy over the counter here. Unfortunately this was wrong and after several trips to different Pharmacies we found out we could only buy it from a hospital. We went to the hospital but we needed a prescription so had to register and have a check up (which I passed with flying colours) and then see a doctor. The doctor prescribed me 16 more weeks of malaria tablets (half for Jill) and we paid which was a quarter of the price we paid in Australia including he cost fo the check-up. We now did a bit of shopping and maybe got a little carried away, with new trainers each and 3 pairs of trousers etc.