The Million Years Stone Park and Crocodile Farm
We went here the second full day of our trip but ended up being the best day. This park housed alot of petrified wood and fossilized rock formations that were scattered throughout the park. Along with beautiful flowers and shrubs this part of the park was awesome for pictures.
But if you all know me the flowers didn't make this the best day, oh no.....what caught our attention for this place was the photos escaping the park with people next to animals, specifically tigers. After finding the times for the crocodile shows we wanderd over to the zoo area. There waiting for us was a giant tiger just chained to a pedestal, no bars or fences holding it back, just a chain. For a small price (I would of paid alot more) we were able to get our picture taken sitting next to her and her cub (at least I think it was hers). This was what made the trip worth it.
Not wanting to leave the area we ventured on through the rest of the park. The park's second main attraction were the crocodiles. There were over 1,000 there in several shapes and sizes. There were cages for the babies, children and obviously the full grown ones. One pond gave us the opportunity 'go fishing' for some. It was amazing to see how far they could jump out of the water with nothing to push off of. After biting I tried reeling him in but didn't have much luck.
Fishing made us hungry so we went to the diner there and sure enough the main course was crocodile. I didn't know you could cook croc in all the different ways they did. I went basic and just had the steaks and was excited about my first eating of a crocodile. I'd like to say the flavor was exotic but old addage of 'everything tastes like chicken' came true.
And finally we attended the last crocodile show of the day. It was all spoken in Thai but you didn't really need a translator to see they were nuts. The crocs here were really well trained and I guess they had to be for the trainers to stick any extremity in their mouth, including their head. They would have the crocs open their mouth and they would keep it open for about 10 minutes while the trainers were running up to them and sliding their head right into the mouths. Crazy, but good none the less.
But if you all know me the flowers didn't make this the best day, oh no.....what caught our attention for this place was the photos escaping the park with people next to animals, specifically tigers. After finding the times for the crocodile shows we wanderd over to the zoo area. There waiting for us was a giant tiger just chained to a pedestal, no bars or fences holding it back, just a chain. For a small price (I would of paid alot more) we were able to get our picture taken sitting next to her and her cub (at least I think it was hers). This was what made the trip worth it.
Not wanting to leave the area we ventured on through the rest of the park. The park's second main attraction were the crocodiles. There were over 1,000 there in several shapes and sizes. There were cages for the babies, children and obviously the full grown ones. One pond gave us the opportunity 'go fishing' for some. It was amazing to see how far they could jump out of the water with nothing to push off of. After biting I tried reeling him in but didn't have much luck.
Fishing made us hungry so we went to the diner there and sure enough the main course was crocodile. I didn't know you could cook croc in all the different ways they did. I went basic and just had the steaks and was excited about my first eating of a crocodile. I'd like to say the flavor was exotic but old addage of 'everything tastes like chicken' came true.
And finally we attended the last crocodile show of the day. It was all spoken in Thai but you didn't really need a translator to see they were nuts. The crocs here were really well trained and I guess they had to be for the trainers to stick any extremity in their mouth, including their head. They would have the crocs open their mouth and they would keep it open for about 10 minutes while the trainers were running up to them and sliding their head right into the mouths. Crazy, but good none the less.
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