Interesting Blog

From time to time I will put up a link to an interesting blog about Thailand.

This blog post is great for anyone thinking about retirement in Thailand.

https://retire2thailand.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/10-reasons-why-not-to-retire-to-thailand/

Here is a snippet from the post:

3. Nature

There are creepy crawlies everywhere in Thailand; some are just sickening, and some will make you really sick. Here is a list of just some of the animals I have found in and around our garden.

• Cobras (Indian, Spitting, and King)
• Banded krait and various tree vipers (not all snakes are poisonous but lots are)
• Pythons (10’ plus is common)
• Monitor lizards (can administer a nasty, easily infected bite)
• Mongooses (chickens and ducks beware)
• Bamboo rat (can weigh up to 4 kilos)
• Scorpions (the large black kind and the small more dangerous red kind)
• Centipedes  (painful and poisonous bite)
• Red weaver ants (very irritating bite)
• Small red fire ants (tiny, but they swarm, and their bites are excruciating)
• Cockroaches (the huge flying kind, love to get stuck in your hair)
• Swarming flying termites (millions come out on a rainy season evening)
• Stinging Caterpillars (just a brush by one of these feels like a blow torch hit you)

And that’s just my house.

I hope it whets your appetite :-)

Happy reading.