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Just thought a few of you might like this story. Before I met my wife I was living in another village with another Thai family. My girlfriend had 2 children, 1 girl and a boy called Nuke. It was durning the dry season, and nuke came home one day with a couple of fish, we thought he had caught them in the local small lake, but he said he hadn't. He said he had noticed a cat come out of a hole in a field with a fish. The hole ran underneath the road and was a water outlet for when the fields flooded.

He'd climbed into the hole and he said it was full of fish, there was hardly any water in there but the fish where living in the mud. The pics tell the story....enjoy.


1. Nuke prepares to go down the hole.





2. Nuke checks for snakes





3. Watched and encouraged by his mum, grandpapa and young cousin





4. Almost There





6. Gone





7. Nuke coming back out





8. Cor ! I'm glad that is over





Nuke went down that hole several times and this is what he retrived.











This woman turned up as we where cleaning the fish, she owned the land that the hole was on and accused us of pinching her fish...LOL.





Regards
Jeff

Hi All,

Just thought a few of you might find this interesting. One of the family is called Sai Chun, he is from Issan originally, which is in the North East of Thailand. They are from Laos originally, and are one of the poorest in Tailand, mainly farmers, and they will eat anything, including bats, birds, snakes, rats, dogs the list is endless.

It as just come to the end of the rainy season, and there are quite a few waterholes around the village, these will eventually dry up till next year, but they all have fish in them that have been trapped as the water resides.

Si Chun straps a car battery to his back, and as two metal prongs with wooden handles and a switch on, connected to the battery. He then goes into the pools and send a small electric current into the water, stunning the fish.

Here's a couple of pics of Si Chun fishing and some pics of the fish he caught. Not sure what the fish are so anybody out there can tell me it would be much appriciated.

1. Si Chun fishing




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Regards
Jeff & Wan

Hi All,

Been in Thailand for a few years now. Just thought a few of you might find this interesting. One of the family is called Sai Chun, he is from Issan originally, which is in the North East of Thailand. They are from Laos originally, and are one of the poorest in Tailand, mainly farmers, and they will eat anything, including bats, birds, snakes, rats, dogs the list is endless.

I noticed one day Sai Chun in the garden on the otherside of our lake, I asked Wan my wife what he was doing, and she said he was putting up a micromesh net to catch birds to eat. I couldn't believe it has I personally like birds.

Anyway me and Wan went into the local town and when we arrived back I noticed the net was moving, I grabbed my binoculars and couldn't believe what I saw. The net was full of birds. But one bird stuck out, it was a female sparrowhawk that I had noticed flying around the last few weeks. I was staright over to the garden but could not free her. I told Wan to get a knife so i could cut her free but she said i couldn't do this as Sai Chun would know someone had tampled with his net.

I told her to go get Sai Chun as there was no way he was going to eat this. Sai Chun came and with in minutes had the bird free, he gave her to me, I offered money but he declined.





I built an avairy for her and like you can see she is a beauty. If I had not noticed her she would have ended up in a stew.


These birds where also caught the same day and where not so lucky.





Sai Chun left the net up for several weeks. I used to watch for Sai Chun going to work in the rice/sugarcane fields and I managed to free quite a few without him knowing.

Every morning there would be bats in the net, I could not free these as they had teeth and I also know bats carry rabies. But Sai Chun used to make bat soup which I have sampled and is very tasty. Here's a couple of pics of the bats and Sai Chun.













Regards
Jeff

Hi,

Just thought you might like to see a couple of pics of snakes that i have had close encounters with.

1. This is locally known a singa. Locals reckon a bite off these is quite serious. They are always around here, after the water rats and mice, frogs etc. Unfortuantly, when you see these you have to kill them as we have small children around here playing.





2. This snake i am not sure what it is, I thought some type of cobra. But i was at the local shop top of the drive having a chat with a couple of swiss friends and i heard my dogs barking, came to the gate and could not see anything, but they just kept barking, unknown to me there was this thing on a window sill behind me, and i only knew when I heard it fall and I see it go behind a load of rubbish.

Called to a Thai family member and he came over, told me to be careful, CAREFUL...I didn't want to be there, anyway it had went into a clay water pipe, he grabbed it tossed it in the air and when it broke... all hell broke loose, the thing reared right up, we both backed off, it made a swoop for my friend, and he managed to whack it with his stick then whacked it again then walked off...lol

Looked this snake up on the internet and came across this website, http://www.mrx.no/Ph...nd_you_die.html one bite off this beauty and your dead in 15 minutes....





I have since found out that this snake is a copperhead ratsnake which are not poisionious at all.
http://www.ratsnakes.com/Eradiata.html


Here's a couple of pics of a couple of snakes mating in the stream that runs along the side of the house.

I'm not that clued up with snakes, so i am not certain what type they are.














Regards
Jeff & Wan

Hi,

My name is Jeff and my wife's name is Wan, we are based in Nakhon Sawan Province in Thailand. I was searching the internet and came across your site.

We have always used Indian Almond Leaves for conditioning and care of our Bettas. They increase fertility, health, and vigour. Reduces Ph in water, aids in the recovery of diseased/damaged fish and the tannin quickly colours the water.

These leaves are also ideal for South American dwarf cichlids, Discus, gouramis, killiefish, tetras, arrowana’s, angelfish, corys, plecos, some rasboras some cat-fishes and crustaceans.

You can even use the leaves as the substrate in the tank together with bog wood or a tree stump with roots to create a fantastic Amazon look for blackwater fishes.

If you need any Indian Almond Leaves, we have just gathered quite a few freshly fallen leaves, prices are very reasonable and include postage via airmail from Thailand

Prices Are as follows in AU $ :

30 Leaves : $8.50
50 Leaves : $12.00
100 Leaves : $23.00
200 Leaves : $40.00
300 Leaves : $57.00
400 Leaves : $74.00
500 Leaves : $95.00

We accept payment via Paypal if interested or you need more information please feel free to contact us at block-2@hotmail.com

Regards
Jeff & Wan