The Million Years Stone Park & Pattaya Crocodile Farm

Still playing catch-up...

On my birthday weekend we decided (okay Justin let me pick), to get out of the house and visit the location attraction.

There are more places than I had imagined to pick from but I randomly picked The Million Years Stone Park & Pattaya Crocodile Farm. I truthfully didn't have very high expectations and was looking at it as a way to a) get out of the house b) have something to do c) figure out what we can do with family that is local d) experience our surroundings. I expected a pool or two of crocs and a stone or two. Boy was i pleasantly surprised.

Check out the size of these crocodiles. They were huge, you have to believe me. 

A quick shot of the gardens. 

Besides beautiful rock formations and gardens, and of course the crocodiles, there was like a mini zoo. Now I had always heard and seen snippets of animals out for poses and chained up, and I now know it is for real. And if the animal isn't giving a nice enough pose... poke poke with a stick till they give a nice wide growl for the cameras. We didn't participate in the photo shoot, mostly because I value my life and respect that these are wild animals.

They were beautiful. 

So all in all a great day. Highly recommend. Also note, they don't post their prices of things (admission) so you have to ask and there (unspoken) are different rates Thai, expat and Tourist. We couldn't convince them we were expats so we paid the inflated tourist rate. Oh well. Still wasn't bad as it was only 400 baht per person so $14 bucks.

Check out the facebook page for the rest of the pictures. You will note you could buy a whole chicken for like a dollar and feed the crocodiles. Too bad the people doing it could figure out that you can't yank the chicken back really hard or you may hit the rest of us up on the deck, boy were they coming close. And holy moly those crocodiles can jump.

Sorry the photo is sideways, can't seem to figure out how to rotate within blogger as it is truly a vertical photo. If anyone knows how, please do share. 

And here might be the weirdest thing of all. So we are at a crocodile park (i think preserve in my mind or safe haven). Guess what the only restaurant there served and the only item on the menu... you guessed it crocodile. And for the record, tastes like chicken.


Note we tried to go to an elephant park too, which was open for shows 7 days a week. But apparently that just means if they have enough people. Will try that one again another day. Maybe this weekend who knows.