Thread: Ubon Ratchatani March 2016.

I got lost when entering and ended up out the back somewhere. This is student accommodation by the looks. Good innit.

They had a mini Zoo for the kiddies.

A Meerkat run around.

And this thing lookin over it.

Originally Posted by stroller

No pics of MeMock's place?

Peppers? Sold to an American guy, if I remember correctly. I Called in last time I was up there. Nice place.

Being an open Zoo you jump on one of these and they drive you around. All the little pin heads had finished by the time we arrived so they unhitched the trailers and we went around in only one. 50 Baht each for the ride.

Jump in and go for a spin.

First time I have ever done an open Zoo. Great stuff it is.

^ You stumped up for the double pricing? I told them to go f*ck themselves

Originally Posted by Henrie

^ You stumped up for the double pricing? I told them to go f*ck themselves

Well considering the extra 25 baht would not Bankrupt me I really did not give it a second thought.

The Tiger compound was very well done.

50 baht more actually. And it's a principle thing for me. I gave the dumb fucks the choice of the 100 Baht Thai price or zero baht. They chose poorly.

The lion house. Over all the complex was well thought out. 3 years old now and they are expanding.

The African Savanna was represented. Giraffes, ostrich, zebras and such.

So we had a nice few hours looking around here, found it well worth the baht paid and blasted on down the road. Check it out again next year.

Originally Posted by Henrie

50 baht more actually. And it's a principle thing for me.

It's well worth a visit- nicely done. I hire a golf buggy, and cruise around. My only objection is they don't sell beer! But it's set in natural forest, and whilst it isn't the biggest zoo in the world (though still expanding), the animal compounds are all nice, and it leaves you feeling good. For the opposite, check out the tiger zoo in Trakhan Phuetphon.

Great idea !

If I ever do a similar trip worth looking at and of interest to others I will have a go myself

thanks for taking the trouble , very interesting , never been to Ubon

It was around 12.30 PM so we had the rest of the day to hit the next spot. My Handbag tells me to head out to Sirinthon Dam which ain't to far outside Ubon. Punch it in the GPS and blast out on route 207. It took me to the Government office which is no where near the tourist area. We ended up in the locals backyard where there was no development. The perfect mistake as I love seeing the real deal. This ain't no little Dam, it's fookin massive.

This friendly little fella approached us, those legs are a tad sussed though.

We drove down the road in search of a pontoon to go have a feed on.

This looked fairly quiet so parked up and walked out to the end.

This is a panorama from the end pontoon. We had a group of musicians taking up residence which turned out to be an entertaining afternoon.