The Million Years Stone Park and Crocodile Farm in Pattaya, Thailand

The Million Years Stone Park: there are so many types of stones in different shapes and forms, overall some pretty amazing views can be found here.

This is in the crocodile show hall. They do different shows with crocodiles every day here.

 

The bear can do different tricks.

Sitting all high and mighty in chains.

The naughty jumping tiger.

A normal sized crocodile

Crocodiles getting food (chicken) from visitors.

Fast and furious moves are what they got.

This tiger is watching those tourists feeding the crocodiles.

Crocodiles are categorized in different areas like this, even the ill ones.

There are many camels here too.

Million years stone park

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Tuk Tuk Limousine at MBK Center, Bangkok

Tuk Tuk is the way Thais and visitors in Thailand call the auto-rickshaw which is easy to find anywhere in Thailand for hire. The locals also call it 'Sam Lor' (meaning three-wheeler). The fare is negotiable and usually more expensive than the standard taxis.

For hobbyists and artists, Tuk tuk is also an object to implement their artistic ideas. I have seen a Tuk tuk with many thousands of jewels and crystals. This is a limo/stretched version. I'm not sure if it is usable in reality though.

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Mini Siam in Pattaya - The Miniature World

Pattaya has quite a number of attractions for visitors to discover: The Million Years Stone Park, Pattaya Crocodile Farm, Mini Siam & Mini Europe, Cabarets, Ripley's Believe it or not Museum, Siracha Tiger Zoo, Underwater World, etc.

The project of Mini Siam started in 1985, and was constructed in 1986 with more than 29 Rais separated into Mini Siam zone and Mini Europe zone. For the rest of the area, there are the Booking Halls, the Souvenir Shops for lease, Go Cart field, and the Parking Lot. The Democracy Monument in Bangkok was the first model to build. Here are some photos at Mini Siam I took:

The Mini Siam zone has a lot of Thailand's popular monuments and attractions: WAT PHRA KAEO in Bangkok, PHANOM RUNG HISTORICAL PARK in BURIRUM, WAT ARUN (TEMPLE OF THE DAWN) in BANGKO, WAT PHRA SRISUNPETCH : AYUTTHAYA, and many more.

The Mini Europe Zone is also not bad with: THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE, Eiffel Tower, CATHEDRAL GROUP OF PISA, ABUSIMBEL, ANGKOR WAT, COLOSSEUM, Liberty Statue, etc...

Photos were taken by Canon Powershot A1200.

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Marantz UD5005 & UD7005 Review - Universal Networked Blu-ray Players (3D Ready)

In order to replace the 2 Blu-ray Universal media players Marantz BD 5004 and BD7004, Marantz now has 2 new Blu-ray players, modeled UD5005 and UD7005.

First, about the look, I have to admit that the design is simple and rock-solid, but it is also very stylish, sleek and uncluttered, so the 2 players possibly would fit in any decor which is already a plus.

The 2 universal media players are Blu-ray 3D ready, and also are able to read many other formats, CD, DVD, DVD-Audio, Super Audio CD (SA-CD), DivX files, AVCHD, and normal Blu-ray discs.

The 2 players are also prepared with DAC 24 and 32 bit - converting digital sound to analog, with HDMI 1.4a output and many other electronic supports to recreate a multi-channel analog system. Besides that, Netflix and YouTube are additional features for more entertainment values to the players with network streaming. With the network support of DLNA 1.5 standard, the UD5005 and UD7005 are not going to fall behind anytime soon.

This means Marantz is enhancing its products with not only superior quality, universal compatibility, but also more entertainment values and networking streaming ability to ensure its future-readiness. These products will be a big bang for the buck and the game-changers in the market.

Check them out on Amazon.com here.

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