Hi guys,
I'm now in Vietnam. I've just hired a pushbike and attacked the crazy traffic with enthusiasm, and after about 10km of life\death experiences finally arrived at Le Mat, (a.k.a Snake Village).
This village breeds snakes for the restaurant trade. I was a little disappointed as I thought I'd see more snakes but was still cool anyway. I was only a foot away from a spitting cobra, sunnies on of coarse. Millimetres away from some other cobras only separated by chicken wire and was able to hold and extremely aggressive colubrid. Not sure what type but may have been some type of asian rat snake.
The cobras are so impressive, seeing how defensive they are naturally, not like the ones in the reptile park.
Heaps of snakes in bottles "snake wine". Suppose to be good for you and the Vietmanese Viagra, "Snake Penis Alcohol".
Mmmm, I'll pass.
I could have bought any of them for a snack, but wasn't going to pay to have a snake killed. I will try it though if they have alerady killed and have a couple of fresh Fillets out the back.
Bad news. My camera stuffed up and destroyed a roll of my egypt film. I've lost the photo of me with the cobra around my neck. So very not happy Jan. Will post other photos when I get home.
Justin
I'm now in Vietnam. I've just hired a pushbike and attacked the crazy traffic with enthusiasm, and after about 10km of life\death experiences finally arrived at Le Mat, (a.k.a Snake Village).
This village breeds snakes for the restaurant trade. I was a little disappointed as I thought I'd see more snakes but was still cool anyway. I was only a foot away from a spitting cobra, sunnies on of coarse. Millimetres away from some other cobras only separated by chicken wire and was able to hold and extremely aggressive colubrid. Not sure what type but may have been some type of asian rat snake.
The cobras are so impressive, seeing how defensive they are naturally, not like the ones in the reptile park.
Heaps of snakes in bottles "snake wine". Suppose to be good for you and the Vietmanese Viagra, "Snake Penis Alcohol".
Mmmm, I'll pass.
I could have bought any of them for a snack, but wasn't going to pay to have a snake killed. I will try it though if they have alerady killed and have a couple of fresh Fillets out the back.
Bad news. My camera stuffed up and destroyed a roll of my egypt film. I've lost the photo of me with the cobra around my neck. So very not happy Jan. Will post other photos when I get home.
Justin
