Big Ones, Small Ones, Some As Big As Your Head

So here is a little header for ya. I HATE SNAKES and bugs and things that poop on me. Just don't like em. But let's be honest. I have never touched a snake, and not really many bugs (unless i'm squishing them), and rarely things that could poop on me, except babies I guess. BUT! This weekend I conquered it all, sucked it up, and embraced the whole experience. And now I have awesome pictures to show for it. Enjoy.

Yeah, I let them put scorpions on me. Why? I. DON'T. KNOW.  But it was cool I guess. Until two of them conveniently ended up where they shouldn't have gone...thus resulting in another "pat down" by the scorpion remover men...  I should just get used to that these days.

"Not the boo box" was playing through my head this whole time. Hook anyone?

The first snake I've ever touched. Honestly, I sorta bonded with the guy. He was pretty cute, until he tried to wrap himself around my neck. But we'll just forget about that part...

Yeah...that guy was pretty cute until he pooped on me

Then the trainers did a snake show which involved taunting them and making them do cool things, such as hiss and jump. Personally I consider those scary things, not cool things. I saw my life flash before my eyes a few times I think.

That snake venom could kill you in a half hour. 

That guy actually kissed the thing. A pretty quality kiss too! Not even a peck, a pretty solid kiss. I don't know who I felt worse for...the man or the snake.

Yeah, the snake is in his mouth. And he didn't even use his hands to put it there.

 I feel like a snake farm is a lot like a hockey game. Hockey games are not fun if you do not see a fight. And snake farms are not fun unless you see someone get bit. Well I'd like to inform you, we indeed saw someone get bit. He's alive and well...I assume.

Startin the training young

Next up. Water Buffalo farm. I don't have a picture, but I did actually ride one of those things. I'm sure you're wondering, how did I get on it? Well let me tell you! Picture this. Gymnastics. Vault. Instead of a vault though, a water buffalo. Running start, hands on buffalo, and jump. Minus the flips and grace, I so mounted that thing! It was pretty funny, super ungraceful, but once in a lifetime I guess. I do have that on video, but I can't decide if I can embarrass myself like that.

That is the rice farm where we learned the rice growing process. This included knee deep mud in a river we just saw the buffalo go to the bathroom in. Awesome.

And I just thought this was cute. That baby was almost 2 months old. Love it!

Finally we went to an orchid/butterfly farm. For the record, I saw 5 butterflies tops. False advertising if you ask me. But at least the flowers were pretty!

And that, is the view I had for my nap that day. Not too shabby yeah?

So after getting home that night, let's just say I can't count how much animal junk I was covered in.

Snake, scorpion, hedge hog, water buffalo, lizard (one jumped on me while I was enjoying my mango. how rude of him. He obviously didn't know me and Pedro are tight), butterfly, ant, mosquito, dog, and i'm sure the list goes on.