Thailand Trivia Photo Quiz July 2011

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Mike

What is farmed in this building in Thailand?

For my latest Thailand trivia photo quiz I would like you to answer some questions about the concrete building in this photograph. The photo is taken in the seaside village of Khlong Wan where this and two other similar buildings have recently been constructed.

I regularly cycle by this spot but it took me a little while to figure out what the builders were making. The final clue for me, which I got after the building was completed,  was the piped “music” emanating from the top of the structure at dusk.

Now if you have lived/travelled in other SE Asian countries  you may have seen this “farm” building before. They are not new to Thailand but it seems to me that they are now becoming more common.

I first witnessed people harvesting the “crop” in Borneo but that was not from a man made building.

1. What lives in the building?

2. What do they produce?

3. What happens to the “product.”

If you think you know the answer to my latest Thai trivia photo quiz please leave a comment.  If you don’t know watch out for a post in a couple of days about what is farmed here ;-)

You can now find the answers at Swiftlet Farming in Thailand.

Related posts:

  1. Thailand Trivia Photo Quiz-February 2011
  2. Thailand Trivia Photo Quiz-March 2011
  3. Thailand Trivia Photo Quiz-April 2011
  4. Thailand Trivia Photo Quiz
  5. Chiang Mai Trivia Quiz
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  • http://twitter.com/FarangTalk Farang Talk Forums

    Seen similar buildings before but no idea what they are for…

    • http://www.thailand-blogs.com Mike

      Glad you have seen them! You might be surprised in what lives there and its not the Thai version of a battery hens farm ;-)

  • http://www.strayandsnap.blogspot.com Snap

    A swiftlet ranch? Even if it isn’t, I never knew such a thing existed, until now!

    • http://www.thailand-blogs.com Mike

      Hi Snap, well done, thought it might be a hard one! How did you figure it out? I didn’t see any in CM on my visit.

      • http://strayandsnap.blogspot.com Snap

        Google ;) I’ve never seen one before either, I must have fluked it with my search words.

        • http://www.thailand-blogs.com Mike

          Snap apparently they have them is Australia too. Queensland?

          • http://www.strayandsnap.blogspot.com Snap

            Jing ruu? I’ve never seen or noticed them…big bucks in the bird nest business. My friend here pays 500 Baht per packet, so one can only guess how much they sell for in Australia.

  • Lloyd

    As snap has pointed out its a Swift nest farm, they are common in Malaysia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird's_nest_soup

    Pain is the ass actually as they are an eyesore and after a year or so if the facility is not cleaned properly there will be issues with white lice infestation.

    • http://www.thailand-blogs.com Mike

      Hi Lloyd-you clever bugger ;-) Like I said to Snap I thought this was a difficult one.  Incidentally there are two other “barns” just like in photo in KL under construction nearby, looks like you might have some swifts for company ;-)

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