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Written by Petri
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Thailand is quite exotic travel destination, and you really don't know what to expect before arriving to the country. Pattaya is one of the most popular places to go for holiday, with nice climate, beaches, and relaxed way of living. You have always access to the beach, and from that point of view it is more enjoyable than in big city like Bangkok.
We visited Pattaya during the winter 2006. Here are some pictures of the literally hundreds of pictures taken during the trip. There will be more on Thailand later on, but in the meanwhile have a look at these if you are interested.
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Written by Petri
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Importing orchids to EU is prohibited. This categorical "no" is what most of us find out when asking from travel agency or their guides. We got this answer from the travel agency's booklet on our visit to Pattaya, Thailand, in winter 2006. Still, we were interested in the possibility to import orchids from Thailand to Finland to grow them at home as a nice memory of our trip.
We have a modest collection of orchids at home, and once you get started, you will want some more. So, we started to look for more information on how importing would be legal.
Importing orchids is limited by CITES, which stands for Convention on International Trade In Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora, and it protects plants and animals from illegal import or export. CITES as such is needed, but we started to wonder whether it applies in case of orchids that have been propagated by a professional grower, and that have not been removed from the wild. After looking up information from the Customs office of Finland, we concluded that if you buy the orchids grown up from cells in a sterile bottle, in vitro, then there would be a chance to bring in the orchids into Finland, legally!
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