webfact Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Video: 64 year old Thai coconut man shins up trees to make a living Picture: 77kaoded Thai media reported on a 64 year old man who would put others half his age to shame. Sawaeng Kaewmuang has been earning his living climbing coconut trees since he was just 12. vido.mp4 He charges 50 baht a time to retrieve the coconuts for people in Ang Thong province in central Thailand. Thaivisa notes that some people in this business send monkeys up to do the work - Sawaeng shins up himself. Picture: 77kaoded He admits to having fallen six times over the years. But he has had no serious injuries - apart from some broken teeth. Wiry little Sawaeng is a popular and well known man in Chaiyo district, reported 77kaoded. Source: 77kaoded -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-12-12 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1958 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Remarkably agile for his age, good onya mate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhounan Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 And the elite of Bangkok are watching the video sitting on the top of the Pyramid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 21 minutes ago, webfact said: He admits to having fallen six times over the years The 7th time could be the charm, not that i wish him to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocky Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Wife's family's farm in Prachuap use trained monkeys to do this work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chassa Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 75 year old in our village - but he does use bamboo ladders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unamazedloso Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Good going. Monkeys typically do it though nowadays. One of our neighbours borrowed one of these monkeys and let it lose in our banana fields. Almost had to put a bullet in it. No place for a ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Stocky said: Wife's family's farm in Prachuap use trained monkeys to do this work. He learnt to cut-out the middle man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krataiboy Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 One way to make a monkey out of yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 On 12/11/2019 at 8:52 PM, zhounan said: And the elite of Bangkok are watching the video sitting on the top of the Pyramid... ....and many lay in wait for it to crumble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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