Beauty and the Beast

Thailand is a country full of beauty and surprises. One minute, you are beholding an object of beauty and the next minute you are caught by the surprise of the contrast!
The scorpion was found when I moved a large barrel to get a better look at the flower. It's actually a lot larger than it looks because the finger is closer to the camera. Despite the prodding with a stick, the scorpion held its ground. The surprising thing is that three Thai men that were with me did not want to kill it (contrary to what would have happened in America). They just covered it up again with the barrel. I don't know if I am ready to be a Buddhist yet, because I wanted to crush it because it was next to my house!