I'm Taking Reservations

A spider as big as a dinner plate, a rat thought extinct for 11 million years, and a cyanide-laced, shocking pink millipede are part of a "biological treasure trove" found in Thailand and the Mekong Basin.
Scientists discovered more than 1,000 species in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia over the past decade, the World Wildlife Fund said Monday.
The species were all found in the rainforests and wetlands along the Mekong River, which flows through Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam and the southern Chinese province of Yunnan.
"It doesn't get any better than this," Stuart Chapman, director of WWF's Greater Mekong Programme, was quoted as saying in a statement by the group.
Not all species were found hiding in remote jungles - the Laotian rock rat, which the study said was thought to be extinct about 11 million years ago, was first encountered by scientists in a local food market in 2005.
One species of pitviper was first noted by scientists after it was found in the rafters of a restaurant at the headquarters of Thailand's Khao Yai national park in 2001.

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Photo location: Koh Chang, Trat province