1. Name the city where you will visit the "Administrator's Garden."

Suzhou, China (near Shanghai)   LOOK!

2. Name two animals you might see at Ranthamabore National Park.

Any of these would have been correct: tigers, rhino, leopard, sambar, blue bull, chital, chinkara, hyena, jackal, fox, jungle cat, ratel, sloth bear, langur and wild boar, peafowl, parakeets, partridges, storks, egrets, flycatchers, owls, black eagle, greylag goose, shelduck, and pintails.  LOOK!

3. Name one of Myanmar's two major beach resorts.

Ngapali Beach and Ngwe Saung Beach LOOK!

4. Where does the boat stop on the way to Kamu Lodge?

Tam Ting Cave  LOOK!

5. Name one Purple Dragon package that includes massage.

Sensual Samui  LOOK!

6. Name one country you most want Purple Dragon to add to the countries we already offer. (The answer is not on our website, so every answer is correct.)

Even if you did not enter the contest we hope you will answer this question anyway. Our short list includes Nepal, Bhutan, Korea, and South Africa. ANSWER!

Bonus Questions:

B1. Please identify the event shown in the photo on the right.

Gay Pride in Taipei, Taiwan. Makes you want to go, doesn't it?

B2. This year is the twentieth anniversary of publication of the first edition of Eric Allyn's landmark guidebook The Men of Thailand. The fist two editions of the book were co-authored by someone else. What was his name?

Dr. John Collins. John was an openly gay professional sexologist and also a Roman Catholic priest who belonged to the liberal Paulist order. He was a great gentleman who gave spiritual inspiration to thousands of gay men in San Francisco in the 1970s. John loveded Asia, and Thailand in particular. He was also the next door neighbor of Douglas Thompson, our Managing Director. Together, they planned some of the very first openly gay tours to Thailand for Americans. He died about ten years ago.