Yet another surprise for me, that having paid 300 baht a head to get in, I would exit a relatively small museum a happy man, feeling that I had in fact got my moneys worth.

The owner of the museum, Khun Manop Rattanalitikul, met us at the door and you could not help but be entrapped by his enthusiasm.

The cosy museum, housed on two floors of a Thai house on Siri Mangkhalachan Rd, off Huay Kao Rd, is perhaps best described as compact rather than small.

The collections it holds inside are vast.

We saw many different species of Butterflies, Beetles, Mosquitos and other insects.

The majority of the specimens we were assured, were collected already dead during the course of research done my Khun Manop and his wife Dr Rampa, renowned worldwide for their expertise in the malaria field.

Apart from the tangible love and care of a lifetimes collection, one of the main things that impressed me was Khun Manop and his wife’s view on the treatment of malaria as reported in the Mosquito room.

It appears to be their contention that anti-malarial treatment prior to contraction of the disease is counter productive and only serves to weaken human resistance and strengthen the mosquito’s.

There is much more than just insects here to with additional collections or coins, stones, art, the list goes on.