Bird nest soup - Thailand

added February 2006 The small Thai town of Pattani, the birds away - literally. The city's economy is booming after residents gathered saliva of birds. Sea Swift nest for a bird's nest soup and made of hardened saliva, selling for $ 2,000 per kilo. started a few years ago, the birds inhabit inexplicably Pattani. Now all residents in the plot had. As one resident: "We used to live here, but now we move to make room for the birds .." Produced by ABCJourneyman Pictures Australia