our 1st stop is in col kamaal district southeast of bangkok. large amounts of rubber are grown here. thanks to these contacts we gain access to one of the plantations. the owner inherited the plantation from his parents. and they have. it in the past this area was rain forest my parents cleared the whole area and started cultivating it 1st they planted rice and sugar cane but later they switched to rubber. the plantation begins right behind his house for the 1st time we see how rubber is harvested. the rubber latex strips out of an incision in the bark of a tree it can be harvested in a liquid state or through the addition of vinegar as they're doing here to get the rubber to solidifying and harvested in solid pieces. boss a product employs more than 50 workers our news plantation later we will discover what kind of conditions they live in. boston ponte has just planted new rubber trees despite a glut on the market that's driven a steady drop in the price per kilo. we used to earn good money with our robber. the happy department. but 5 years ag