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Local Attractions
Mangoes is a guesthouse situated close to Pattaya
and Sattahip
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Located in Pattaya. Founded by
Dutchman
ieter Bij De Lije, he has spent more than fifteen years atiently
creating over 300 miniature reproductions of buildings, emples, ships
and churches inside bottles for display in this nique museum. The
secret is to build the models first, cut them part and reassemble them
inside the bottles using long pincers and lue. It's not easy to do and
visitors can take up the pincers to ry themselves at one of the
museum's work benches. Not content with his bottles, the craftsman also
built numerous odel ships and Thai villages before retiring. Today
Prapaisri haipanich continues the bottle art, also creating elaborate
flowers n glass for sale and running a training centre for people to
learn er techniques.
of Pattaya's most amazing
sights, the
Sanctuary of Truth is a igantic structure made entirely of teak, with
enormous spires dorned with superbly carved figures of angels, gods and
animals. At 05 metres tall and 100 metres long, you have to see it to
believe he enormous scale of craftsmanship involved. Begun in 1981 by
hilanthropist Lek Virayaphan, the Sanctuary is intended to preserve he
heritage of Thai artists and reflect eastern philosophies. It is till
not finished, despite the continuous work of numerous artisans nd
woodcarvers for the past 24 years. In addition to guided tours of the
building, the Sanctuary offers Dolphin shows twice daily in its small
lake, horse riding, horse carriage trips, speedboats around the bay,
and demonstration of woodcarving from the resident craftsmen.
Thailand's largest open plan
zoo with the
animals roaming freely without fences. Covering 2,000 acres with over
300 species located in twelve themed zones, including Africa, Cats
Complex, Walk Through Aviary, Penguin Park. Visitors can drive their
own cars around, or catch one of the zoo's guided auto-trams that cover
a seven-kilometre route through the various zones, allowing you to get
off and on where you like. Additional attractions include the daily
Animal Show, Night Safari by auto-tram to discover the nocturnal habits
of many animals; Zoo School (with accommodation) offers curricula for
students to learn about animals and the environment. Visitors wanting
to support the zoo's activities can join the Animal Adoption programme
to sponsor food and medicine for the animal of their choice.
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