dinsdag 19 maart 2013

Betong: Sights

Hi everyone

We're in Betong, a town in Southern Thailand, near the boundary to Malaysia. Betong is popular with tourists so this town give us a wide range of places to discover and so we had some tough decisions to make. Because we had so much choice it was a good idea of us to plan our visits in advance. This gave us the possibility of seeing the things that interested us the most.

Our first stop was the ‘Betong in Miniature Park’ where all 33 provinces are represented that are to be found in Malaysia. This gave us the possibility to get an impression of how the other parts of the country look like. Several buildings and flower gardens showed us the characteristics of each part of Indonesia. So with each building we got another impression of what is representative for the particular province.  Especially the Riau Pavilion, West Sumatra Pavilion and the orchid garden were very impressive.



A next stop on our visit to Betong was the Marine National Park Pulau Seribu. On these islands were magnificent beaches and palm trees to be seen. Besides that we had the possibility to go snorkelling and so we could explore the undersea world. During this discovery we were able to see some beautiful reefs and tropical fishes.

Ragunan Zoo was our next planned visit in Betong. This Zoo has an animal collection of about 4000 animals which consists of 270 species. There are a lot of facilities in this Zoo so we were able to do lots of different things. First we went to the Canoe park where we used the canoe to discover different water species. After our trip on the water we went to the Schmutzer Private Center where we were able to see a lot of animals in in their natural habitat.


A last stop was ‘Taman Sari’ one of the many Spas in Betong. There we chose one of the traditional natural treatments from Indonesia which is called Lulur, a body scrubs with traditional herbs and a relaxation never to forget.

I think I can speak for all us when I say that Betong is one unforgettable city!

Talk to you soon!

Celita




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