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ANGSILA OLD MARKET

ANGSILA OLD MARKET Ban Angsila, around 8 kilometers from Chonburi Town. From the kilometer marker 102 on Sukhumvit Road, turn right at Angsila Junction, or the highway 3134, you will find the rock sculpting sorce. Drive further for a kilometer; you will reach Ban Angsila Community.

Angsila old market map

Angsila is the first seaside resort in Thailand. It is charming with wonderful scenery, friendly ambiance of local people, and the famous products of the village, sculpted rocks. There is a famous fisherman village and a grand market where you can buy fresh seafood.

The history of tourism at this place started since King Rama IV period, when there were a number of foreigners coming to Thailand. Chonburi was very famous then as a major merchant port and, being a seaside town with fresh air, a place good ofr patient to recover from illnesses. Later, a member of royal family has built a recovery building and made Angsila the first resort in Thailand.
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Sriracha Tiger Zoo

Sriracha Tiger Zoo

The Sriracha Tiger Zoo is a zoo in Pattaya, a city in the Chonburi Province of Thailand, about 60 miles from Bangkok. The zoo claims a population of 200 tigers and around 10,000 crocodiles, the largest such populations in the world.

Just 30 minutes’ drive from Pattaya, this grand tiger zoo, located on an over-100-acre piece of land, boasts not only over 200 Bengal tigers, 100,000 crocodiles, and various kinds of animals in the natural atmosphere, but it also offers you many amusing activities and amazing shows.

In recent years, the zoo has faced severe criticism, mainly due to it offering circus- and carnival-like shows, exhibits, and interactions. Some shows consist of tigers leaping through rings of fire, walking across a double tightrope, parading around the ring on hind legs, and riding around on the back of the horse. Like the vast majority of circus animals, the animals at Sriracha Tiger Zoo are often hurt while performing or are tortured in order to make them perform stunts.
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