Travel Footprints

Pattaya has always been known as the coastal retreat conveniently located near Thailand’s city center. I am glad we went there NOT for the beach though, because frankly speaking i’ve seen better beaches in the Philippines. Instead, we were there to see the Nong Nooch Garden and Resort on a fun-filled day tour. For overnight stays, accommodations at Nong Nooch are available, you may check their website for details.

Our day tour started from Bangkok where we left early morning to go to Pattaya by bus. The moment we entered the Nong Nooch Garden and Resort we saw how huge the place was! We arrived just in time to see the Cultural Show in the morning where performances ranged from cultural dances, muay thai boxing to elephants in battle (yes, real elephants are performing in this scene!). The other performance highlight was the Amazing Elephants Show.

Buffet lunch is served at the resort restaurant and i highly recommend it. The restaurant served as the gateway to the perfectly-manicured garden at Nong Nooch. The garden was like the tea scene at Alice in Wonderland. We tried to plot out our afternoon itinerary with the map provided us so we don’t miss out too much. Luckily, we were at the terminal when the shuttle car for the resort passed by. For just a minimal charge, we were able to see a varied lot of the interesting botanical garden we could not have accomplished on foot.

An alternative mode of transport around the gardens are the elephants (with seats strapped in their backs). But i felt they already accomplished enough with the morning shows, they deserve an afternoon off to rest.