Great Beyond Episode 16

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00:30Today, we will continue our trip around Thailand, but Thaya is waiting for us.

00:46It is the center of Thai tourism and the most well-known city on the shore of the Gulf of Siam.

00:52We will visit one of the largest parks in the world where you can buy an elephant,

01:00make a wish.

01:04We will even explore a unique collection of retro cars.

01:08This is my favorite.

01:09Get acquainted with a person who creates custom motorcycles

01:13and drop by to see the highest wooden temple in the world.

01:20The next destination on our trip will be the northern town of Pai,

01:28an ideal place to go for a ride on a moped for the first time.

01:33We will also learn how to cook fermented foods, get acquainted with a shoemaker,

01:39chase the most stinking food on the planet,

01:44see a pregnant elephant,

01:49and do a good deed.

01:53I gave a life for a new tree.

01:54You get to be part of the most interesting places and things in the program, Going Beyond.

02:14Thailand is the most advertised and promoted tourism country of Southeast Asia,

02:19and the city of Pattaya is equally, therefore, the most widely promoted destination in all of Thailand.

02:26This is the place where most visitors begin to understand about the culture of the country

02:32and its tourist attractions.

02:38There is a unique place a mere 17 kilometers from Pattaya

02:42with a history that began as far back as 1954.

02:46This was the date when a Thai businesswoman,

02:50Miss Nong Nutsch,

02:51decided to start a fruit business together with her husband.

02:56This place is very special.

02:59Mrs. Nong Nutsch bought this territory just for to grow off her trees.

03:04But after she started to travel,

03:06she was getting inspired about different gardens around the world.

03:10So she brought all ideas,

03:13everything that she likes here.

03:15And now,

03:16this is the biggest botanic garden in the Southeast Asia.

03:22One of the most beautiful parks in the world opened here almost 40 years ago.

03:28And within this time period,

03:30it has grown to the gigantic scale of 240 hectares of land.

03:39Here you quickly forget what country you were in.

03:42In the beginning,

03:47there are Buddhist stupas and the aroma of sweet smells.

03:51Then there are tall, graceful palm trees

04:05and a wild jungle accompanied by the non-stop chirping of tropical birds.

04:10At some point, you suddenly find yourself right in the middle of a perfectly aligned walkway and alleys

04:18in the style of the French city of Versailles or in the UK with its charming red London telephone boxes

04:25or the famous Stonehenge stones.

04:27I've never been in England and never seen Stonehenge, but now I got this possibility.

04:34There is an opportunity to make a wish, for example, to see the real Stonehenge.

04:41This bell is making your dreams come true.

04:50And louder you ring, faster it will happen.

04:54And in case you have a lot of wishes, you can make them by the yard.

05:07Wait, though, because there is an even delightful mini zoo in the land of this Thai paradise

05:14where you can feed a baby deer.

05:17Take a picture with a huge peacock, and you may even wash a baby elephant.

05:23Hi, I want a drink.

05:25Oh!

05:27Woo!

05:28Back up!

05:31Now, on top of all these other great opportunities, you can feed a giant arapalma fish.

05:38This hulking predator inhabits the faraway Amazon,

05:42where it is not unusual to find a three-meter example of one

05:46which you can fish for.

05:48And believe it or not, the largest one of these fish caught

05:51actually weighed 200 kilograms.

05:55An arapalma eats smaller fish, and on a good day,

05:59it can gobble up some unlucky tiny animal or even a bird.

06:03So it is unlikely it will be very pleased with these small Thai fish flakes.

06:09Oh, my God.

06:10Oh, my goodness.

06:11God forbid tourists think that there are real animals in this park.

06:17Hundreds or even thousands of artificial ones will be looking at you from all sides

06:21at every step across the entire park area.

06:25The sculptures are made from the tiny pieces of the wood.

06:41It's huge space here, so you don't see that much tourists around.

06:45And you can choose any activity you like from spending time in the middle of the orchard

06:50or hanging out with a sculpture of mamans.

06:54More than 5,000 tourists visit the park every day.

06:58Those who are unable to handle long walks of many kilometers can hop on minibuses.

07:04For those who fancy the more exotic, they can ride elephants.

07:08Among all this, there is also something interesting for those

07:12who do not really like to walk for hours out into the wild.

07:16Don't be surprised.

07:28We're still in Botanic Garden.

07:31But this is the huge garage of Mrs. Nung Nudge.

07:35And here is more than 40 sportive cars.

07:39And most of them are exclusive.

07:43Take a look.

07:44All these cars belong to Mrs. Nung Nudge's son.

07:48He made them into a museum, exhibiting them instead of driving them.

07:53Amazing.

07:57Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

07:59This is my favorite.

08:00It's huge, very classic.

08:04And Louis Vuitton makes it rich.

08:05I think it's the biggest cats I've ever seen.

08:21Wow.

08:22I don't know what cats are doing here, but looks like this is a collection of the cats of Mrs. Nung Nudge.

08:35What, you don't like me?

08:36Thais are nuts about cats.

08:40In fact, they just adore them and consider them sacred.

08:45They love all cats, especially the Siamese, because this breed appeared here in Siam, as Thailand used to be called before.

08:54Many people believe cats protect their owners' houses from evil spirits.

08:592,000 Thai people work in the park every day.

09:04And yet you pay only a $15 admission fee to see all this beauty and find out Thailand has something to surprise you with.

09:13I spent all day in this awesome botanical garden.

09:17Really, this is a touristic place, but you don't really feel people here.

09:22You like walking around your own garden.

09:25I like time before park is closing, because all people are gone and you are just all by yourself.

09:43I like walking around your own garden.

10:04I like walking around your world.

10:05You like walking around your garden.

10:09You like walking around your garden.

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