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Safari World
Claiming to be world's largest 'open zoo', Safari World is divided into two parts, the drive-through Safari Park and the Marine Park. In the Safari Park, visitors drive through different habitats with giraffes, lions, zebras, elephants, orang-utans, and other African and Asian animals. A panda house displays rare white pandas. The Marine Park focuses on stunts by dolphins and other trained animals. Safari World is 45km northeast of Bangkok, and best reached by car.
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Wat Saket & Golden Mount
Before glass and steel towers began growing out of the flat monotony of Bangkok's riverine plain, the massive Golden Mount (Phu Khao Thong) was the only structure to make any significant impression on the horizon. At the eastern entrance to Banglamphu, the mount was commissioned by Rama III. He ordered that the earth that was dug out to create Bangkok's expanding khlong network be piled up to build an enormous, 100m-high, 500m-wide chedi.
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