The 411 Magazine The 411 Magazine issue 4 July/Aug 2017 | Page 41

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FEATURE
The hotel’s own horticulturist and gardeners are
responsible for the organic garden which provides the
vegetables and herbs for the kitchen. They developed a
fermenting process from oranges and limes using
different kinds of micro organisms for an efficient
cleaning process. The garden and its plants are open
for guests, who can use for example the aloe vera to
treat sun burned skin. Additionally there is natural
mosquito repellent made by locals, glass cleaner made
out of pineapples as well as natural toothpaste!
Changes...
Many trees have been planted along the walkway
leading to the Cottages providing more shade and in
the space of ten+ years there will be a tree tunnel with
shade all day long which makes walking much easier in
the heat. This is to say that Tongsai is even greener
than it used to be. There are 66 kinds of birds spotted
in Tongsai in the past 12 years. The star resident bird is
the colorful Pink-Necked Pigeon, and even a slow Loris
had been spotted near NangGong Villa by Gob and
Goya back in 2002. There is still a lot of natural space
left in the territory but instead of building more
manmade structures the business is not being
expanded and natural areas are left untouched.
www.tongsaibay.co.th
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