Labels:text | screenshot | newspaper OCR: TRAVEL Great care was also taken to ensure that the buildings were designed to harmonise with the sur- roundings and that Thailand's rich culture and her- itage were reflected in the resort's architecture and interior decor. All the buildings in the sprawling re- sort are low-lying, no more than three storeys tall- "slab-block" or skyscraper effects have been studi- ously avoided. Where appropriate, village-style thatching has been used for roofing many of the smaller buildings. Traditional crafts such as wood- carvings from Chiang Mai decorate the lobby of the Dusit Laguna. Carved and woven rattan furni- Careful attention ture and traditional fabrics for bedspreads are used was paid to the at all the hotels, and displayed as art pieces on interior decor of the resort walls at the Pacific Islands Club. Hardy native plants, such as casuarina trees and wild ducks, not palms, were used to green the area. The resort's seen previously, six large saltwater lagoons were stocked with fish, are starting to tiger prawns, shrimps and crabs. use the resort Other innovations in the development of the re- lakes; the local sort included a sophisticated closed recycling sys- butterfly population has grown as the newly- tem to handle refuse and sewage disposal and wa- planted trees bloomed. Nature lovers can also ter treatment. now find the white egret stopping over at the resort The painstaking efforts have paid off. Birds and lagoons on its north-south migration flight. other wildlife are returning to the area. Flocks of Besides measures that rehabilitate and enhance
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