Thailand BETONG Trip - Know More on our PKM History

We have visited to BETONG in Thailand during Labour Holiday on 1 May 2010. It is a very interesting trip - we have an opportunity to know more on PKM history.

What is PKM? Read below -

Parti Komunis Malaya (b. Inggeris: Malayan Communist Party) atau singkatannya PKM ialah sebuah pertubuhan yang diasaskan di Tanah Melayu (sekarang Malaysia) pada tahun 1930. Pertubuhan ini menentang penjajahan British yang ketika itu itu sedang memerintah Tanah Melayu. Ketika kedatangan Jepun, PKM membentuk Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) untuk berperang dengan mereka.

泰国和平村

This is the WORLD BIGGER TREE!

We can see who is the key player in Communist when we are on the way to search for the World Bigger Tree.

Handsome Hero?

A nice place to stay in Peace Village, Betong.

Afther having dinner, we spend some time in museum in order get closer to Communist History.

Learn to cook in the jungle.....this is what we have learn in Friendship Village -

泰国友谊村

The tunnel way --->

泰国友谊村 - 万花园

Betong (Thai: เบตง) is a town (thesaban mueang) in southern Thailand, near the boundary to Malaysia. It is the capital of Betong district, the southernmost district of Yala Province. As of 2005, the town has a population of 24,688.

Betong is the southernmost town of Thailand. [1] Across the Malaysia-Thailand border by the Keroh pass is the state of Perak. Betong is popular with tourists from nearby Malaysia[2] .

Betong is a district of Yala Province, situated in the southernmost province of Thailand in Sankalakhiri mountain range. With an are of 1,328 sq. km, it borders the Malaysian states of Kedah and Perak. Its terrain is mostly mountainous and hilly with forested plateaus. About 1,900 feet above sea level, it is 140km from Yala and 1,224km from the capital city of Bangkok.

Betong, meaning bamboo, is named in the Malay language. It is administratively divided into 4 tambons, i.e. Yarom, Aiyerweng, Tanah Merah, Tan Namtip, and one municipality - the Tambon Betong Municipality.

With a population of around 48,487 which can be classified into two major groups Muslims and Chinese, the majority of its people are agriculturists. Climatically speaking, Betong is under the influence of the Southwest and Northwest monsoons. Therefore, there is a lot of rain and the weather is nice and cool with fog in the morning. This is perhaps how it got is name - 'A Town in the Mist with Beautiful Flowers'.