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The highlight is watching the sun rise through the 15 gates of the temple at the same time ..
Here comes the sun
Visit Prasat Phanom Rung, a Khmer Ruin in Buri Ram between April 3 and 5 and experience a truly spectacular solar event. The highlight is watching the sun rise through the 15 gates of the temple at the same time, an amazing phenomenon that happens just once a year. Folk music and cultural events add a festive mood on the evenings of April 6 and 7. Sitting on the top of an extinct volcano, the complex is a Hindu shrine dedicated to Shiva. Call (044) 514 447 to 8.
Stepping up to culture
Foreign tourists are invited to take part in a new video clip contest dubbed “One and Only” to win travel packages worth Bt1 million. Part of the “Discovering Thainess” tourism campaign, the video clip contest aims to make exploring Thai culture more fun by asking contestants to film themselves doing “Thai things” such as traditional Thai dancing, Thai boxing, making Thai-style floral garlands, Thai cooking or speaking Thai. The best clips will be posted to promote Thailand tourism. Prize vary from a three-night stay at The Peninsula Bangkok to leaning Thai boxing with Buakaw Banchamek. For more information, visit http://DiscoverThainess.TourismThailand.org.
Entertainment, Hansar style
Hansar Samui, a stylish resort in Samui Island, adds a series of activities to keep guests entertained while having a break at Thailand’s best beach holiday destination. For example, families can spend an afternoon with Thai craft masters and learn kite making or doll painting. Food enthusiasts can exercise their taste buds through a Thai cooking class while action maniacs can treat themselves to a fit ball workout, muay thai boxing, beach volleyball and bike ventures. Situated just 10 minutes from the island’s international airport, Hansar Samui is located in Bophut Bay.
The spice of life
Treat your taste buds to Smooth Curry’s dining experience at Plaza Athenee Bangkok, A Royal Meridien Hotel. The Thai restaurant is presenting five courses of authentic Thai food paired with ingenious cocktails created with Nikki Pure Spirit vodka. All the ingredients are certified 100-per-cent organic, even the vodka, which is distilled from Thai jasmine rice. Book a table at (02) 650 8800.
