FRIDAY, March 29, 2024
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A butterfly effect

A butterfly effect

More than 300 species settle in around the waterfall and camping area for the first part of the rainy season

A butterfly effect
Pitch your tent in Pang Sida National Park, Sa Kaeo province next month and make friends with the butterflies. From June to August, the park will host its annual Butterfly Watching Festival as more than 300 species settle in around the waterfall and camping area for the first part of the rainy season. Activities include a butterfly exhibition and demonstrations of how to best watch these gentle creatures. 
 
Long haul at a low cost
Thai AirAsia X, Thailand's first low-fare, long-haul airline, spreads its wings with direct flights from Bangkok (DMK) to Teharan (IKA) in Iran and Muscat (MCT) in Oman. The Bangkok-Tehran route is scheduled to operate three flights weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from June 22 onward. Flights from Bangkok to Muscat will be on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, starting from June 28. Flight XJ 450 to Tehran will leave Bangkok at 3.20pm and arrive at 8.20pm, while XJ 555 to Muscat will depart from Bangkok at 9.40 and will arrive at Oman’s Capital at 4.40am. Visit www.AirAsia.com.
 
Birthday on Samui
Centara Grand Samui marks 20 years of success tomorrow night with a charity dinner. The five-star, beachfront Centara Grand Samui with its colonial-chic appeal has been serving visitors to Chaweng Beach for two decades. The Fundraiser dinner, which features a concert by Buddha Bless, starts from 7.30pm, and tickets are available at the Centara Grand Beach Resort Samui Lobby, Zing and at Zico’s Restaurant. Call (077) 230 500 or email [email protected].
 
Up high with Emirates
Emirates expands its service between Dubai and Bangkok by offering seven flights per day from July 1. The new flight will be on a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and join the existing four daily A380 and two daily 777 flights that currently operate between the two cities. This enhances the weekly services on the route to 49 and adds another 2,520 seats. Bangkok is now one of Emirates’ most served destinations, on par with Kuwait and Doha. The seventh daily EK350 will depart Dubai at 7:50pm and arrive at Suvarnabhumi International Airport at 5.10am the following day.
 
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