On Sept 4, the "Tour of I-San Bung Kan Classic 2" cycling tour will be held by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)'s northeastern regional office and CofeeBike Club on a 55km route to Phu Singh Hill in Bung Kan province.
Registration and breakfast will be from 5.30-6.45am, followed by the launch between 6.45-7am. After the trip, all the participants will have lunch.
Registration fees are 600 baht per person, inclusive of a T-shirt, drinking water, breakfast, lunch and accident insurance. The number of participants is limited to 300.
Call the TAT Contact Centre on 1672.
Eco-tourism in two provinces
TAT's Lop Buri office and tourism business operators in Saraburi's Muak Lek district and Lop Buri's Phatthana Nikhom and Tha Luang districts are promoting ecological and historical tourism. They recommend a two-day, one-night self-drive trip from Saraburi to Lop Buri.
Participants will visit many farms in tambon Nong Yang Sua of Muak Lek district, Saraburi. Big Tae Garden covering 130 rai has almost a million chrysanthemums, also called "mums" or "chrysanths", in various colours.
Phu-nawaphan Farm covering 117 rai of land is an integrated farm, which grows organic vegetables and demonstrates how to grow grapevines. Teacher Sansern's Vegetable Farm grows organic vegetables and is known for producing butterhead lettuce.
In the afternoon, visit the Submakrut Valley, which is an organic velvet bean farm and the organic Saithong mulberry farm. Around this area is Lam Phaya Klang Community, aka "Cowboy Community", where villagers raise 20,000 milk cows.
On day two, visitors can head to Pasak Chonlasit Dam, the country's longest water-retention clay dam. The Lop Buri side of the dam boasts a museum, a look out for sightseeing and releasing fish, and a 9.72km path along the dam's edge. The Saraburi side boasts Phra Buddha Rattanamanee Mahabophit Chonlasitmongkolchai, a Buddha statue.
In the afternoon, the group may visit the Ban Pong Manao archaeological site in tambon Huai Khun Ram of Lop Buri's Phatthana Nikhom district where human skeletons and tools dating back 3,500-2,500 years were unearthed. Another attraction is Sap Champa ancient town with a champak forest and Sap Champa Museum in Tha Luang district, Lop Buri.
Visit www.tat7.com or www.facebook.com/pages/Tat-Lopburi or call the TAT local office on 036-770-096/7.
Royal Photo Exhibition
Lord Buddha Museum.
Today from 3-6.30pm, an alliance of 70 organisations, including the Crown Property Bureau and Thai Red Cross Society, will host the "70th Anniversary Of His Majesty The King's Accession To The Throne: Photos That Are In Our Hearts" exhibition in front of the Lord Buddha Museum of Wat Debsirin, Bangkok.
Each of these 70 agencies has chosen one photo of Their Majesties the King and Queen and written a description of its impressive feelings for that picture. All the photos will be displayed in the form of procession.
In addition, there will be a lecture by royal guard Col Thirawat Boonpen, a demonstration of painting a portrait of HM the King by art lecturer Assist Prof Nares Yamahan and famous dancer and actor Manop Meechamras will perform a dance.
Admission is free.
Call 089-069-2410.
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