Buddhist tour to Sri Lanka

BANGKOK  Royal Orchid Holidays will organise a Buddhist tour, 21 to 25 October, from Bangkok to Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Thai Airways International’s in-house tour operator says the package is for customers interested in prayer, meditation, and listening to the sermons of the renowned Buddhist monk, Phra Maha Vudhijaya Vajiramedhi (V. Vajiramedhi).
THAI’s marketing development and customer services department, vice president, Busaba Sangawibha, said the Buddhist meditation tour extends for five days and three nights.
The tour is open to 80 to 100 participants and will be conducted in Thai language. No official English language commentary will be available.
On the return trip the airline will transport a sapling of the Holy Bodhi Tree, which comes from the original tree (Bodhgaya, India), under which the Lord Buddha achieved enlightenment. The sapling’s final destination is the Vimuttayalaya Institute in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
Tour prices are as follows for a group of 80 persons or more: inside-no-101
inside no 10Customers must make a security deposit of THB25,000 to reserve space to attend the tour. Prices include airport tax and fuel surcharge (the fuel surcharge could change without advance notice).
For further information, reservation and ticketing, call THAI’s Royal Orchid Holidays Department on Monday to Friday at 0800 to 1200 hours and 1300 to 1700 at Tel 02 288 7335 or www.royalorchidholidays.com.

sourced:ttrweekly.com