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Biennial - 2012 - September 11-18, 2012 Thailand. Don't miss this wonderful and exciting visit to Thailand to see an unsurpassed array of palms, gorgeous scenery and breathtaking gardens. The Biennial will kick off with a Welcome Dinner at the Grand Four Wings Hotel in Bangkok. ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN for the BIENNIAL, PRE-BIENNIAL TRIP and Post-Biennial Tour (latter booked through the New York Botanical Garden)
IITINERARY
Day I : Tuesday. September 11, 2012
- Arrive Bangkok ( Suvannaphum Airport ) - Transferred to Grand Four Wings Hotel, Bangkok
7:00 PM (19:00) - Welcome Dinner at the Grand Four Wings Hotel
 Day 2 : Wednesday September 12, 2012
0700 (7.00 a.m.) - Breakfast at hotel/checkout
0800 (8.00 a.m.) - Leave Hotel - Bus to Khao Yai
1130 (11.30 a.m.) - Arrive Khao Yai National Park - lunch and see Pinanga sylvestris, Licuala poonsakii and other palm species near Kong Kaew waterfall.
1600 (4.00 p.m.) - Depart for Tawaravadee Hotel in Kabinburi district in Prachinburi Province (1:30 hour drive)
1900 (7:00 p.m.)
- IPS-hosted dinner at the Tawaravadee Hotel
Day 3 : Thursday September 13,2012
0700 (7.00 a.m.) - Breakfast at hotel/checkout
0800 (8.00 a.m.) - Leave hotel for Tub Larn Park to see wild populations of Corypha utan
1200 (12.00 p.m.) - Lunch at Nong Nooch 2 Gardens, Prachinburi
1300 (1:00 p.m.) – Tour of Nong Nooch 2 Garden
1400 (2:00 p.m.) - Leave for Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden (NNTBG) in Pattaya (Approx three hour drive)
1700 (5:00 p.m.) - Arrive at NNTBG, Pattaya, check into hotel.
1900 (7:00 p.m.) - IPS-hosted dinner at NNTBG
 Day 4 : Friday September 14,2012
0700 (7.00 a.m.) - Breakfast at NNTBG
0800 (8.00 a.m.) - Start the Nong Nooch garden tour from Orchid House, Palm Garden,French Garden, Variegated Gardens, Cactus Garden by sight-seeing buses.
1200 (12.00 p.m.) - Lunch at Nanta building, Nong Nooch Garden.
1300 (1.00 p.m.) - Continue the tour of the Nong Nooch Gardens by sight-seeing bueses nto Palms of the World Garden and the Cart Cross Arboretum
1930 (7:00 p.m.) - Dinner at the NNTBG, also featuring a knowledgeable and entertaining speaker
Day 5 : Saturday September15, 2012
Free Day on your own for all Biennial attendees other than IPS Directors and key committee members.
0800-1700 (8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.) - IPS Board of Directors meering in the Chamchuri meeting room in the Nong Nooch Resort. Lunch provided
Dinner on your own
 Day 6 : Sunday, September 16, 2012
0700 (7.00 a.m.) - Breakfast at NNTBG
0800 (8.00 a.m.) - Tour of the Nong Nooch Gardens Cycad Collection, Hortus Botanicus Plant collection by sightseeing bus
1200 (12:00 p.m.) - Lunch at Nanta building, Nong Nooch Gardens.
1300 (1:30 p.m.) - Continue tour of the Nong Nooch Gardens
1800 (6.00 p.m.) - Pre-dinner palm lecture at NNTBG
1930 (07.30 p.m.) - Dinner at NNTBG.
Day 7 : Monday, September 17, 2012
0730 (7.30a.m.) - Breakfast at NNTBG
0930 (9:30 a.m.) - Thai cultural performances and elephant show.
1200 (12:00 p.m.) - Lunch (on your own (not included in Biennial fee)
Afternoon - Free time
1830 (6.30 p.m.) - Farewell Dinner at Nanta lawn.
Day 8: Tuesday, September.18, 2012
- Breakfast at NNTBG
- Transfers to Bangkok Suwannaphum Airport for flights home or to Hanoi for Vietnam post tour.
Pre-TOUR
Itinerary for trip to the South of Thailand for IPS 2012
5-11 Sep, 2012
Trang-Krabi-Phang-nga – Phuket
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Post-TOUR - Vietnam
Arranged by Dr.Andrew Henderson
New York Botanical Garden
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