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1 Win a 10-day, adventure-filled trip to New Zealand with musicians Toon Bodyslam and Joey Boy with the 100 Plus, Cycle Touring Season 2 — Fly Off To New Zealand campaign. Dial *754* followed by the code under the “100 Plus” soda cap, followed by # and press call. It’s that simple for 100 Plus fans to win a chance to cycle around South Island’s stunning Lake Pukaki and ride the electrifying Shotover Jet speedboat inside the spectacular Shotover River Canyons. However, if you don’t win a trip to New Zealand, you may win a Yamaha Aerox 155 motorbike. There will be 40 winners (20 prizes) in all, so aim to get lucky.
2 The perfect coffee table book for photography and history buffs, The 100 Photographs That Changed The World is a celebration of the importance of photography in modern history. White Star’s Federica Guarnieri and Roberto Mottadelli have rounded up 100 of the most significant photographs into one stunning volume. Each photo, including the first flight of the Wright Brothers, the moment Tutankhamun’s tomb was opened, the atomic mushroom in Nagasaki and the famous man blocking tanks at Tiananmen Square, is accompanied by detailed captions, which includes explanations of the motivations behind each photographer’s shot. At Asia Books for 1,052 baht. 3 International Women’s Day is on March 8 and Bangkok is joining a plethora of cities around the world in the HeForShe Arts Week campaign. Hosted by UN Women Asia and the Pacific, the campaign will take place from March 8-15 to promote and mobilise support for gender equality through art and culture. The event will be hosted in different venues across the city from the Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre, where thought-provoking shows, exhibitions, talks and performances will take place, to SF World Cinema CentralWorld, where a film festival screening seven award-winning films and documentaries from Turkey, India and Canada, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Germany, Australia and Sweden will be screened from March 9-12. Visit the Facebook event page HeForShe ARTS WEEK Bangkok for more information. 4 Sofitel So is celebrating International Women’s Day with special promotions (only for ladies, of course) in all of their restaurants and bars. On March 8, Park Society Restaurant will offer a complimentary glass of sparkling wine during their dinner course. Red Oven will offer a 30% discount on food only at the buffet lunch and dinner, and HI-SO will offer free-flow sparkling wine and sparkling cocktails from 7-8pm. 5 Did you know that Thailand has an aerial acrobatics group? Acrobatic exercise studio Hoy-Hon Circus Community 4 Life will debut their complete acrobatic show Cirque D’Hiver: The Last Wind Of Winter tomorrow at The Stage @Asiatique The Riverfront, Warehouse 4, at 2pm. Having already performed an extremely impressive set at Sala Sudasiri Sobha, the show is the first to be produced and performed by an all-Thai cast and crew. Tickets cost 500, 1,000, 1,500 and 2,000 baht, with net proceeds being donated to the Paralympic Committee of Thailand to help athletes with disabilities realise their dreams in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. For reservations, contact Line ID: HOYHONshow or call 094-818-4991.