'Feel like a beautiful bird': Hundreds do yoga on main Bangkok airport runway

Yoga enthusiasts exercising as an aircraft takes off during a yoga event at the third runway of Suvarnabhumi Airport on April 27. - PHOTO: EPA-EFE via The Straits Times/ANN

BANGKOK (AFP) - Stretching their fingertips to the reddening sky, hundreds of yoga devotees rolled out their mats on the runway of Bangkok's main airport Saturday, practising their downward dog as early morning flights rumbled overhead.

The unusual event on the airport's third runway -- which is still under construction -- saw the workout paired with beverages as participants were offered coconuts, iced teas and water to incorporate into their routines.