Thailand 2014 Itinerary

International Studies Thailand Tour: April 6-20, 2014

 

April 6

·         Meet at Albuquerque airport (Southwest Airline check-in area) at 8:00 am.

·         Depart at 9:55 am and arrive at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) at 10:55 am

·         Depart at 1:20 pm from LAX airport and arrive to the Bangkok International Airport (BKK) at 23:40

April 7

·         Arrive Bangkok at 23:40. We will stay at a hotel near the airport.

April 8

·         Depart for Pattaya Beach

April 9

·         Spend a half-day at Ko Larn and half-day in Bangkok

·         Stay overnight in Bangkok

April 10

·         Visit Grand Palace, Ayudthaya, and Khao San Street

April 11

·         Fly to Chiang Mai

·         Cooking Class (Thai Orchid Cookery School)

April 12

·         Elephant trekking  (Baan Chang Elephant Training Course)

April 13

·         Get soaked during the Songkran Festival and check out the Warorot Market

April 14

·         Visit Doi Suthep  (Temple)

·         Visit the tigers at Tiger Kingdom, and enjoy their night Bazaar

April 1

·         Zipline (Eagle Track Zip line)

·         Dinner at Kantoke Palace to experience their Northern Thai food and the hill tribe culture

April 16

·         Fly back to Bangkok

·         Boat ride across Chaopraya River, Visit Wat Arun of Thonthaburi, and Wat Po

April 17^th

·         Visit the floating market, Kwai Bridge, a war museum, and a large cemetery of prisoners

April 18^th

·         Visit Sethsasian School for the Deaf, National Association of the Deaf, and meet Deaf street vendors

April 19^th

·         Jatusak Flea Market, Plantinium Plaza, and Pantip Plaza

·         Leave Bangkok at 19:35 (Stay overnight at a hotel in Beijing, China)

April 20^th

·         Arrive LAX at 11:00 am

·         Leave for Albuquerque at 7:15 pm

·         Arrive Albuquerque at 10:05 pm

April 11: Lima - Santa Fe

ZACHERY: I feel like this trip deserves an “F!” Why? This trip was FANTASTIC!

MICHAEL: Peru is a “Feast for Eyes” in the Peruvian version!

CALDONIA: Want my advice? Use a thick layer of sunscreen lotion. I’m talking about 100 SPF! Got it?

ROSENDA: We have a new fashion here: Black boots! See?

ROSINA: It’s so great here that I’ll make sure I send my children here some day.

AMBERLEY: Peru is AWESOME!... America… I am back!!!

ROSINA: Goodbye Peru.. but hello America!

ROSENDA: See you soon America, bye!

CALDONIA: Viva el Peru!

MICHAEL: Adios Peru and I’m coming back, America. See you soon.

ZACHERY: I love America! Home of the BRAAVVVEEE!

MJ and Caldonia snoring at one of the parks waiting for our shuttle to arrive.

Lima

Parque de Amor (the love park) is where people stroll through a romantic place next to the beach.

Larcomar, an outdoor mall where we shopped and ate lunch.





April 10: Lima

ROSENDA: Today, we are here in Lima. We went on a bus ride and went to see a museum (Inquisition museum). It’s a museum that talks about how the Catholic church tortured people. We also saw the Catacombs and saw real bones and saw how the Catholics buried bones. We went to a cooking class and we made interesting things and they tasted really good. My favorite dish was the fish mixed with different things and it’s a common food here in Peru. The fish was with lemons, onions and some chile, it’s really good. We had vinegar wine, rice mixed with French fries. Again, everything was really good. For dessert, we had something really interesting. It’s well known here, pretty simple “hand food.” That’s it- we’re really full and we will go to sleep early. Good bye.

Video: The changing of the guard.

Group picture at Plaza de Armas.

This is the Congress building and a statue of Simon Bolivar. He is known as the George Washington of South America.

The Inquisition Museum. During htis time, the Catholic Church tortured those who did not abide by the rules.

The San Francisco Catacombs.

Learning to cook at the The Sky Kitchen with Yurac.

The national flag of Peru.