Rotary International D3360 THAILAND
Youth Exchange Program
254 Taladkao Rd., Suandok, Muang, Lampang Thailand 52100 Tel: 66-54 22-7722 Fax: 66-54 22-2998 E-Mail: yepd3360@yahoo.com
Central Trip for YE Inbound Students Year 2010-2011
Chiang Mai, Lampang, Sukhothai, Suphanburi, Kanchanaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan (Hua Hin), Ratchaburi, Samut SongKhram and Ayutthaya (Bang Pa-in Summer Palace)
October 18-25, 2010
Monday Oct. 18, 2010 Chiang Mai – Lampang – Sukhothai – Suphanburi
05:30 a.m. All students who live in Chiang Mai meet at the meeting point,
Chiang Mai Grand View Hotel and depart for Lampang.
07:30 a.m. Pick up more students from Lampang (PTT Gasoline station)
and proceed to Sukhothai province visit the historic park of Sukhothai.
Other students meet infront of the park at 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. Lunch at the restaurant before enjoy biking in the park.
15:00 p.m. Leave for Suphanburi province.
18:00 p.m. Dinner en route
20:00 p.m. Check in at the hotel.
(Will arrange 3 people in one room)
Tuesday Oct. 19, 2010 Bamboo Rafting / Kanchanaburi / Cha-Am Beach
07:00 a.m. Breakfast at the hotel and pack the luggage for checking out of the
hotel after breakfast leave for Kanchanaburi for bamboo
rafting. (shorts and dark color T-shirt will be proper for this event)
10:00 a.m. Bamboo rafting in the Kwae Noi River.
12:00 a.m. Lunch at the resort.
13:00 p.m. Visit the WW II cemetery that contains the graven of 6}892 soldiers
from many countries (USA, Holland, England, Germany) after that proceed to Phetchaburi.
16:00 p.m. Check in at Cha-am Methawalai Hotel
Enjoy swimming at the beach or hotel poor until dinner time.
18:30 p.m. Meet at the hotel lobby and have dinner together at the restaurant.
21:00 p.m. Back to the hotel and have a good night sleep.
Wednesday Oct. 20, 2010 Cha-Am / Hua Hin
08:00 a.m. Breakfast at the hotel
10:00 a.m. Visit the King Rama VI Summer palace.
(Prarajnivetch Maruka Thayawan)
Now it is converted to the head quarters office of the boarder police
Also well known as Rama VI Base or Kai Pra Ram Hok in Thai
language.
11:00 a.m. Visit Kao Takiap – Kao Krilas, the two mountains next to each other
(14 km. south of Hua Hin). Khao takiap is a mountain thrust into the
Sea with beautiful rocks and also has a large Buddha image facing
the sea.
There is a track go up to the mountain top for the beautiful scenery of
the sea and down town Hua Hin.
12:00 a.m. Lunch and enjoy swimming at the beach
18:00 p.m. Dinner at Hua Hin night market which is the highlight during the night
of Hua Hin. It has wide variety of food such as seafood Thai food and
dessert, Indian food, souvenir shops.
Thursday Oct. 21, 2010
Ratchaburi / Wax Museum / Floating market at Ampawa, Samut Songkhram province
07:00 a.m. Breakfast at the hotel.
Bring your luggage for check out of the hotel.
08:00 a.m. Depart for Ratchaburi.
Stop to pay a visit at Wat Nong Hoi where we have a very huge
goddess Ti Guan Yim.
11:30 a.m. Visit the Siam Cultural park (Wax Museum) and proceed to Ampawa
Floating market, Samut Songkhram to experiences Thai lifestyles of
living and the floating market.
16:30 p.m. Check in at the hotel – rest.
17:30 p.m. Ampawa Floating market and dinner at the market.
19:30 p.m. See the fire flies on the trees (riding the long tail boat).
21:30 p.m. Back to the hotel.
Friday Oct. 22, 2010 Nakhon Pathom – Bangkok / Royal Grand Palace
06:00 a.m. Morning call and be ready to experience offering food to the monks.
08:00 a.m. Back to hotel and have breakfast.
09:00 a.m. Boat riding to see the lifestyle of Thai community living in the river and
visit the temple which is the Unseen Thailand.
11:30 a.m. Check out from the hotel and depart for Nakhon Pathom province.
12:30 p.m. Lunch at Nakorn Pathom province and proceed to visit the Royal
Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. The Chakri
Maha Prasat Throne Hall is a beautiful landmark within the Royal
Grand Palace compounds. It was built in 1875 in Victorian Style
supervised by an English architect named John Clunish. The temple
of the Emerald Buddha constructed in the eastern section of the Royal
Palace in order to install the Emerald Buddha, which obtained from
the city of Vientiane in Laos. (Guide tour is provided in English Only)
17.00 p.m. If time permits we will stop at Rotary Center before checking in at
the hotel.
18:30 p.m. Check in at Palazzo Hotel, Ratchadaphisek and have dinner together
at the restaurant.
Saturday Oct. 23, 2010 Vimanmek Palace / Dinner Cruise
08:00 a.m. Breakfast at the hotel
09.00 a.m. Meet at the hotel lobby for visiting the “Vimanmek Palace” the golden
teak wood building which is the largest teak wood palace in the world.
It was built in 1901 as the Royal residence of King Chulalongkorn.
After having been renovated and opened to the public by H.M. Queen
Sirikit, it stands as a private museum where priceless treasures and a
collection of the late Kings memorable are on display.
12:00 a.m. Lunch at the most delicious noodle in Bkk.
15:30 p.m. Back to the hotel and prepare for the cruise trip.
17.30 p.m. Meet at the hotel lobby and proceed to the River City Pier for a very
special dinner on Chaopraya princess cruise. You can enjoy the
international dinner buffet, live music entertainment and dancing.
(Please be on time)
21.00 p.m. Back to the hotel and have a good night sleep.
Sunday Oct. 24, 2010 JJ market/ Dream World/ Free time for shopping
08:30 a.m. Breakfast at the hotel restaurant
09.30 a.m. Today is the optional tour for
- Dream World Amusement park as optional. Pay your own entrance
Fee. The coach will drop you off and pick up at 15:00 p.m.from
Dreamworld. Approximately the entrance fee for Dream world is
400-500 Baht.
- JJ market which is the most famous place for foreigners to shopping
(find your way back to the hotel –underground transportation is the
most cheapest and fastest )
- still stay overnight in the hotel
Monday Oct. 25, 2010 Ayutthaya – Chiang Mai (Last day of the trip)
07:00 a.m. Breakfast at hotel restaurant and bring your luggage down for
checking out.
08:00 a.m. Depart for Ayutthaya province – home to Thialand’s former capital, the
golden city of Ayutthaya, center of an empire that dominated almost
all of Southeast Asia and lasted 400 years, until it was destroyed and sacked by the Burmese in 1767.
Visit the summer palace Bang-Pa-In palace.
Stop at Bang-pa-in Summer Palace. The palace ia very European in
design. The buildings are laid out along an artificial ornamental pond.
The most obvious of the ornaments is a modern copy of a Khmer style
“prang”. In the pond you see what has become the “signature piece”
of Bang Pa In. It is an elegant Thai-style pavilion in the middle of a
pond, with the rather daunting title of “The divine seat of personal
freedom”. It is really the only examples of classical Thai architecture
within the palace and was built by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).
The inner palace are several buildings in various styles the main
residence is a modern reconstruction of the original building, still
occasionally used by the royal family, is not open to the public. The
only one open to the public, is the Chinese Style residence built in
China and gifted to King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) by the Chinese
Chamber of Commerce in 1889. You must remove your shoes to
enter and enjoy the ebony and red lacquer interior.
12:00 a.m. lunch on the way back to Chiang Mai
Drop students off at Kamphaengphet (Ptt Gasoline station).
Continue to travel back to Chiang Mai province
Box dinner will be given for those who continue to Chiang Mai and
Lampang
20:00 p.m. Arrive at Chiang Mai Grand View Hotel.
Parents come for pick up at the hotel.
END OF THE TRIP & BON VOYAGE
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