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Thailand 2010*Sample Itinerary* - Seattle/San Francisco – UA475 (6:35P/8:40P)
- San Francisco/Singapore - SQ001 (1:05A/12:05P+1) arrive Singapore 25Mar/Thu
- Singapore/Phuket – MI754 (1:20P/2:05P) Note: MI=Silk Air, subsidiary of SQ
- Phuket/Chiang Mai/Bangkok flights To Be Advised
- Bangkok/Singapore – SQ975 (1:05P/4:30P)
- Singapore/San Francisco – SQ002 (5:50P/7:55P)
- San
Francisco/Seattle – UA062 (10:17P/12:13A+1) arrive SeaTac 09Apr/Fri
- Routing: Phuket (4 Nights) / Chiang Mai (3 Nights) / Chiang Saen, Golden Triangle area (1 Night) / Chiang
Rai (1 Night) / Hilltribe Lodge, north of Chiang Mai (1 Night) / Chiang Mai (1 Night) / Bangkok (3 Nights) Total: 14 Nights
(Mar25-Apr08)
Phuket (4B/2L)
- Arrive
Phuket (MI754 ETA 2:05P). Transfer to hotel. Remainder of day at leisure.
- 4 Nights in Phuket at Karon Beach Resort or similar.
- Breakfast.
at leisure.Breakfast. Phang Nga Bay Cruise (James Bond Island) includes lunch.
- Breakfast. Morning Cooking Class (Lunch). Remainder of day at leisure.
- Breakfast. Transfer to airport. Fly to Chiang Mai.
Chiang Mai (3B/1L/1DS)
- Arrive Chiang Mai. Transfer to hotel. Evening Kantoke Dinner with Cultural show.
- 3 Nights in Chiang Mai at the Tamarind Village or similar.
- Morning City Tour. Afternoon at leisure.
- Highlights: Visit the most interesting temples in Chiang Mai: Wat Phra Singh (with its famous Buddha image),
Wat Chiang Man (oldest temple in Chiang Mai built by King Mangrai), Wat Suan Dok (housing remains of many generations of the
old Chiang Mai Royal Family) and Wat Doi Suthep (tucked away in the mountains at 1,056 meters above sea level).
- 7:30A-5:30P Full Day Cooking Class at The Khum Lanna (Lunch).
Chiang
Mai—Chiang Rai—Chiang Saen (B/L/D)
- Breakfast.
- 09:00 Drive to Chiang Rai and lunch at local restaurant.
Continue to Chiang Saen, former capital of the first Thai Kingdom, situated directly on Mekong River at border between Thailand
and Laos. Visit Wat Phra Dhat Jom Kitti by climbing 383 steps to top of hill. Also visit Wat Chedi Luang and small museum
nearby. Continue by longtail speedboat upriver on the Mekong towards Golden Triangle where borders of Thailand, Myanmar and
Laos meet.
- Dinner and accommodation at the Imperial Golden
Triangle or similar.
Chiang Saen—Doi Mae Salong—Mae Sai—Chiang Rai (B/L/D)
- Breakfast.
- 08:00
Depart from Chiang Saen to visit Lisu Village at Ban Mae Kaotom and continue uphill via Mae Chan to visit Yao and Akha hilltribe
village. Proceed to Doi Mae Salong, passing through beautiful mountain scenery, for a stunning view of Thailand, Myanmar and
the Mekong Valley. Lunch at Mae Salong Villa in Doi Mae Salong. Depart Doi Mae Salong to Mae Sai, the northernmost Thai town
on the Myanmar border. Walk around local market with opportunity for shopping. Proceed to Chiang Rai, short stop at fish cave.
- Dinner and accommodation at the Dusit Island Resort or
The Legend Chiang Rai Boutique Resort & Spa.
Chiang Rai—Thatorn—Hmong Hilltribe
Lodge (B/L/D)
- Breakfast.
- 07:30 Leave hotel for boat landing. Board simple longtail motorboat for 3-hour
journey up Kok River, passing tiny hilltribe villages, bamboo huts and jungle scenery. Disembark at Ban Pha Tai and continue
by vehicle to visit Ban Lorcha, a Phami Akha hilltribe community center. This community-based tourism development project
promotes sustainable, self-reliant development to improve the quality of life of villagers of this Akha Community, and is
a model for tourism in Hilltribe villages. Drive to Mae Kok River Lodge for lunch. Proceed to Mae Rim via Fang and Chiang
Dao. Continue by land rover to the Hmong Hilltribe Lodge for BBQ dinner followed by presentation of Meo dances. Overnight
at the Hmong Hilltribe Lodge.
- Remarks: Accommodation at
the Hmong Hilltribe Lodge is very basic.
Hmong Hilltribe Lodge—Chiang Mai (B/L)
- Breakfast.
- 08:00 Drive to an elephant camp and watch elephants taking timber in the forest. Their strength and strategic
teamwork will amaze you.
- Take a 1-hour elephant safari into
the surrounding countryside. Continue with visit to an orchid farm and lunch at a local restaurant.
- Afternoon visit the Handicraft Villages to watch the manufacture of lacquer ware,
spinning and weaving of Thai Silk and to watch how paper umbrellas are made. Also visit a well-known Thai wood-carving factory,
with possibility of buying Burmese antiques. Overnight at the Tamarind Village or similar.
- Remarks: Sunday night market outside hotel.
Chiang Mai (B)
- Breakfast. Transfer to airport. Fly to Bangkok.
Bangkok
(3B/1L)
- Arrive Bangkok. Transfer to hotel.
Remainder of day at leisure for shopping.
- Nights in Bangkok
at the Siam Heritage or similar.
- Breakfast. Morning City
Temples & Grand Palace Tour. Afternoon at leisure for shopping.
- Highlights:
Wat Trimitr, the Temple of the Golden Buddha and drive through China Town. The Grand Palace is the most venerated complex
of buildings in Thailand, including the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, located on the palace grounds. The Royal Chapel and
the Emerald Buddha are the most sacred objects to the Buddhists of Thailand. Last stop: Wat Po, the Temple of the Reclining
Buddha.
- Breakfast. Full Day Floating Market & Rose Garden
(Lunch)
- Full day tour includes a visit to the rural floating
market of Damnoen Saduak located 70 miles west of Bangkok. Here vendors sell their wares and food products from small boats,
recreating the atmosphere when floating markets were still an a part of everyday life in Bangkok. Also visit the largest pagoda
in Southeast Asia. Continue to the Rose Garden for a buffet lunch followed by a cultural show of Thai arts.
- Depart Bangkok
- Breakfast.
Transfer to hotel. Fly to San Francisco via Singapore.
Options for additional costs
Couple of days in Singapore on your return
Sample Tour to Bali,October 2008
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| Rice Terraces, Ubud, Bali |
TRAVEL TO BALI, INDONESIA with Debbie, October
2008 and experience first-hand the cooking and culture of Bali. Spend 10 nights in Bali; 2 nights at Tanjong Benoa with one
cooking class/3 nights on the Beach of Candidasa with one cooking class/5 nights in the mountains of Ubud with 1 cooking
classes, batik making class & bicycle tour plus 2 nights on the island of Lombok. Air via Eva Airlines.
• Price $3,265.00 per person based on double occupancy. Price includes: All air/land transportation, hotel, breakfast daily, cooking classes, 6 lunches, 2 dinners
(welcome & farewell), other meals, sightseeing, and bike trip.
Optional add ons.
• Deposit: $250 per person. Once flights are booked and confirmed, full payment for air is required.
• Final payment for the land portion: By September
01, 2008
• Passport must be valid for at least 6 months after trip return date.
•
Tourist Visa: $30 Per Person (subject to change) is not included in tour price (payable in person upon arrival)
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Airport Tax: 30,000 Rp for domestic flights (Bali & Lombok) & 150,000 Rp Per Person (subject to change)
for International flight is not included in tour price (payable in person on departure in Rp only, total 210,000 Rp)
• All food and services, such as spa treatments, purchased at Taman Rahasia in Ubud is on a cash
basis-no credit cards. There are cash machines available in Ubud Itinerary:
October, 13-14-
Seattle to Denpasar
• Day 01: Monday, October
13, Seattle-Taipei
• Day 02: Tuesday, October
14, Taipei-Denpasar, Bali
October, 14-16- 2 Nights inclusive
of breakfast daily at Rumah Bali complex hotel in Tanjong Benoa.
Wed:
Half Day Bumbu Bali Cooking Class with market visit (Lunch)
- Day 02: Tuesday, Oct 14-- Transfer from Denpasar Airport to Tanjong Benoa Ubud. Evening: welcome
Dinner at Jimbaran Beach Restaurant.
- Day
03: Wednesday, Oct 15-Morning Cooking Class at Bumbu Bali Cooking School. Lunch included. Afternoon Bali sightseeing tour
& shopping at Kuta. Dinner on our own.
- Day 04: Thursday, Oct 16- Transfer from Tanjong Benoa to Puri Bagus, Candidasa with sightseeing on the way. Lunch
is included. Dinner at hotel or elsewhere on our own account.
October, 16-19 - 3 Nights at Puri Bagus Villa, inclusive of breakfast daily at hotel
in Candidasa.
Fri: Half Day Cooking Class at hotel (Lunch)
- Day 05: Friday, October 17- Candidasa-
3-Hour cooking class at Puri Bagus Cooking School with lunch. Remainer of the day at leisure. Dinner on our own.
- Day 06: Saturday, October 18- Candidasa –Day on your own. Planned
dinner on our own.
- Day 07: Sunday, October 19- Transfer from Candidasa to Ubud with sightseeing along the way. Lunch
at local Ubud restaurant included. Dinner at Taman Rahasia on our own account.
October, 19-24 - 5 Nights inclusive of breakfast daily at Taman Rahasia in
Ubud.
Mon & Tues: 2-Day Cooking Classes at The Secret
Garden Cooking School (2 Lunches).
- Day
08: Monday, October 20-Cooking Class at Secret Garden/lunch/afternoon shopping on your own/Dinner on your own.
- Day 09: Tuesday, October 21- Ubud market for shopping and walk to Nirvana
Studio for 3-hour batik class. Lunch on our own after class /afternoon into town for shopping or at leisure on your
own/Dinner on your own.
- Day 10: Wednesday,
October 22 – Morning & afternoon Cycling trip return to hotel around 4:30pm. Refreshments & lunch included.
Dinner on our own.
- Day 11: Thursday, October
23- Free at leisure for shopping/sightseeing on your own. Evening Kechak & Fire Dance performance. Farewell
dinner at Café Wayan.
- Day 12: Friday,
Oct 24-Transfer from Ubud to Denpasar Airport for flight to Lombok
October 24-26, 2 nights inclusive of breakfast at Senggigi Beach Hotel.
- Day 12: Friday, Oct 24-Arrive Lombok with 1/2 day sightseeing at local
market and village. Dinner on our own.
- Day
13: Saturday, Oct 26-Day at leisure
- Day
14: Sunday, Oct 27-Transfer to Lombok airport for flight home.
Total: 14 days--12 Nights in Bali & Lombok-2 Days Traveling.
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| Taman Rahasia cooking school |
Sample Tour-March 2005
Vietnam/Cambodia/Singapore
Culinary Tour.
Cash Price: $2,550 Per Person
Double Occupancy
Deposit: $300 Per Person at time of booking
Vietnam Visa (1 Photo): $25 Per Person payable upon arrival at airport in Hanoi (not included).
Tour Price includes:
• Round trip economy class airfare Seattle
to San Francisco on Alaska Airlines & United Airlines
• Round trip
economy class airfare San Francisco to Vietnam via Singapore on Singapore Airlines (no air miles)
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Economy class airfare from Hanoi to Hue and from Danang to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) on Vietnam Airlines (no air miles)
• 8 nights accommodations in 5 & 4 Star hotels or best available
• Meals: 8 Breakfasts / 2 Lunches (at the end of cooking lesson) / 3 Dinners (1 each at the
end of 2 cooking lessons plus 1 Hue Royal Court Style Dinner)
• All transfers
& sightseeing tours as outlined in the itinerary
• 4 Cooking Lessons
Notes: Flights & flight schedules subject to change.
March 31/
Fri: Seattle/San Francisco/Singapore Apr 02/Sun: Singapore / Hanoi (8 Nights in Vietnam) (SQ 176 1010
1235)
Apr 10/Mon: Saigon / Siem Reap (2 Nights in Cambodia)
Apr 12/Wed: Siem Reap / Singapore (3 Nights in Singapore)
Apr 15/Sun: Singapore / San Francisco on SQ16 (9:15A/12:40P) connecting to late afternoon flight (around 4P) flight
for Seattle.
Mar 31: Depart
Seattle
Apr 02: Arrive Hanoi / 2 nights at the
Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel/Afternoon sightseeing, Sightseeing: Afternoon Hanoi
Sightseeing Ruins of the infamous former “Hanoi Hilton” Prison, Historical Museum (Bao Tang Lich) and walking
tour of the bustling Old Quarters. Return to your hotel. Evening at
leisure.
Apr 03: Breakfast / Morning Cooking Lesson (Lunch) / Afternoon Sightseeing:
Pottery Village / Water Puppet Show/ Dinner at Puppet Show
Cooking: 10:00 A A short walk to Sofitel Metropole Hotel to meet the chef of the Spices Garden Restaurant, who will
accompany you to a nearby market; 11A cooking lesson in the kitchen followed by lunch at the Spices Garden Restaurant.
Apr 04: Fly from Hanoi to Hue / 1 night at the Saigon
Morin Hotel/ Afternoon Hue Sightseeing of the old Imperial City and visit
Dong Ba market / Royal Dinner
Apr 05: Breakfast /Morning Cooking Lesson (Lunch) / Afternoon Transfer to Hoi An via Danang/
2 nights at the Hoi An Beach Resort/ Dinner open
Apr
06: Breakfast/ Morning Hoi An Sightseeing / Afternoon Cooking Lesson /Dinner
Apr 07: Breakfast/ Morning Bicycle Excursion / Evening Flight from Hoi An to Danang, Saigon( Ho
Chi Min City) / 3 nigths at the Legend Hotel
Apr
08: Breakfast / Cu Chi Tunnels & Saigon Sightseeing / Late Afternoon Cooking Lesson with Dinner
Apr 09: Breakfast/ Full Day Mekong Delta Excursion/ Dinner open
Apr 10: Depart Saigon for Siem Reap, Cambodia/ 2 nights at
the Hotel
April 11: Breakfast/ Seim Reap/Tour of Temples/Dinner & Show
April 12: Breakfast/ Seim Reap to Singapore/ 3 nights at
the Orchard Hotel Evening dinner at Coriander Leaf.
April 13: Singapore with morning City Tour. Lite Breakfast. City Tour to China Town and wet market (with stop
at Dim Sum Restuaruant), Little India (with stop at local restaurant for Roti Prata). Afternoon at leisure.
April 14: Singapore AM cooking Class at the Famous Raffles
Hotel, rest of the day at leasure. Farewell Dinner on Orchard Road or near by.
April 15: Singapore to Seattle via San Francisco
A Chef’s Kitchen
Tour Leader:
Debbie Bodal
A Chef’s Kitchen
Phone: 206-406-1517
ddbodal@comcast.net
Tour Company:
Cheryl Yamashita
Ampac Tours
16524 - 7th Place West
Phone:
425-742-8585 / Fax: 425-787-1927
info@ampactours.com/ ampactours@comcast.net/ www.ampac-tours.com
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