Day by Day

Day-by-Day

Day 1  Leave the United States

Day 2  Arrive Bangkok late. Stay at the brand new Suvarnabhumi Airport Novotel

Day 3  Fly to Chiang Mai (55 minutes). Global PACT will meet you with vans and take you to Aomdoi Resort in Phrao. You will have the day to relax. In the evening we will have a welcome dinner with the Thai participants and the whole Global PACT team.

Days 4, 5, 6 and 7  Training I: Issue identification, breakdown and research. Each day will offer some combination of full group discussions, work team break-outs, off-site research, visits to local development organizations – and time for a bit of fun, too.

Day 8  Excursion to Chiang Mai. Visit the old walled city, several of the great Wats (temples), and the museum, shop in the city’s many contemporary design boutiques, visit the traditional workshops, and after dinner tour the fabled Chiang Mai night bazaar.

Day 9  Excursion to the wild wonders of Chiang Mai Province. Visit the Mae Sa Elephant Training Center, float down the gentle Mae Fang River on bamboo raft, and gaze at the fantastic stalactites and stalagmites of the Chiang Dao Cave.

Days 10, 11, 12 and 13  Training 2: Project development. Over the course of four days you will learn – and implement – everything required to take a great idea and good research, and turn them into a viable community project plan.

Day 14  Fly Chiang Mai to Bangkok, spend the day touring Bangkok and catch a late evening flight to the U.S. Arrive home on the same day thanks to the wonders of the international dateline!