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SPECIAL INTEREST WORKSHOPS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL GROUPS PHOTGRAPHY WORKSHOPS 14 Days & 13 Nights – Photography Workshop (Specimen Only) Ref No: SIW 003 Meal Code: (B) Departure dates: (to be advised by newsletter, or on request) Extras at guest expense: Purchase of materials to be used, shipping of finished item(s) back to home country. Outline Itinerary: Day One. Arrive in Chiang Mai by air or train and be transferred out to check into the Suan Bua Resort, spend the afternoon at leisure and then attend a cocktail party and dinner to meet others attending the Photographers Workshop. Day Two. After breakfast, attend a series of two lectures/slide shows by locally prominent photographers specialising in different disciplines, and in a wide range of subject matter. Lunch at the resort. In the afternoon, join either; Photo shoot 1: Handicrafts in the making, woodcarvers at work – in the Sankampaeng and Ban Tawai areas of Chiang Mai. Or Photo shoot 2: A fashion show of traditional Thai dress in an old style teak built Thai resort and textile showroom. Return to the resort. In the evening, board a minibus to travel to downtown Chiang Mai for a Photo shoot 3: A Khantoke dinner and dance show for the tourist market, Or, Photo shoot 4: The night bazaar, and downtown Chiang Mai. Both groups meet up for dinner at a traditional northern Thai restaurant before returning to the resort. Day Three. Very early morning (0400hrs) departure for your either (your choice) Photo shoot 5: The Wororot morning Fresh food market., or Photo shoot 6: Temples & monks, at a temple little visited by tourists. Return to the resort, for a late breakfast, and to spend the rest of the day at leisure relaxing or enjoying the facilities of the resort. Enjoy an a la carte dinner at the resort. Day Four. Check out of the Suan Bua Resort for a very early start (0500hrs) to join ether Photos shoot 7: Elephants & tourism of the Pong Yang elephant camp and environs. Or Photo shoot 8: The Queen Sirikit Royal Botanical Gardens. Continue north and take lunch in a local roadside restaurant in Chiang Dao whilst en route to Ban Thaton where you check into the Maekok River Village Resort late in the afternoon. Enjoy an a la carte dinner on the riverfront, followed by time around the campfire before retiring to bed. Day Five. Day at leisure, relax around the resort swimming and enjoying use the numerous facilities. Or take part in Photo shoot 9: The Maekok River Village Resort resort, it’s organic farm, student field research facility & adventure centre. Lunch at your leisure. Continue with Photo shoot 9. Attend an evening lecture on the area and it’s photographic attractions. It is the region’s most densely populated by a wide variety of hill tribe people in northern Thailand. Enjoy an a la carte dinner on the riverfront, followed by time around the campfire before retiring to bed. Note* Photo shoot 9 may be rescheduled to allow photo access to activities that may be underway at the time; (Rice harvest, student field studies programme, corporate team building programme etc.) being undertaken. Day Six. Early morning departure for either; Photo shoot 10: The Shan village of Ban Mae Mokcham, or Photo shoot 11: The children (700 of them) of the local orphanage school. Return to the resort for lunch, then in the late afternoon join Photo shoot 12: The rural Thai village of Ban Luang – a classic example of village life set in the centre of the vast and fertile Fang valley. Return to the resort. Enjoy an a la carte dinner on the riverfront, followed by time around the campfire before retiring to bed. Day Seven & Day Eight. After breakfast, a late morning departure for either of two photo shoots. Both are of 2 days duration. Photo shoot 13: a 2 day & 1 hike along nature trails into the Doi Pahom Pok range. (Thailand’s 2nd largest mountain and seldom visited by tourists). You overnight in one of several forestry camps. One porter per person provided. Photo opportunities abound. Or, attend Photo shoot 14: Ban Wawee & it’s hill tribes. This fascinating mountainous area is inhabited by the remnants of the Kuomingtong army and a wide range of ethnic minority groups. It is famous for it’s tea plantation and in years gone by was infamous for it’s use a staging point for mule trains carrying contraband. Little visited by the outside world, it presents excellent photo opportunities for both landscape and portrait work. Overnight in a delightful Chinese style small resort on the teas plantation. (all meals are included on both the above shoots) and you return to Maekok River Village Resort in the late evening of day 2. A la carte dinner then retire to bed. Day Nine. Morning at leisure relaxing around the resort. Late afternoon, join Photo shoot 15: A Paulong hill tribe village. Continue on up to the Amari Resort at the royal Agricultural project of Doi Angkhang. Overnight at the resort with an a la carte dinner in the resort restaurant. Day Ten. Early morning, set off on your own for Photo shoot 16: Around the extensive grounds of the Royal Project , rich in photo opportunity both in terms of the flora and the colourfully dressed ethnic minority groups working there. Break for lunch and a siesta, then in the late afternoon continue the shoot until last light before boarding the transport for your return down into the valley, arriving at Maekok River Village Resort in time for a late dinner overlooking the river. Day Eleven. After breakfast, check out of Maekok River Village Resort and set off along the border route via Mae Salong market for Photo shoot 17: Exotic Market. Continue on to the Golden Triangle area for lunch. Travel the river road through Chiang Saen to Chiang Khong . Late afternoon, Photo shoot 18: The River front. Overnight and dinner in a river front guest house. Day Twelve. Breakfast, followed by a full day fast boat ride down river to Luang Phrabang , in Laos. Check into one of the city hotels then enjoy dinner in a local restaurant. Day Thirteen. Photo shoot 19: Early Morning Luang Phrabang, (temples, markets and classic architecture) Luang Phrabang is the Chiang Mai 40 years ago. breakfast where you find it, then a late afternoon trip to the outskirts of town for Photo shoot 20: Rural Laos. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. Day Fourteen. Breakfast, transfer out to the airport for a flight to Bangkok and on to you home country.
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