Travel by Ferry Boat on the Mekong River
on the borders of China, Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand

Explore the Golden Triangle region where
Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet

See the Tachilek Market in the Myanmar-Thailand Border

July 10 (Sunday) - From Jinghong (China) to the border town of Mengla (Myanmar)

• Jinghong is the capital city of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province
• Overnight in Mengla
  

July 11 (Monday) - From Mengla to Tachilek (Myanmar) on the Thai Border

• The road travels through the Shan State of Myanmar and is an adventure in itself. This region has many different tribal groups. We will visit Tachilek's famous marketplace.
• Overnight in Tachilek
• WE ACTUALLY WENT TO KENGTUNG ON THIS DAY WHERE WE SPENT THE NIGHT.
  

July 12 (Tuesday) - From Tachilek to Wanghong (Myanmar)

• Wanghong is a remote hill tribe community located a little west of Tachilek on the Thai border with alternative economic system designed to replace the community's reliance on opium production.
• Overnight in Wanghong*
• WE ACTUALLY WENT TO TACHILEK ON THIS DAY
  

July 13 (Wednesday) - From Wanghong to the Golden Triangle city of Chiang Sean (Thailand) on the Mekong River accross from Laos

• Travel through sites in nothernmost Thailand, visit the Thai Royal Mother’s Home and Gardner in Doi Tong (the "Switzerland of Thailand"), and the town of and Mae Salong where many Guomingdang troops settled in 1949.
• Overnight in Chiang Sean
• WE ACTUALLY SPENT THE NIGHT IN CHIANG RAI ON THIS DAY
  

July 14 (Thursday) - Visit the Golden Triangle site and Laos

• The "Golden Triangle" is the point where the Thailand, Laos and Myanmar borders meet
• Overnight in Chiang Sean, Thailand
  

July 15 (Friday) - Take a Mekong River ferry boat back to Jinghong in Xishuangbanna

• This boat will travel up the Mekong River from Chiang Sean to Jinghong, following along the Thai, Lao, Myamar and China borders.
• Participants must make separate arrangements upon return in Jinghong
  

• Trip Length: 6 days and 5 nights
  
• Trip Cost: US$550 per person, double occupancy
  
• Cost includes: visa fees (excluding China), all transportation, all meals, all group entrance fees. (Participants must obtain a Double or Multiple-entry Visa for China - one entry will be to attend the conference, the second entry will be at the end of the field trip. Click Here for more information on visas.)
  
• For your visas to Myanmar, Laos and Thailand: Please email of fax your passport information to Dr. Alan Lew by May 15, 2005. Include your Full Name (as on the passport), your Passport Number, the Date and Place of Issuance of your Passport, and the Expiration Date. Email this information to alan.lew@nau.edu or Fax to +1-928-523-2275. You will need to provide your passport to the Field Trip organizers shortly after your arrival in Xishuangbanna for final issuance of the visas.
  
• Cost is based on two persons sharing one room. Conference organizers willl help to facilitate room sharing, but cannot guarantee that an appropriate roommate will be found. Please contact Alan Lew (alan.lew@nau.edu) to arrange this. If space is available, a single person may travel alone at at additional fee of US$150. Please contact Alan Lew if you wish to consider this.
  
• Payments (dates are tentative): A minimum 20% (US$110) deposit per person is due March 30, 2005 to secure a researvation. The balance will be due May 30, 2005.
  
• Refund policy (dates are tentative): Payments are fully refundable before March 30, 2005. The deposit is not refundable after March 30, 2005. No refunds of any amount can be given after May 30, 2005.
  
• Use the Conference REGISTRATION FORM to sign up for this field trip. Space is limited and registration will closed once it is filled.
  
• You can also use the registration form to register for additional nights at the end of the trip at the conference hotel in Jinghong for US$40 single, US$60 double.
  
• For maps of this region, visit MSN Encarta Atlas and type in the destination names.
  
• You might want to consider Hepatitus A and Typhoid Fever immunizations. Visite these websites for more information: http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/travel/vaccines_index.shtml and http://www.cdc.gov/travel/seasia.htm