Dates: TBA Cost: $1500+Airfare+tuition
Thailand embraces a rich diversity of cultures and traditions. With its proud history, tropical climate and renowned hospitality, the Kingdom is a never-ending source of fascination and pleasure for international visitors. Thai people are well known for their friendliness and hospitality.
The kingdom of Thailand lies in the heart of Southeast Asia, making it a natural gateway to Indochina, Myanmar, and Southern China. Its shape and geography divide into four natural regions: the mountains and forests of the North; the vast rice fields of the Central Plains; the semi-arid farm lands of the Northeast plateau; and the tropical islands and long coastline of the peninsula South.
This program will bring the group to visit and experience various Thai criminal justice facilities, including Royal Thai police head quarter, Royal Thai Police Cadets Academy, Thai Supreme Court, and the maximum security correction facility. The group will have an experience to stay in the Royal Thai Police Cadets in the academy, which is 50 minutes from Bangkok, for four days. In the academy, students will have opportunities to know and share activities with the cadets.
Students will visit the office of Thai-Rak-Thai Party, which is headed by the Prime Minister Thaksin Shinnawatra. The PM Shinnawatra received the "Outstanding Criminal Justice Alumnus Award" and the "Distinguished Alumni Award" from Sam Houston State University in 1996.
There will be lectures on the Thai criminal justice system, Thai police system, the courts, correctional system, terrorism in Thailand, and history and situations of drug trafficking in Thailand. The group will also be exposed to short classes in Thai boxing, sidearm shooting, traditional Thai dancing, as well as has a chance to try tower jumping.
Included in this package, the group will visit the Royal Palace; travel to Phuket Island in the south and experience the consequences of Tsunami; visit James Bond Island; travel to Chiangmai province in the north; witness the Golden Triangle; and floating market. Students will have one dinner on the boat sailing along Chao Phraya River, which is regarded as the bloodline of Thai people.
| Week 1 | |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | |
| 0600 | Exercise with Cadet(Optional) |
| 0700 | Breakfast with Cadet |
| 0800 | Introduction to Criminal Justice in Thailand |
| 1100 | Cadet Tour |
| 1200 | Lunch with Cadet (American Food) |
| 1330 | City Tour in Sampran, Nakhon Prathom Province |
| 1700 | Free time |
| 1800 | Dinner with Cadet |
| 1900 | Activities with Cadet |
| 2300 | Bed time (at Royal Police Cadet Academy ) |
| Day 2 | |
| 0600 | Exercise with Cadet(Optional) |
| 0700 | Breakfast with Cadet |
| 0800 | Introduction to Police System in Thailand |
| 1100 | Leaving for Bangkok (40 minutes trip) |
| 1200 | Lunch at Royal Thai Police |
| 1330 | First-handed experiences with police |
| 1800 | Dinner in Bangkok |
| 2100 | Leaving for Royal Police Cadet Academy |
| Day 3 | |
| 0600 | Exercise with Cadet(Optional) |
| 0700 | Breakfast with Cadet |
| 0800 | Introduction to Court and Correction System in Thailand |
| 1200 | Lunch with Cadet (American Food) |
| 1330 | Activities in Cadet (etc. shooting class, Thai Boxing class, Thai dancing, and tower jump) |
| 1700 | Free time |
| 1800 | Dinner with Cadet |
| 1900 | Farewell Party |
| 2300 | Bed time (at Royal Police Cadet Academy ) |
| Day 4 | |
| 0600 | Exercise with Cadet(Optional) |
| 0700 | Breakfast with Cadet |
| 0800 | Visiting a Supreme Court in Bangkok |
| 1200 | Lunch in Bangkok |
| 1400 | Visiting a Maximum Security Correction in Bangkok |
| 1700 | Free time |
| 1800 | Dinner in Bangkok |
| 2000 | Night Tour |
| Day 5 | |
| 0700 | Breakfast |
| 0800 | Visiting Thai Rak Thai Party and learning about Dr.Thaksin Shinnawatra, the priminister of Thailand and a graduate from Sam Houston State University |
| 1200 | Lunch in Bangkok |
| 1500 | Leaving for Phuket (southern part of Thailand ) |
| 1800 | Check-in at the hotel and having a seafood dinner |
| 2000 | Night Tour |
| Day 6 | |
| 0900 | Visiting Tsunami monument and learning about terrorism in Thailand |
| 1200 | Lunch |
| 1300 | Visiting the most beautiful beaches and islands (getting tan, swimming, diving, etc.) |
| 1800 | Seafood Dinner |
| Day 7 | |
| 0900 | Visiting the most beautiful beaches and islands (getting tan, swimming, diving, etc.) |
| 1800 | Dinner |
| Week 2 | |
| Day 8 | |
| 0900-1500 | Free time |
| 1600 | Leaving for Chiangmai |
| 1900 | Check-in at the hotel and having Northern Thai food |
| 2100 | Visiting Night Bazarr(Many cheap things to buy, such as clothes etc.) |
| Day 9 | |
| 0900 | Learning about drug trafficking in Thailand |
| 1200 | Lunch |
| 1300 | City Tour |
| 1800 | Dinner |
| 2000 | Night Tour |
| Day 10 | |
| 0900 | Visiting Triangle (The famous drug trafficking place) |
| 1100 | Cross the border to Burma |
| 1200 | Lunch in Burma |
| 1300 | Sight-seeing |
| 1800 | Dinner |
| Day 11 | |
| 0900 | Free time |
| 1200 | Lunch |
| 1400 | Leaving for Bangkok |
| 1700 | Check-in at the hotel |
| 1800 | Dinner in the boat |
| Day 12 | |
| 0900-1700 | City tour in bangkok |
| 1800 | Dinner |
| 2000 | Night Tour |
| Day 13 | |
| 0900-1600 | Visiting a flea market |
| 1800 | Farwell Dinner |
| Day 14 | |
| 0700 | Leaving For U.S.A. |
