Gourmet Thailand Holiday - Cooking Classes

Introduction

12 Days

Thai cuisine is famous around the world for its unique use of spices combining delicate and strong. This introduction to Thailand takes you from the frenetic, yet exciting, pace of the modern capital, Bangkok, to Kanchanaburi, famous for the Bridge on the River Kwai. Next are the ancient capitals of Ayuthaya and Sukhothai and the tranquil northern city of Chiang Mai. Finally you visit Chiang Rai and the Golden Triangle. Along the way you not only experience the major sights, but get the opportunity to travel on a converted rice barge and spend a memorable night with a Thai family in their traditional teak house.

However, the major highlights are learning Thai cooking, feasting on a special lunch banquet, appreciating the importance that food has in the everyday life of the Thai people. “Aroi mahk mahk”, ”Lum tair tair”, “Saep ellei” and “Roi jung hoh” are how you say ‘delicious’ in the four different Thai dialects - words you will use frequently.

Itinerary Outline

Day 1 (Mon) Arrive in Bangkok and transfer to hotel.

Day 2 Bangkok city tour, visiting Grand Palace and Wat Po. Drive to Kanchanaburi. Visit Bridge on the River Kwai and war museum.

Day 3 Cooking class at Thai school in Kanchanaburi.

Day 4 Cooking demonstration. Lunch on board rice barge and cruise around Ayuthaya. Stay the night in a traditional Thai teak house.

Day 5 Drive to Sukhothai.

Day 6 Cycle ride around the ancient city of Sukhothai. Drive to Chiang Mai and visit Night Bazaar.

Day 7 Visit market. Cooking class specialising in northern Thai cuisine.

Day 8 Chiang Mai tour, visiting Tribal Museum and Wat Phra That Doi Suthep.

Day 9 Drive to Thaton. Boat trip to Chiang Rai.

Day 10 Tour of Golden Triangle.

Day 11 Fly to Bangkok.