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Full Moon Beach Festival Koh Pha Ghan, Thailand
January 2009
Travel Points: 8

Full Moon Beach Festival Koh Pha Ghan, Thailand - This is the one! The world famous Koh Pha Ghan full moon festival. Join fun seekers from all over the world in the world’s greatest beach party. Beautiful beaches by day, clear, warm tropical waters and at night the craziest parties anywhere. You’ve heard about it, you’ve read about it. Time you were it!

This trip originates in Bangkok and includes air transportation to and from Koh Pha Ghan.

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Chiang Mai Flower Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand
February Dates To Be Announced
Travel Points: 6 - (For Shared Room)
Travel Points: 7 - (For Single Room)

Chiang Mai Flower Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand - For a few months every year, the Northern town of Chiang Mai celebrates the flower festival. While famous for its infinite variety of orchids, Chiang Mai is also home to hundreds of other flower varieties, and the flower festival shows them all. In addition to the festival itself, this trip includes plenty of time to explore the famous night market, experience the traditional Khan Toke dinner and show, and even includes a trek to local villages by the traditional transportation – Elephant.

This trip originates in Bangkok and includes overnight train transportation to and from Chiang Mai.

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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR TEFL & TESOL PROGRAMS SIGN UPS: We strongly advise that you do not book your TEFL / TESOL program on a month that coincides with a trip you really want to go on. Should you decide to do this your TEFL / TESOL program will be 8 weeks long due to you missing your allocated teaching English practice in Cambodia. We recommend that you do the TEFL / TESOL program a month before going on a LanguageCorps trip, giving you time to find teaching job or travel around the other parts of the country or Asia.

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Phuket Scuba Diving Trip, Ranong, Thailand
2009 March 11 to March 18
Travel Points: 10

Phuket Scuba Diving Trip, Ranong, Thailand - Thailand and the Andaman Sea have a world class reputation as a dive destination. This trip includes a multiple day boat trip (the only way to reach the really spectacular destinations), with 10 scheduled dives per day. Crystal clear water with visibility often over 100 feet, plus all the tropical fish you have always wanted to see. This is a great dive adventure. This trip originates in Bangkok and included RT air transportation to Ranong.

This is a great dive adventure. This trip originates in Bangkok and included RT air transportation to Phuket.

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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR TEFL & TESOL PROGRAMS SIGN UPS: We strongly advise that you do not book your TEFL / TESOL program on a month that coincides with a trip you really want to go on. Should you decide to do this your TEFL / TESOL program will be 8 weeks long due to you missing your allocated teaching English practice in Cambodia. We recommend that you do the TEFL / TESOL program a month before going on a LanguageCorps trip, giving you time to find teaching job or travel around the other parts of the country or Asia.

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Songkran Water Festival, Pattaya Beach, Thailand
2009 April 14 to April 21
Travel Points: 3.5 - (For Shared Room)
Travel Points: 4.5 - (For Single Room)

Songkran Water Festival, Pattaya Beach, Thailand - This Thai tradition started hundreds of years ago, when, on the hottest day of the year, towns would set up arrival points at the town entrance, where locals would wait with flowers and cooling water, and would sprinkle water on incoming travelers to offer welcome. This tradition has changed a bit. Welcome to the annual, nation wide water fight. Adults, children, Thais and tourists all participate in trying to get each other as wet as they can. Put on shorts and a t-shirt, put your cell phone in a zip lock bag, and prepare to take part in a massive water throwing event. Everything from water guns, to buckets of water, to pickups driving around with 55 gallon drums of ice water, waiting to be thrown on anyone getting within range. This is a once in a lifetime experience definitely not to be missed. Other activities during Song Kran week will include a trip to the local island for swimming, sunbathing and great seafood. Also tours to local Chinese and Buddhist temples, trying your hand at go kart racing, feeding crocodiles and playing with tigers will fill your days, while the possibilities of filling your nights include great international food and endless dancing and partying options. If you only make one trip to Pattaya Beach, this is the one.

This trip originates in Pattaya Beach, Thailand.

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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR TEFL & TESOL PROGRAMS SIGN UPS: We strongly advise that you do not book your TEFL / TESOL program on a month that coincides with a trip you really want to go on. Should you decide to do this your TEFL / TESOL program will be 8 weeks long due to you missing your allocated teaching English practice in Cambodia. We recommend that you do the TEFL / TESOL program a month before going on a LanguageCorps trip, giving you time to find teaching job or travel around the other parts of the country or Asia.

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Rocket Festival, Vang Vieng Kayak Trip, Vientiane & Vang Vieng, Laos
2009 May 7 to May 14
Travel Points: 6 - (For Shared Room)
Travel Points: 7 - (For Single Room)

Rocket Festival, Vang Vieng Kayak Trip, Vientiane & Vang Vieng, Laos - Once a year, Vientiane is host to the annual rocket festival. Locals build rockets over 20feet long and have competitions for design and distance. The launch site comes complete with prepared mud pits. If your teams’ rocket doesn’t fire, prepare to be wrestled into the mud. Since the rocket festival is only one day, we also include a day of local site seeing in Vientiane, as well as a three day excursion to Vang Vieng, famous site for white water kayaking, caving, mountain bike treks and rock climbing. The geography is pristine and breathtaking, and the activities are the thrill of a lifetime. This is a trip people go on over and over.

This trip originates in Bangkok and includes pickup and overnight train trips to and from Nong Khai.

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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR TEFL & TESOL PROGRAMS SIGN UPS: We strongly advise that you do not book your TEFL / TESOL program on a month that coincides with a trip you really want to go on. Should you decide to do this your TEFL / TESOL program will be 8 weeks long due to you missing your allocated teaching English practice in Cambodia. We recommend that you do the TEFL / TESOL program a month before going on a LanguageCorps trip, giving you time to find teaching job or travel around the other parts of the country or Asia.

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Hanoi, Hai Long Bay, Sapa, Vietnam
2009 June 3 to June 10
Travel Points: 8 - (For Shared Room)
Travel Points: 9 - (For Single Room)

Hanoi, Hai Long Bay, Sapa, Vietnam - This is a great trip to North Vietnam. After arriving in Hanoi, we spend a day exploring this beautiful cultural city. We go on to famous Hai Long Bay, known for its huge limestone rock formations that leap out of the bay. We will be staying overnight on a boat our on the water, with a great traditional feast on board. When we get back from Hai Long Bay, we’re not done yet. We are off to spend a bit more time in the famous Mountain village of Sapa. This gives you a first hand look at tradition village mountain life as it has been for centuries and is a major favorite of all those who do the North Vietnam trip.

This trip originates in either Bangkok or Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) and includes RT air transportation to Hanoi.

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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR TEFL & TESOL PROGRAMS SIGN UPS: We strongly advise that you do not book your TEFL / TESOL program on a month that coincides with a trip you really want to go on. Should you decide to do this your TEFL / TESOL program will be 8 weeks long due to you missing your allocated teaching English practice in Cambodia. We recommend that you do the TEFL / TESOL program a month before going on a LanguageCorps trip, giving you time to find teaching job or travel around the other parts of the country or Asia.

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Sihanoukville Beach, Cambodia
2009 July 3 to July 10
Travel Points: 5 - (For Shared Room)
Travel Points: 6 - (For Single Room)

Sihanoukville Beach Cambodia - This trip is for those who want some serious relaxing. A four to five hour tour bus trip from Phnom Penh, We start with a day in Phnom Penh, meeting up with old friends who are still teaching there, and seeing any of your favorite sights or checking out the places you didn’t have time to go during training. Then its off to the beach to relax. We will be primarily relaxing on great beaches with warm clear water and great seafood, but there are optional trips to the islands for a day of snorkeling or diving, and trips to the local seafront tons of Kep and , where the seafood is supposed to be the best, freshest and cheapest in all of Cambodia, plus you get a look at life in Cambodia that is not yet too inundated by other tourist flocks.

This trip initiates in Phnom Penh and includes transportation to and from the beach.

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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR TEFL & TESOL PROGRAMS SIGN UPS: We strongly advise that you do not book your TEFL / TESOL program on a month that coincides with a trip you really want to go on. Should you decide to do this your TEFL / TESOL program will be 8 weeks long due to you missing your allocated teaching English practice in Cambodia. We recommend that you do the TEFL / TESOL program a month before going on a LanguageCorps trip, giving you time to find teaching job or travel around the other parts of the country or Asia.

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Koh Chang Island, Trat, Thailand
2009 August 8 to August 15
Travel Points: 6 - (For Shared Room)
Travel Points: 7 - (For Single Room)

Koh Chang Island, Trat, Thailand - This six day trip takes you to Thailand’s’ second largest island. Lots of time for kicking back on pristine beaches, jungle treks to hidden waterfalls, riding elephants in the jungle, going on a day dive trip, renting motorbikes and exploring the islands more hidden part. The seafood here is great, and not expensive. Spend the evening at a restaurant on the beach (literally ON the beach) and have a great meal, watch a fire show, and drink and dance the night away. This is the most relaxing of all of our trips, and leaves you coming back feeling rested, great, and ready to go again.

This trip originates in Pattaya and includes RT transportation to the Island of Koh Chang.

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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR TEFL & TESOL PROGRAMS SIGN UPS: We strongly advise that you do not book your TEFL / TESOL program on a month that coincides with a trip you really want to go on. Should you decide to do this your TEFL / TESOL program will be 8 weeks long due to you missing your allocated teaching English practice in Cambodia. We recommend that you do the TEFL / TESOL program a month before going on a LanguageCorps trip, giving you time to find teaching job or travel around the other parts of the country or Asia.

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Nha Trang Beach & Boat Trip, Nha Trang, Vietnam
2009 August 26 to September 2
Travel Points: 5 - (For Shared Room)
Travel Points: 6 - (For Single Room)

Nha Trang Beach & Boat Trip, Nha Trang, Vietnam - If you are an aquatics type, this is another trip for you. We travel to famous Nha Trang, Vietnam, for six days of beach and island adventure. We start with a couple of days of exploring the town laying on the beach and stuffing ourselves with crab and lobster. Then we take a boat trip out to surrounding islands for a chance to snorkel, swim, and participate in what the locals call “the worlds largest swim up bar” everyone gets in the water in their own inner tube, then staff get in a giant inner tube complete with wine, fruit and glasses and the group proceeds to swim, socialize, drink and party till the wines all gone. Not done yet, the party moves to the boat where a local band plays and everyone dances til they drop. A great time. The last couples of days are for more beach time, or specially arranged dive trips for those so inclined. A really fun beach, party, boat and possible dive experience on a beautiful beach.

This trip originates in Ho Chi Minh City and included train transportation to and from Nha Trang.

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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR TEFL & TESOL PROGRAMS SIGN UPS: We strongly advise that you do not book your TEFL / TESOL program on a month that coincides with a trip you really want to go on. Should you decide to do this your TEFL / TESOL program will be 8 weeks long due to you missing your allocated teaching English practice in Cambodia. We recommend that you do the TEFL / TESOL program a month before going on a LanguageCorps trip, giving you time to find teaching job or travel around the other parts of the country or Asia.

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Fire & Ball Festival, Kayak Trip Vientiane, Vang Vieng, Laos
2009 October 2 to October 9
Travel Points: 6 - (For Shared Room)
Travel Points: 7 - (For Single Room)

Fire & Ball Festival, Vang Vieng Kayak Trip, Vientiane & Vang Vieng, Laos - For centuries, Lao and Thai people have reported a strange natural phenomenon that takes place at a certain time each year. Near the night of the full moon, legend has it that the Naga (a sea serpent creature) comes near the surface in the Mekong river near Nong Khai and breathes balls of fire into the sky. Strange as the rumor seems, every year, thousands of people flock to the river banks lining the area a wait for the event, and……. It happens. From whatever source, flaming balls of fire do erupt from the surface of the river and fly into the sky. The exact cause of the event has been explained from everything from balls of methane “swamp gas” to the great Naga itself, but whatever explanation you choose, the event has turned into a major party each year. Along with the Naga watch, this trip includes a trip to Laos for sightseeing in the Vientiane area, a trip to Ngam Ngum dam for a huge fish eating fest and boat trip on the lake, and a one day whitewater Kayak trip down the Nam Lik river.

This trip originates in Bangkok and includes overnight train trips to and from Nong Khai.

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TRIPS ONLY If you just want to go on a trip without doing a TEFL course, email languagecorps@yahoo.com and tell us what trip you want to go on!

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR TEFL & TESOL PROGRAMS SIGN UPS: We strongly advise that you do not book your TEFL / TESOL program on a month that coincides with a trip you really want to go on. Should you decide to do this your TEFL / TESOL program will be 8 weeks long due to you missing your allocated teaching English practice in Cambodia. We recommend that you do the TEFL / TESOL program a month before going on a LanguageCorps trip, giving you time to find teaching job or travel around the other parts of the country or Asia.

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Loi Krathong Festival, Koh Lan, Pattaya, Thailand
2009 October 31 to November 5
Travel Points: 3 - (For Shared Room)
Travel Points: 4 - (For Single Room)

Loi Krathong Festival, Koh Lan, Pattaya, Thailand - Loi Krathong is a once a year festival where people prepare small (ranging to large) boats that they adorn with flowers, incense and candles. The boats are floated on any nearby body of water with the notion that one is sending off the problems of the past. For Loi Krathong, locals often don formal traditional dress accompanied by fascinating ceremonies. The rest of the week includes a beach trip to the local island, Koh Larn, for swimming, sunbathing and seafood, a trip to the crocodile farm where you can hold and feed a baby tiger, get hoisted in the air by an elephant, and get up close and cuddly with an Asian bear. Other activities available during the week include scuba diving, go karts, water parks, and lots of time on the beach, not to mention a chance to see Pattaya Beach and its more than famed nightlife. You can see everything from discos to Las Vegas style Transvestite stage shows to go go bars to a quiet English Pub. A time you will remember forever.

This trip originates in Pattaya Beach, Thailand.

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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR TEFL & TESOL PROGRAMS SIGN UPS: We strongly advise that you do not book your TEFL / TESOL program on a month that coincides with a trip you really want to go on. Should you decide to do this your TEFL / TESOL program will be 8 weeks long due to you missing your allocated teaching English practice in Cambodia. We recommend that you do the TEFL / TESOL program a month before going on a LanguageCorps trip, giving you time to find teaching job or travel around the other parts of the country or Asia.

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Christmas In Pattaya Beach, Thailand & New Years at Koh Pha Ghan, Full Moon Party 31 December 2009 to 1 January 2010
2009 December 24 to January 3
Travel Points: 8 - (For Shared Room)
Travel Points: 9 - (For Single Room)

Christmas In Pattaya Beach, Thailand & New Years at Koh Pha Ghan, Full Moon Party - More than just a Christmas and New Years Party, this is THE year. A DOUBLE MONTH event.

What to do with your holiday time away from family and friends in the US? Get with family and friends here. Every year we have the annual Xmas and New Years party week. The week starts with a major Christmas dinner on the 25th. Turkeys, hams, mashed potatoes & gravy, dressing and cranberry sauce, topped by Rick’s famous egg nog in huge quantities. On Xmas we do a fun gift exchange. The week between Christmas and New Years starts with all the Pattaya activities. Visit Million Year Stone Park and get to hold and feed a baby tiger. Get picked up in an elephants trunk, fish for crocodiles (but try not to let them get your bait), hug and Asian Bear, and just walk around and enjoy the parks natural beauty. We visit a Chinese temple filled with bronze statues and some of the famous terracotta warriors from China, which are on permanent display nowhere in the world except China and here. NOW the KICKER on the 28th, we start making our way to famous Koh Pha Ghan Island. This island is world famous for it “full moon parties”. Well, this is the party of all parties. How often do you think it is when December 31st, New Years Eve, and the Full Moon collide. Figure maybe once every 30 years. Well this is it. We plan to spend the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010 at the biggest full moon party in the world. Don’t miss it. Book early because space will be at a premium.

This trip originates in Pattaya Beach, with round trip transportation to and from Koh Pha Ghan.

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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR TEFL & TESOL PROGRAMS SIGN UPS: We strongly advise that you do not book your TEFL / TESOL program on a month that coincides with a trip you really want to go on. Should you decide to do this your TEFL / TESOL program will be 8 weeks long due to you missing your allocated teaching English practice in Cambodia. We recommend that you do the TEFL / TESOL program a month before going on a LanguageCorps trip, giving you time to find teaching job or travel around the other parts of the country or Asia.

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Phnom Penh - Angkor Wat & Siem Riep - Sihanoukville - Battambang

PHNOM PENH - CAMBODIA

Phnom Penh is Cambodia's Capital City and home of Languagecorps Cambodia. On the first weekend, you will be joined by the trainees from the Thailand and Vietnam programs. On Saturday night, LanguageCorps hosts a "Welcome Dinner" and on Sunday we do a tour of Phnom Penh and visit the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda.

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ANGKOR WAT & SIEM RIEP - CAMBODIA

After the first week of class, we take three days off to go explore the wonders of Angkor Wat. In order to better understand Cambodia, it helps to understand some of its history.  One could easily spend a week exploring the many temples and ruins that were once the glory of Angkor. You'll find yourself in the same site as Angelina Jolie in "Tomb Raider", wandering through ruins of temples in a jungle setting. There are also waterfalls to play in and an interesting night market. The nearbytown of Siem Reap provides lots of good accommodation and many great places to eat.

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SIHANOUKVILLE - CAMBODIA

Another weekend and another great destination. This time it's the Sihanoukville area. There are lots of nice beaches around this area, and lots of parts of town to explore. Plenty of aquatic sports are available, or you can just kick back on the beach and relax.

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BATTAMBANG - CAMBODIA

The fourth weekend finds us on the road headed to Battambang. This town exists in the most forested part of the planet. There are lots of beautiful things to see and do, including some interesting temples and old palaces. We visit local communities and get a look at the rural way of life in Cambodia.

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