Category: Travel
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How to Survive the (Gulp!) 24+ Hour Flight to Thailand
It’s a long flight to Bangkok, there’s no way around it. It is almost on the opposite side of the globe. It’s not quite as long as a flight to Africa, or India, or Australia, but it’s close. It’s a 1 hour 50 minute flight from SLC to LAX, a 9 hour 10 minute layover in LAX, a […]
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For Those Staying Afterwards….
For students who are planning on staying afterwards and traveling on your own, here is some advice on where to go, getting around, visas and passports, and other sundry comments. Where to go and for how long? Bangkok is a great base for travel to a number of places. Within a one hour flight, you […]
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Important Things to Remember Before Departure – 2018
Here are some miscellaneous important things to remember before departure: We will meet at Salt Lake City International Airport Terminal 1 (Alaska Airlines) at 4:30 AM on Sunday, May 8. Make sure you are there AT 4:30! We will meet on the first floor, by the check-in counter. We will check in and go through security as a […]
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Flight Itinerary for May Term Thailand 2017
We will again be taking China Air from SLC to BKK via LAX and TPE, and via TPE and LAX on the way home. It will be approximately 20 hours in the air. We will be in coach, and the flights are usually full. But the 747s and 777s are big and comfortable, with free meals, […]
Service Learning in Thailand 