Homestay Khonkaen
At home with a Thai host family
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During this homestay you will be immersed in Thai village life
for a few days, in a quiet country village in Thailands northeastern region Esan. Visit the Thai at home, observe the
local cottage industries, get first-hand experience in the rice fields, and visit the village school. Traveling through
the Isan region is like traveling back in time. The people of the Isan pursue agrarian lifestyles dictated by the annual
cycle of the farming seasons and unchanged by the passage of time. The region’s ancient cultural traditions and
customs in music, folk dances, legends and festivals are better preserved here than anywhere else in Thailand and the
population is friendly and charming, even though it is among the poorest of Thailand. An up close and personal cultural
tour full of wonderful insights. Click for more info
about homestays.
Day
1. At home with a Thai family
Today you will travel to your host family in the country village Khampom.
Upon arrival in the afternoon you can take a leisurely stroll through the
village, accompanied by your guide who has a lot of inside information and
can tell anecdotes about village life. Observe village life and local activities
such as cotton or silk weaving or production of straw mats or rice noodles.
You can try everything for yourself if you want. Have informal conversations
with the charming villagers, with your guide translating. During dinner
you will be warmly welcomed by the local Thai village people. Overnight
stay with your host family.
Photo-gallery “Among the People”
Day
2: Village life & farming
Visit (on schooldays) the village school. See the ceremonial beginning of
a school day with the children singing the Thai national anthem followed
by Buddhist prayers. After the ceremony you can enter the classroom. You
will soon find yourself drawn into an entertaining dialogue with the school
children who are as curious about Western life as you are about Thai life.
Your guide will translate everything again. This school visit will be one
of your more memorable experiences. Continue your walk through the village,
stopping from time to time to see how the villagers leisurely spend their
day or earn their living. Lunch is taken along the route at a local noodle
& rice food stall.
Next, you will
go into the rice fields. See how rice is grown or harvested, depending on
the season. In the afternoon you will visit the village market and buy the
ingredients for your evening meal. Walking back to your host's home you
can see the village farmers guiding their cows or buffalos back home. This
evening you will prepare your own dinner. The host mother will explain how
as your guide translates. This often leads to comical moments and you will
also learn how to make an original Thai meal by yourself. Overnight
stay again with the host family (B, D).
Day 3: Free to spend at own leisure
Today is free to spend at your own leisure. Take a relaxing stroll through the village or visit the village temple. Early
risers can see how monks humbly receive their daily alms at sunrise. There is a variety of
excursions
that you can book locally. Tour along the Mekong river, visit the Khmer temple complex at Phimai, see the historical
sites of Ban Chiang or take a morning stroll through one of the beautiful forest parks. As this will be your last dinner
with the host family, about half the village will want to say goodbye to you. Following Isan tradition you will receive a
lot of good wishes and a wrist full of strings tied with the villagers' wishes for you. Overnight stay again with your
host family (B).
Day 4: End of this module
After breakfast you will transfer to Khonkaen city where this module ends. From here you can move on to your next
destination; for instance
Khonkaen to Chiang Mai
or
Touching Laos
or
Mekong route
or
Phu Kradung challenge
or
Angkor heritage
or
Khao Yai safari.
You can also go back to Bangkok by train, bus or flight (we can book this for you) or extend your stay for as many nights
as you want.
This tour can start any day but we recommend that you plan your tour such that day 2 or day 3 will be a weekday when the school visit is possible (except for some bank holidays and not always predictable local holidays). The village school is closed from March till May and in October and activities in the village during these times will be very low. The best period for the Homestay Khonkaen tour is May - Sep and Nov - Mar.
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