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\"Thailand-Web\"<\/a>Dan Cherryhomes, class of ’73, and his wife, Pat, saw promotional material for the Augsburg trip to Thailand and Cambodia<\/a> in January 2017 and decided to go to the on-campus information session.<\/p>\n

Both Dan and Pat had thought about different ways to travel and tour in retirement, had looked at tours, but had never given serious thought to any group package.<\/p>\n

“We had\u00a0 the opportunity to try out the idea in an orientation meeting with some of the people with whom we would likely travel. It was not so surprising to us that as part of the extended Augsburg family, we share the same values and hopes for the trip as a number of the participants. When we met the hosts, English professor Kathy Swanson, and her husband, Jack, we also learned they had spent time as Peace Corps volunteers in Thailand.”<\/p>\n

Dan’s parents were missionaries, and he spent his first four years in Thailand. Jack\u00a0talked with Dan about where he had lived and offered that they could make a brief side-trip one day in Bangkok to the place where Dan had lived.<\/p>\n

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Dan Cherryhomes ’73 in Prague, 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis was something we didn\u2019t expect\u00a0 in a group tour\u2014the willingness of our host to help make the experience more personally meaningful to us. We left the orientation and decided that the trip was not only something worthwhile, but that this was the best opportunity we would ever have to travel with people willing to share a similar experience.”<\/p>\n

Tour host Kathy Swanson promises a trip that will be Uniquely Augsburg. Travelers will visit sites that appear on most trips to Thailand<\/span> and Cambodia: the temples, the Grand Palace, the night markets, the floating market, Angkor Wat. The tour will, however, also include items that are uniquely Augsburg such as a visit to an orphanage for Hill Tribe children, Augsburg guides who know the country well and speak some Thai<\/span>, and a group of travelers who share a common background and interest in being citizens of the world.<\/div>\n
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Swanson and her husband are already looking forward to the trip. “With all of our trips to Thailand<\/span>, we most enjoy sharing our love and knowledge of the place with others who are interested in various cultures and new experiences. Each time, we see the familiar through the new eyes of our travelers,” she said.<\/div>\n
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Who should take this trip? “Anyone who values expanding a world view, learning about a new culture, experiencing beauty (and fun!),” said Kathy Swanson. As Mark Twain wrote:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” \u2014 from Innocents Abroad<\/div>\n
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The tour is open to all and now accepting reservations\u2014just a dozen spots remain. Find a full itinerary and more details about the Thailand\/Cambodia trip here<\/a>. If you have questions or wish to register, contact Katie Koch at kochk@augsburg.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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