http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North/Umphang/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Thailand , North , Umphang en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:12:53 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:12:53 UTC Youth classes are generally 35 days duration 5 hours. The curriculum is similar to adult classes however there is a greater focus on schooling and education cultural adaptation health such as brushing your teeth employment dreams sex education culture shock and transit procedures. More games fun activities and breaks are required for the youth to retain their interest and concentration http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Thailand/North/Umphang/blog-351064.html Trainers and locals tell me this is the most beautiful of the 9 camps because of its stunning sights and location. As my stomach churned around the twisted bends and turns of the one and a half hour journey from our office you could definitely see why. The landscape and scenery was breathtaking and many of the familiesrsquo homes are situated on a hill overlooking a panoramic mountain view. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Thailand/North/Umphang/blog-351063.html Friday December 21th 2007Today I'm leaving Um Phang for Mae Sot. I'm feeling sorry to leave this place but I'm looking forward for the 100 km ride on the mountain road. I often stop to look at the landscape and take pictures. Probably they are the same as on the journey to Um Phang.I'm now used to ride the motorbike and I'm enjoying it. Nevertheless at each bent of the road I still contract m http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Thailand/North/Umphang/blog-234040.html For the next 6 hours Mike and I will be on a bus with air conditioning that doesn't work. We are traveling to Mae Sot. As we slink down the aisle to our seats we notice that the bus was full of Westerners AKA white people. That's no good we are trying to get away from those damn Westerners. The front section of the bus has a group of twenty something mormons on a missionary trip of some sort http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Thailand/North/Umphang/blog-123557.html After leaving Bangkok we went north towards Chiang Mai. But instead of making the trip straight up like most tourists do we wanted to go for some adventure and nature first. Boy did that turn out to be the best decision ever Half way to Chiang May we got off at Mae Sot a little town at the border with Birma Myanmar. Birma and Thailand haven't always been best friends in the past and Birmese http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Thailand/North/Umphang/blog-105964.html