{"id":6803,"date":"2016-03-21T18:02:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T18:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=6803"},"modified":"2018-02-07T21:01:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T21:01:21","slug":"uniquely-augsburg-travel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2016\/03\/21\/uniquely-augsburg-travel-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Uniquely Augsburg Travel in Thailand and Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In January, English Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/swanson\/\">Kathy Swanson<\/a> and her husband, Jack, will lead an educational trip through Thailand and Cambodia. After arriving in Bangkok, travelers will tour the Grand Palace, visit the temple at Wat Po (the Reclining Buddha), shop for tropical produce, and sample local cuisine cooked on boats at a floating market. From there they will continue to Chiang Mai to ride elephants, perfect their culinary skills with a cooking class, and volunteer at an orphanage. The trip will conclude in Siem Reap, Cambodia, at Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world.<\/p>\n<p>This thought-provoking tour has been customized specifically for Augsburg alumni, parents, and friends, and there\u2019s still time to learn more and participate. Contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/2016\/02\/02\/46755\/\">Katie Koch \u201901<\/a>, director of Auggie Engagement, at &#107;&#x6f;c&#x68;&#x6b;&#64;&#x61;u&#x67;&#x73;&#98;&#x75;r&#x67;&#x2e;&#101;&#x64;u or 612-330-1178 if you are interested in learning more about Augsburg\u2019s travel opportunities.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January, English Professor Kathy Swanson and her husband, Jack, will lead an educational trip through Thailand and Cambodia. After arriving in Bangkok, travelers will tour the Grand Palace, visit the temple at Wat Po (the Reclining Buddha), shop for tropical produce, and sample local cuisine cooked on boats at a floating market. From there <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":6804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,73],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-6803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-news","category-auggies-connect","tag-spring-2016"],"wps_subtitle":"January 3-15, 2017","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6803"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8551,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6803\/revisions\/8551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}