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OH MY BUDDHA! OUR 16 DAY GROUP TOUR FROM BANGKOK TO CHIANG RAI

This is our first tour with Overseas Ad- Would we like the group? And the guide?
venture Travel (OAT), but most of the group Could we keep pace? Would we get our
are dedicated OAT enthusiasts; some had money’s worth? In destinations, hotels, and
notched a dozen or more trips with this 47- food? Would this be a one-and-done, or a
year-old Boston-based company. For us, it fun add to our travel toolbox?
was a travel experiment - to join a small Tonight, there are smiles all around -
group on a packaged overland itinerary, ours included. With wine glasses held high,
rather than journeying alone on a route we we toast in Thai-Chai yo! Cheers to new
designed and booked. Friends highly recom- friends, good times, and, for us, a welcome
mended OAT for its destinations and cul- new way to enrich our adventures around
tural immersion, but we were wary. the world.

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