“Northern Encounter”

 8-day/7-night tour in THAILAND, Jan.-March 2010; participants will do lots of walking. (Western tour leader with group of seven or more.) Highlights: Chiang Mai’s Doi Suthep temple/Mae Hong Son local market/Pai River caves/Lisu hill tribe village. Land and internal air, from $1,570. Single supp., from $115. Travel Indochina (El Segundo, CA; 866/459-6158, www.travelindochina.com).