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Ha Long Bay
Day 46, Sunday April 27 we have a 2.5 hour drive with our guide Sonny and driver Mr. Tuan from Hanoi to Ha Long Bay for a three day, two night cruise around HaLong Bay and environs. We will be driving through Haiphong on our way which is the third largest city in Vietnam and…
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Hanoi, First impressions
We fly from Hue into Hanoi which is the capital of Vietnam. We will spend one night here before driving to HaLong Bay for two nights on a boat and then another two nights near Ninh Binh. We then return to Hanoi for our final three nights of this tour. This is only one day…
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Hue Vietnam
We are driving from Hoi An to Hue on April 23 which is the 42nd day of our tour. The drive is predicted to be 3.5 hours. Hue is a significant city to Americans due to its history of the battle of Hue which was one of the bloodiest and longest of the war as…
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Hoi An
We have moved from South Vietnam to the central part of the country. Hoi An is a UNESCO recognized city. This is from UNESCO’s web site. Hoi An Ancient Town is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century. Its buildings and its street plan…
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Bai San Ho
We really have no idea where we are spending the next three nights but we fly into Quy Nhon which is a coastal city and the capital of Bình Định province. A driver from Zannier Hotel Bãi San Hô is supposed to meet us but apparently our flight was rescheduled and landed about an hour…
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Ho Chi Minh City III
Our first day here was quite intense and very busy. Day two is meant to be mostly a day of leisure and is Palm Sunday so we are electing to attend mass at Notre Dame Cathedral as it is not open except for services. It is in a few year process of renovations and only…
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Ho Chi Min City II
Our first mornings activities were quite interesting and intense. We had too many pictures and too much to say so have split our day one into two separate blogs. This is the second half of the day, which is also quite busy. This second half of day one in Saigon was much less intense. We…
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Ho Chi Minh City
Moving on to our last country on Friday April 11, which is day 30 out of 55 of our SE Asia tour. One would think that at some point we would get tired of that much touring but our schedule varies enough with some short days and other days completely on our own. Some days…
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Phnom Penh Day 2
Our first day in Phnom Penh started out tough with the Killing Fields Museum but ended on a high note with Wann and his food tasting tour of the city at night. Our guide handed us off to another guide on the morning of day two, this one an architect who is taking us on…
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Phnom Penh Day 1
This is going to be a very difficult experience to write about as our morning was spent at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum before moving on to another Royal Palace and Pagoda. The day ended on a high note though so here goes trying to make it through this day. Moving away from our grisly…
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Shinta Mani Wild
When we planned this trip with Anthony from Black Tomato he was the most excited about Shinta Mani Wild. It is a luxury all inclusive experience in the jungles of Cambodia amongst 865 acres of protected thick forests and waterfalls. There are 15 tents with their own unique theme ranging from relics of the war…
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Angkor Wat
This is probably one of the foremost tourist destinations in the world along with Machu Picchu, The Pyramids of Giza, The Great Wall of China and The Taj Mahal. There are many more with the list including things like the Eiffel Tower, the Las Vegas Strip and the Hollywood sign but we are referring to…
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Siem Reap, Day Three
We had the morning off for exercising at the gym and a late breakfast which included a Bloody Mary which was not good enough to have another before we left here. The breakfasts have been very good and Jim enjoys trying Cambodian food even for breakfast. We head out at 2pm today for our afternoon…
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Siem Reap, Day Two
Yesterday was full of Temples, today we are going on a long drive to get to Tonlé Sap which translates literally to Fresh River but is commonly known as Great Lake. This is the largest freshwater lake in SE Asia and one of the most diverse and productive ecosystems in the world. This evening we…
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Siem Reap Cambodia
We enjoyed Luang Prabang Laos so much but now we are moving on to a new city and country. Looking forward to different experiences and different food in this new country.