so Laura and I are going away. we are going to cambodia for a bit and then to vietnam to ride bikes with a bunch of union people. our itinerary is as follows:
24th December - Adelaide to Kuala Lumpur - overnight in KL
25th December - KL to Siem Reap (arrive about midday local time)
26th December - Siem Reap
27th December - Siem Reap
28th December - Siem Reap
29th December - Siem Reap to Phnom Penh - probably by bus - about 5 hours (flexible, could go a day earlier or later)
30th December - Phnom Penh
31st December - Phnom Penh
1st January - Phnom Penh
2nd January - Phnom Penh to Hanoi - flight gets in about 6pm local time
3rd January - Hanoi
4th January - Hanoi to Halong Bay - this will be some kind of overnight tour (could change the day we do this, also could go two nights rather than one)
5th January - return to Hanoi
6th January - Hanoi
7th January - Hanoi, dinner with the Cycle group
8th January - Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, sights of Hanoi
9th January - Hai Duong (I think that’s a part of Hanoi) visiting APHEDA projects
10th January - Fly from Hanoi to Hue official cycling part of the trip begins
11th January - Hoi An
12th January - Quy Nhon via My Son
13th January - Pleiku
14th January - Buon Ma Thut
15th January - Nha Trang
16th January - Nha Trang
17th January - Dalat
18th January - Dalat
19th January - Dalat to Ho Chi Minh by bus
20th January - Ho Chi Minh, farewell dinner for group
21st January - Ho Chi Minh
22nd January - Ho Chi Minh to KL to Adelaide
23rd January - Arrive Adelaide 7.15am
As we are lazy we will probably use this blog rather than actually emailing our friends. The many ways to be impersonal through electronic media.
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2 comments:
Definitely do two nights in Halong Bay. It is mega beautiful. If you haven't booked your tour yet, I'd suggest going with Kangaroo Cafe. They are slightly more expensive than the other tour groups but the quality is a million times better.
Hoi An is just like a heaven on earth. So beautiful....
If you're going to be in Ho Chi Minh for a couple of days, try to do a day tour out to the Cu Chi tunnels. They're the tunnels where the Viet Cong used to live in and hide in to attack the American invaders. You can crawl through them, though I wouldn't recommend it if you're claustrophobic. Yikesy...
I'm so excited for you both. Ashley, let Laura drink beer. She'll need it after all that riding! And it's so cheap!
I'd recommend the adoption of alter egos for an added bit of travel adventure. My son Tom and his friend Nick became the pseudo sons of Vietnam vets doing a nostalgic 'Let's see what Daddy really did in the war, Man' trip. They met no end of unusal and different characters including a man who had bought his 15 year old son on a tour of the best sex spots in Vietnam. Nick and Tom very quickl;y dropped their personas at this point and assumed the identities of Danish pastry makers instead. It's just a suggestion but one worth exploring. It would also allow for more beer drinking I believe which at 20 cents a pop is to be highly recommended in and of itself.
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