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Published: January 6th 2008
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Sunday 13th January
15.55 Arrive
Bangkok THAILAND
Hotel Baan Sukhumvit Inn
TO DO
- Get Visa for Cambodia
- Grand Palace (half day)
- Reclining Budda at Wat Pho and other temples in the city (half day)
- Long tail boat ride on Thornburi Canals
- Floating Market (half day)
- Jim Thompsons House
- Erawan Shrine
- Chinatown
- Meal at the Banyan Tree
- Hotel Vertigo’s restaurant
Leave Bangkok 17th for
Chaing Mai THAILAND
Tanita (Riverside Resort)
TO DO
- See North of the country
- Ride elephants
Leave Chang Mai on 19th for
Sien Reap CAMBODIA
Moms Guesthouse - Siem Reap
TO DO
- Angkor Wat (3 days)
- Vietnamese Floating Village
- Air balloon (tethered)
22nd Jan fly to
Phnom Penh CAMBODIA
Hotel FCC Cambodia
TO DO
- Cookery Course
- Wat Phnam
- Silver Pagoda
- Boat ride on Mekong River
- National Museum/Tuol Sleng Museum
- Walk along Tonle Sap River in late afternoon
- Visit orphanage
- Killing fields
Leave Cambodia on 27th January -
Ho Chi Minh City VIETNAM
Luan Vu Guesthouse
TO DO
- History Museum
- Reunification Palace (go inside)
- Ben Thanh Market
- Nghia An Hol Quan Pagoda
- Chinatown
NO ACCOMMODATION OR TRAVEL BOOKED YET THROUGH VIETNAM
On 30th travel from HCMC to
Nha Trang on Reunification train 5* Express (5*club) 450,000
TO DO
- Beach
- Hire motorbike (?)
- Mama Hahn’s Bay Cruise
- Country’s best seafood
Leave Nha Trang on 2nd for
Hoi An via Danang airport (Vietnam Airlines departs 12.05 $37 1hr 15m flight) Taxi or Bus transfer
TO DO
- Hire a bike $2 a day
- Beach
- Canals
- Homes as museums
- Shopping
- My Son trip for ruins of sacred Cham
- BoBo café
- Tam Tam café
- Party boat
On 4th leave for
Hanoi (Vietnam Airlines 3 flights a day $53 - 1hr 10m flight)
TO DO
- Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
- Governors Palace
- Ho Chi Minh’s House on Stilts
- One Pillar Pagoda
- Van Mieu & Quoc Tu Giam
- Hoan Kiem Lake
- Tai Chi
- Ngoc Son Pagoda
- Puppet Theatre
- Shopping (36 streets)
- Tours with Kim Tours from Hanoi to:-
- Perfume Pagoda ($17)
- Overnight trip to Ha Long ($25 - $55)
- For Sailing, boating, swimming, fishing
7th February fly from Hanoi to
Ko sumui THAILAND
TO DO
- Diving
- Ride Elephants (Island Safaris)
- Muay Thai
- Waterfalls
- Big Buddah
- Granddad and Grandma Rocks
- Magic Gardens
- Thai Massage
- Cooking course
- Shopping
- Jeep around Island
- Beaches
- Island Hopping to:-
- Koh Nang Yuan Island from Koh Tao
- Ang Thong National Marine Park
Go back to Bangkok on
On 13th leave Koh Samui by ferry/train 17.00 arrives
Bangkok 08.00
Costs £20 (1st class with A/C) or £14 (2nd class with A/C)
Arrive Bangkok THAILAND 14th for two nights
Leave Bangkok for
SINGAPORE on 16/2/08 at 15.40
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Ben Quiney
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WOW
How Jealous am I....... Lynda is sitting next to me on the sofa in Wilmington (England) and in 7 days time she will be in Bangkok. In 14days you will be in Cambodia and in 45days you will be in Australia. Guess what in 45 days time I will STILL be here sitting on my sofa in the same place reading this blog and I will still be just as jealous as I was 45 days ago! (today) YOU GO GIRLS AND DO US PROUD. HAVE A BEER IN EVERY NEW TOWN FOR ME (I know you will!) LOVE TO YOU ALL BEN XXXXXXXXX