Phase II: Thailand, Cambodia, and Viet Nam with EF (two weeks)

The 14 Day Tour With EF
Bangkok, Thailand -> Cambodia -> Viet Nam (Ho Chi Minh City)

Costs: EF portion (which includes international airfare, transportation within each country, breakfasts and dinners, and entry fees into all sites) runs approximately $3,500.  This is subject to change - contact EF to lock in prices.  Additionally, each participant will provide me with an envelope with $140 cash before we depart.  This is tip money which I will return to you on the last day of the EF tour.  We will then vote on how to donate it to the tour guide.

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Day 1 – Leave L.A.X. and fly to Thailand
Night on the plane

(lose a day in the middle here)

Day 2 – arrive in Bangkok
Night in Bangkok

Day 3 – Bangkok (temple of Emerald Buddha, boat tour of Chao Phraya River, thomburi klongs , Grand Palace, Thai dinner
Night in Bangkok

Day 4 – take a bus to Nakon Pathom (oldest city in the country, NW of Bangkok, visit Phra Pathom Chedi – tallest Buddhist monument in the world) then continue via bus to Kanchanaburi, visit Mon tribal village to see some Mon dances – optional elephant ride
Night in Kanchanaburi

Day 5 – leave Kanchanaburi, and take a 40 minute boat ride to Pakseng, transfer to a bus which takes us eventually back to Bangkok
Night in Bangkok

Day 6 - bus via Arranya Prathet over to Cambodia to Battambang (Sisophon)
Night in Battambang

Day 7 – to Siem Reap, see the Banteay Chmar temple
Night in Siem Reap

Day 8 - visit Angkor Thon, Bayon, the Royal Enclosure and Terraces of the Elephants and Leper King, then sunset (in the rain) at Angkor Wat
Night in Siem Reap

Day 9 – Near Siem Reap (Angkor Wat) visit the sites of Ta Prohm, Neak Pean, Preah Khan (temples), and visit a chantier-ecole, market), then fly from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh
Night in Phnom Penh

Day 10 – Quick ay tour of Phnom Penh (Royal Palace and National Museum, Silver Pagoda, Wat Phnom); take a boat to Chau Doc in Viet Nam
Night in Chau Doc

Day 11 – Chau Doc to Thot Not (my favorite name) and Can Tho (sampan boat trip), bird sanctuary
Night in Can Tho

Day 12 – Cai Rang then take bus to Ho Chi Minh City,
Night in HCMC (Ho Chi Minh City aka Saigon)

Day 13 - Get a guided tour of HCMC, History Museum, Reunification Palace, and the Chu Chi Tunnel Tour
Night in HCMC (Ho Chi Minh City aka Saigon)

Day 14 – Depart for home