My Holy Week staycation proved worthwhile in
planning a lot of things, one of which is preparing our itinerary for INDOCHINA tour this year and
though it is still more than six months to go, I need to figure out how many
days we need to cover our planned trip, what countries to visit, what must sights
to see, where to stay, what to do, how much money to prepare, how many days
leave from work we can afford to take and what return flight to booked.
Prepare yourself girls (you know who are),
this is going to be our preliminary itinerary and probably just make some minor changes
along the way.
INDOCHINA Itinerary
(Vietnam-Cambodia-Thailand)
***Updated as of Dec 7, 2013
DAY 0 - DEC 9 - Depart
Manila via Cebu Pac 2250H
- Pay
Travel Tax (1620 pesos) and Terminal Fee (550 pesos)
- Arrived
Ho Chi Minh 12:20 am Dec 10
- Buy
Dong Currency at the Airport
- Hotel
Taxi Pick Up (14USD)
- Check
in Hotel at HONG HAN (32 USD 4pax/night inclusive breakfast)
DAY 1 - DEC 10
VIETNAM
- Hotel
Breakfast
- City
Tour (Museum of History (Entrance - 15,000VND)*, War
Remnants Museum (Entrance - 15,000VND)*, Reunification Palace, Notre Dame
Cathedral, Saigon Central Post Office
- Shopping
(Ben Tahn Market/Saigon Square)
- Food trips/Socials
(Allez Boo Bar and Restaurant, etc )
- Overnight
Ho Chi Mihn
DAY 2 - DEC 11
- Hotel
Breakfast
- Cu
Chi Tunnels Half Day Tour
- Shopping
or City Tour
- Food
Trips
- Water
Puppet Show
- Overnight
Ho Chi Mihn
DAY 3 - DEC 12 CAMBODIA, Siem Reap
- Breakfast
/ Check Out / Leave for Cambodia (7am)
- Bus
Ride to SIEM REAP (Mekong Express 24USD - 12 hrs)
- Arrive
Phnom Pehn around 1pm then Siem Reap at around 8pm
- Terminal Pick up by MotherHome Guesthouse
- Check-in/Overnight Mother Home Guesthouse (23USD/night for 2pax inclusive buffet breakfast)
DAY 4 - DEC 13
- Breakfast
- Leave
before sunrise for Angkor Wat Tour
- South gate of Angkor Thom, Bayon Temples/ Chao Say Tevoda/ Thamanon/ Ta Keo/Ta Prohm Temple
- Back at the guesthouse for lunch
- Return to Angkor Wat at 3 pm and stay until sunset.
- Overnight Siem Reap
DAY 5 - DEC 14
- Breakfast 6:30AM
- Leave at 7:10AM for Kravan Temple/Banteay Kdei/Sras Srang/Pre Roub/East Mebon/Ta Som/Neak Pean
- Lunch somewhere at the temple
- Preah Khan temple
- Back to Guesthouse
- Buffet Dinner at Angkor Mondial Restaurant and Aspara Dancing Show (USD10/pax)
DAY 6 - DEC 15
- Check Out then Arrange for (Leave
8am) Siem Reap to Bkk trip (16 USD) (8hrs)
- Arrive Bangkok 5pm (Khao San Road
- Hua Lampong Train Station - Silom or Lumphini)
- Check in Accommodation at Pratunam (1,300 baht/night for 4 pax)
- Food
trip / Socials
- Overnight
BKK
DAY 7 - DEC 16
- Breakfast
- Ayuthaya
Tour / Grand Palace Tour
- Food
Trips
- Bangkok Market/Shopping
- Overnight
BKK
Day
8 – Dec 17, 2013 Back to Manila
- Morning Flight Back to Manila
* 10,000VND = 20 PHP
With regards to expenses, I haven't made a detailed accounting yet but
included here our accomodation expenses per night per head and our bus
transportation expenses from one country to the other just to have a ballpark idea of
some of the major expenses. The food there is relatively affordable so it won't be
a major expense. Maybe we will spend more on shopping since these countries
are known to be a shoppers paradise, yay! ;-)
So there, our preliminary INDOCHINA itinerary. Let's do the second
leg next year to cover, HANOI - LAOS - MYANMAR - MALAYSIA, whatyathink? ;-)