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In August 1992, Simon and I got married. So the mathematicians amongst you should work out that it is our Silver Anniversary year. We wanted to do a 'big' trip and after much discussion, we decided on a trip to Vietnam. Our very good friends, Kim and Hywel have been a couple of times now and rave about it. They kept telling us that we would love it. So the seed was planted and we started planning.....
Some other great friends, Lou and Nigel, are also celebrating their Silver Anniversary year and were also planning a trip to Vietnam. They invited us to join them on their trip in October/November. But we decided to go in the 'Dry Season'. Which on reflection, appears to be a good decision as they were in Hue for typhoon Damrey. They still had a fabulous time, and just had to adjust a couple of days of their plans. They kindly gave us a copy of their organised itinerary and planning progressed. The spreadsheet was created.....
It started off as a 2 week, North to South tour of Vietnam. But then Kim and Hywel started telling us how fabulous Siem Reap in Cambodia was and how we should try and fit that in too. Simon has always wanted to visit Angkor Wat so our itinerary was extended to 3 weeks allowing us to 'pop' over to Cambodia for a few days.
Vietnam really does appear to be the up and coming place to go. The spreadsheet is now many sheets of detail and a full itinerary is planned. We have booked 5 star hotels everywhere, flights to get us across the many miles we will be covering and a few organised trips of the 'must do' attractions. Many, many hours of research has gone into this trip. I also have a number of bar and restaurant recommendations provided by Nigel and Lou.
We hope you enjoy following us on our first ever blog as we travel to Hanoi, a cruise in Halong Bay, Hue, Hoi An, Siem Reap and the Angkor Wat complex, Phu Quoc and finally Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta.
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