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May 15, 2001 China, Hong Kong, Vietnam |
July 20, 2001 Laos, Thailand |
November 10, 2001 Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, England |
November 21, 2001 USA |
December 25, 2001 USA, England |
Finish ZTE, tour southern China starting with Guangjhou, the capital of Guangdong province where we ate the best egg custard ever. From there we visited Seven Star Crags (Chi Xing Yan) National Park and almost froze to death. |
We continued our exploration of Southern China spending time in and around the capital of Guang Xi province, Nanning, and spending two nights at De Tien Falls which span the Vietnam border. We officially crossed the border in mid-month and headed for Hanoi to meet Gerry's Aunt Zelda. |
We spent the whole month inVietnam, recapping some of our travels in 2000 by flying from Hanoi to Nha Trang beach resort before continuing on to Ho Chi Minh City, still better known as Saigon. There we took a Mekong Delta Tour and said hello to Aunt Zelda again. |
Still in Vietnam we travelled by bus to Dalat then on to Buon Ma Thuot, Pleiku, and Kon Tum before heading down to the coast at Da Nang for a week on the beach. Here we extended our visa for the last time and got visas for Laos. Worked our way back up to Hanoi via the royal capital, Hue, then made a stunning 3-day excursion to Ha Long Bay. |
Our last two weeks in Vietnam were spent seeing
the far northwest from Bac Ha to Sapa to Dien Bien Phu in a magnificent
10-day
jeep trip.
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From Vientiane we went by bus to Vang Vieng, a backpacker's paradise on the Nam Song (river Song). Then on to the old royal capital of Luang Prabang with its myriad temples on a peninsula flanked by the Nam Khong (Mekong) and the Nam Tha. Six days took us by van from LP to Phonsavane to see the famed Plain of Jars. Finally, running out of time, we took a boat up the Mekong to Cheng Khong in Thailand. |
In Thailand we said hello to our sister-in-law Jhap's family in Ban Sang, Phayao, hiked in the Wawi valley, and got visas for a return trip to Laos. Back across the Mekong in Laos we took a 9-hour ride to Luang Nam Tha then another 4-hour truck to Muang Sing and the Adima resort. Back to LNT we stayed at the Boat Landing Guesthouse before high-tailing it back to Thailand for another stay with relatives. |
We took a train from Chiang Mai to Bangkok then buses to Khao Yai National Park, and the Khmer temple sites of Phimai and Phanom Rong. Crossed the border into Cambodia and bus to Siem Reap & Angkor Wat where we met up with Jan's brother Dave and his wife Jhap. On by river boat to Phnom Penh.for a few days. |
From Phnom Penh we took a bus on the only good
road in
Cambodia
to Sihanoukville, a beach resort on the Gulf of Thailand where we spent
a blissfully restful ten days.
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England. We spent the month catching up with family. We managed to invite almost everyone in the family to dinner but in twos and threes rather than all at once. We did have a Saturday hamburger lunch for the whole family. |
England, USA.
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USA, England.
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January 3, 2003