Exploring Vietnam and Cambodia哈佛大學校友會haa 的一旅遊

哈佛大學校友會的一旅遊
http://alumni.harvard.edu/haa/travel/trips/exploring-vietnam-and-cambodia

Exploring Vietnam and Cambodia

November 4, 2011 - November 18, 2011

Group Size: 24 passengers

Starting from $8,295

Known to many as the theater of a war long past, Vietnam offers a complex and compelling intersection of ideologies, economics, and ancient and modern ways. Visit Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Hanoi, Hoi An, My Son, and Hue; and experience different modes of travel with an overnight river boat cruise into the Mekong Delta and before concluding at the vast temple ruins at Angkor, which evince the richness of the Khmer civilization.

Schedule by Day

• Nov 4: Depart for Ho Chi Minh City
• Nov 5: Ho Chi Minh City / Transfer to hotel
• Nov 6: Ho Chi Minh City / Visit to the Cu Chi, where the famous Viet Cong tunnels are located / Walking tour of District One with visits to Notre Dame Cathedral, City Hall, and the General Post Office- all reportedly designed by Gustaf Eiffel / Visit a colorful Taoist pagoda and the vibrant Cholon Market District
• Nov 7: Ho Chi Minh City / Depart for Cai Be and board a privately chartered river boat, the Bassac / Visit small villages and home factories that specialize in production of rice noodles, coconut candies, and other traditional specialties
• Nov 8: Mekong Delta / Visit the largest, traditional floating village in South East Asia / Cruise to Can Tho, the commercial hub of the Mekong Delta / Ho Chi Minh City
• Nov 9: Flight north to the port city of Danang / Depart for Hoi An, stopping en route to visit the Cham Museum,displaying an array of artifacts from the Hindu kingdom of Champa / Viit the Marble Mountains where caves contain dozens of ancient Buddhist shrines / Optional hiking / Exclusive visit to a private museum housed in a historic 19th century home of a Chinese merchant
• Nov 10: Hoi An / Walking tour Hoi An, a UNESCO World Heritage site / Highlights include the Japanese Covered Bridge, the local produce market, Tang Ky House, and the Fukhien Association / Visit the sanctuary of My Son / Return to Hoi An, and if time permits you may visit a local village which produces traditional brass gongs
• Nov 11: Depart Hoi An and drive north to Hué. The drive takes you back
• / Stop at the fishing village Lang Co / Visit to the famous and ancient Citadel / Travel to the hectic Dong Ba Market,
• Nov 12: Depart on a boat trip up the Perfume River / The Royal Tombs of the Nguyen Emperors / Continue to Thien Mu Pagoda, one of Vietnam's oldest and most beautiful Buddhist temples / Further explore the Citadel and Forbidden Purple City / Transfer to the airport for a flight north to Hanoi.
• Nov 13: Hanoi / Start at the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, then visit the lovely wooden house on stilts, other sites include the One Pillar Pagoda and the Temple of Literature / Visit Hanoi's excellent Museum of Ethnology / Attend a private gathering at the Vietnam Art Gallery / Tour the city's Old Quarter aboard bicycle rickshaws called cyclos
• Nov 14: Hanoi / Travel to Halong Bay, a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site / Stop in Bai Chay, the fishing and mining town along the way / Board The Paradise Junk for cruise
• Nov 15: Continue exploring Halong Bay's beautiful islands before disembarking / Siem Reap
• Nov 16: Siem Reap / Angkor Wat / Angkor Thom, including Pimeanakas, Baphuon, the Terrace of the Elephants, the Terrace of the Leper King, and the Bayon / End with a visit to Ta Phrom
• Nov 17: Siem Reap / Full day at the ruins of Beng Melia and Koh Ker / Farewell dinner
• Nov 18: Transfer to the airport for flights home

Pricing

Land Arrangements
Per person double occupancy: $8,295
Single occupancy: $9,945

Accommodations

• 3 nights at the Caravelle Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
• 1 night aboard the Bassac
• 2 nights at Life Resort in Hoi An
• 1 night at the La Residence Hotel & Spa in Hue
• 2 nights at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel in Hanoi
• 1 night aboard the Paradise Junk
• 3 nights at the La Residence d'Angkor in Siem Reap

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Study Leader

Mark Van Baalen

Associate of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Mark Van Baalen will speak about the role of the Mekong River, one of the great rivers of Asia, and how its course affects the ecology of Southeast Asia, and how that ecology will be threatened on the one hand by upstream dams in China, and on the other by sea level rise and changes in precipitation patterns brought about by climate change. In addition, he will speak about the return trip by sea of Marco Polo after 1275, of Xeng He and the great Chinese commercial fleets of the 14th and 15 century, and how the current skirmishing over islands in the South China Sea is fundamentally about natural resources, particularly oil.