It has been a whirlwind with the exams drawing near... but that has never withered the excitement I feel about this backpacking trip! I have been studying hard (I hope) for the past week and since I have some time to keep my sanity in check, I might as well get down to laying out a few details and developments about the trip. Aly's been excellent at taking care of the trip's administration procedures and had secured us our tickets for the journey and back! We had intended to travel up the length of Vietnam and then into Yunnan as far up as Lijiang before heading back for Hanoi. But the lure of Shangri-La and the Tibetan border proved too great to ignore. So here's the amended schedule:
10 Dec 07 - Fly to Ho Chi Minh City
12 Dec 07 - Bus ride to Nha Trang
13 Dec 07 - Bus ride to Hoi An
15 Dec 07 - Bus ride to Hue
17 Dec 07 - Train ride to Hanoi
18 Dec 07 - Overnight bus or train to Lao Cai and then Kunming
20 Dec 07 - Leave Kunming for Lijiang and Tiger Leaping Gorge
22 Dec 07 - Overnight bus to Zhongdian and Deqin
26 Dec 07 - Long journey back to Kunming
27 Dec 07 - Overnight bus/train ride to Lao Cai and onward to Sapa
30 Dec 07 - Overnight bus ride back to Hanoi for New Year's Eve
01 Jan 08 - Morning bus leaves for Halong Bay for an overnight stay
02 Jan 08 - Return to Hanoi for one last visit
03 Jan 08 - Goodbye Vietnam; flight to KL and bus back home!
This time around, we will also be experiencing something new! We have a few guests who will join/leave us along the way:
1. Fabius will join us for our Vietnam leg from 10 - 18 Dec 07
2. Faizal and Layla may be joining us for Sapa on 28 - 29 Dec 07
3. Hazirah will join for Kunming and Vietnam from 27 Dec 07 - 03 Jan 08
The exams have yet to begin and I'm already exhilarated beyond believe about the trip! It's gonna be one helluva ride! Hang on tight!!!
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