Asia

$790. Can this 10 Day UTO Tour to China be Real? The True Story Days1 & 2

I found this unbelievable deal on the internet; a ten day escorted trip by UTO to China for $790.00 Canadian per person including round trip flights to Beijing from Toronto, flights between Beijing and Shanghai, all accommodations in 4 and 5 star hotels, all breakfasts, 1/2 of your lunches, all ground transportation, admission to many of the sites and all taxes. The trip visits Beijing, Wuxi, Hangzhui, Suzhou and …

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Snake Cuddling in the Mekong Delta

Beautiful sunshine and the temperature was over 30 degrees. We were picked up at our hotel at 8am to start our last day in Vietnam with a tour to the Mekong River Delta.  Of course traffic was crazy. At one point a family of four on a motorbike (with young children) were driving down the wrong way on the freeway.  There is a lot of horn blowing in Vietnam. …

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Hoi An to Saigon

After breakfast we moved our luggage to reception and spent our last few hours in the old town. The market as usual was packed and busy. I purchased all kinds of special tools for making vegetable flowers. Wine with Cobras and Scorpions were offered for sale. I didn’t buy any. We stopped for egg coffee and watched people burning fake money and paper in the middle of the crowded …

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My Son Archeological Site

It was overcast today but no rain. Our tour bus picked us up at 8am to take us to My Son, which is a site of ancient Hindu temple ruins. The ruins are similar to Angkor Wat but on a much smaller scale, older and in greater disrepair. They were still interesting. You were not allowed to leave the path to and from the ruins because the area has not been …

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