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Contiki Egypt & The Nile: Day 4 – Abu Simbel
We had a 3:25 AM wake up call on day 4 of our tour because we had to disembark our boat which was still docked in Aswan and head via bus...
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Mike McHugh
Jul 25, 20174 min read
Contiki Egypt & The Nile: Day 3 – Aswan
The third day of our tour around Egypt began when we woke up on our overnight train at about 7:45 AM all rested. I slept like a baby on...
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Mike McHugh
Jul 24, 20174 min read
Contiki Egypt & The Nile: Day 2 – Cairo
Our first full day in Cairo was everything I had hoped and more. We had a 6:00 AM wake-up call and were out of our rooms by 6:30 AM for...
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Mike McHugh
Jul 22, 20172 min read
Contiki Egypt & the Nile: Day 1
Hello from beautiful Cairo, Egypt! I left JFK yesterday afternoon on a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt, had a 4 hour layover & another 4...
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Mike McHugh
Mar 8, 20173 min read
Big Indochina Adventure – Days 24, 25 & 26: Ha Long Bay & Hanoi, Vietnam
We departed our hotel shortly after 8:00 AM for a three and a half hour drive to Ha Long Bay. I had been looking forward to Ha Long Bay...
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Mike McHugh
Mar 6, 20171 min read
Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Day 23: Hanoi, Vietnam
We arrived into Hanoi from Hue in the late afternoon and immediately went sightseeing around the city. After the Vietnam War, the capital...
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Mike McHugh
Mar 5, 20173 min read
Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Days 22 & 23: Hue, Vietnam
We departed our hotel in Hoi An shortly after 8:15 AM for a four hour bus ride to the ancient capital of Vietnam, Hue. The ride was so...
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Mike McHugh
Mar 4, 20176 min read
Contiki Big Indochina Adventure: Days 20 & 21 – Hoi An, Vietnam
We arrived into the Hoi An airport at around 8:00 AM and were at our hotel by 9:15 AM. The streets in Hoi An are so narrow that we needed...
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Mike McHugh
Mar 2, 20174 min read
Big Indochina Adventure – Days 18 & 19: Nha Trang, Vietnam
We arrived into Nha Trang at about 1:30 PM and made it to our hotel by 3:00 PM. Na Trang is like the Nice of Asia; it is where people go...
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Mike McHugh
Feb 28, 20174 min read
Big Indochina Adventure – Days 16 & 17: Cu Chi Tunnels & Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
On our way back from the Mekong Delta, we stopped at the Cu Chi Tunnels which were dug by the Vietcong to avoid being captured by the...
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Mike McHugh
Feb 27, 20174 min read
Big Indochina Adventure – Days 15 & 16: Mekong Delta, Vietnam
We left our hotel at about 8:20 AM and boarded a bus for the Mekong Delta. We saw the Mekong River in every country we’ve been to so far...
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Mike McHugh
Feb 26, 20172 min read
Big Indochina Adventure – Day 14: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
We left our hotel in Siem Reap, Cambodia at around 7:30 AM and headed to the airport. I’m using my Irish passport and thought I didn’t...
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Mike McHugh
Feb 25, 20175 min read
Big Indochina Adventure – Days 12 & 13: Siem Reap, Cambodia
We arrived into Siem Reap shortly after 6:00 PM and made it to our hotel shortly after that. The hotel was, by far, the nicest one we...
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Mike McHugh
Feb 23, 20176 min read
Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Days 11 & 12: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The past two days in Cambodia were very eye opening. We arrived into the airport of the capital city, Phnom Penh, in the early afternoon,...
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Mike McHugh
Feb 23, 20176 min read
Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Days 10 & 11: Vientiane, Laos
We left our hotel in Vang Vieng at around 8:30 AM and walked to our bus which was still parked on the airstrip to head to the capital...
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Mike McHugh
Feb 21, 20175 min read
Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Days 8 & 9: Driving through Laos & Vang Vieng, Laos
Laos is one of the most untouched countries I’ve been to, so our drive from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng was filled with beautiful...
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Mike McHugh
Feb 20, 20178 min read
Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Days 7 & 8: Mekong River Slow Boat and Luang Prabang, Laos
We had a relatively early start from Pakbeng, but all boarded the boat on time. It was a bit nippy once the boat got moving, but the...
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Mike McHugh
Feb 20, 20172 min read
Contiki Big Indochina Adventure: Day 6 – Mekong River to Pakbeng, Laos
Hello from Laid Back Laos. This is a communist country, due to the extreme poverty, but that doesn’t affect the beauty or how amazing the...
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Mike McHugh
Feb 19, 20172 min read
Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Day 5: Chiang Rai, Thailand
We departed Chiang Rai at about 8:45 AM for Chiang Mai. It was about a 3 hour drive, but we stopped twice along the way. Our first stop...
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Mike McHugh
Feb 18, 20173 min read
Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Day 4: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Our time in Chiang Mai, the Rose of Thailand, was brief, but we got the best out of it. After arriving on our overnight train, we headed...
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