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Contiki Egypt & The Nile: Day 4 – Abu Simbel

Jul 25, 20172 min read

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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Big Indochina Adventure – Days 24, 25 & 26: Ha Long Bay & Hanoi, Vietnam

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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Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Day 23: Hanoi, Vietnam

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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Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Days 22 & 23: Hue, Vietnam

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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Contiki Big Indochina Adventure: Days 20 & 21 – Hoi An, Vietnam

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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Big Indochina Adventure – Days 18 & 19: Nha Trang, Vietnam

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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Big Indochina Adventure – Days 16 & 17: Cu Chi Tunnels & Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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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Big Indochina Adventure – Days 15 & 16: Mekong Delta, Vietnam

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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Big Indochina Adventure – Day 14: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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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Big Indochina Adventure – Days 12 & 13: Siem Reap, Cambodia

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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Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Days 11 & 12: Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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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Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Days 10 & 11: Vientiane, Laos

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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Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Days 8 & 9: Driving through Laos & Vang Vieng, Laos

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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Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Days 7 & 8: Mekong River Slow Boat and Luang Prabang, Laos

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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Contiki Big Indochina Adventure: Day 6 – Mekong River to Pakbeng, Laos

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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Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Day 5: Chiang Rai, Thailand

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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Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Day 4: Chiang Mai, Thailand

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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