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Contiki Peru Uncovered – Days 1 & 2: Lima
I have made it to my sixth continent and 46th country! Peru is amazing so far – I landed shortly after 4:00 PM, went though customs and...
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Mike McHugh
May 11, 20181 min read
Contiki Peru Uncovered – Day 1
I’m off again! I’m flying from JFK to Bogota to Lima, Peru for a 14 day tour of Peru through Contiki as well as a two day add on through...
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Mike McHugh
Jul 29, 20173 min read
Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 8: Alexandria
Even though the Contiki itinerary ended the previous night in Alexandria, I decided to stay an extra day and take a trip to Alexandria. ...
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Mike McHugh
Jul 28, 20171 min read
Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 7: Hurghada
My penultimate day in Egypt was spent off the coast of Hurghada, a popular beach getaway on the Red Sea for Eastern European tourists. ...
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Mike McHugh
Jul 26, 20173 min read
Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 6: Hot Air Ballooning, Valley of the Kings & Luxor
One of the highlights of any trip to Egypt is hot air ballooning over the Valley of the Kings during sunrise. While insurance prohibits...
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Mike McHugh
Jul 25, 20174 min read
Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 5: The Temple of Horus & Luxor
We woke up the following morning & were docked in Edfu for a morning visit to the Temple of Horus. I boarded a cart pulled by a donkey...
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Mike McHugh
Jul 25, 20172 min read
Contiki Egypt & The Nile: Day 4 – Kom Ombo
The Crocodile Temple, also known as Kom Ombo or the Temple of Two Gods, was a very unique place. Despite the heat, we ventured off the...
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Mike McHugh
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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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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