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Arriving at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City, you’ll be driven to your hotel. Rest of the day, you'll be free to stroll around the city as you wish.

19.00 - 20.30: You’ll a Welcome dinner at one of a famous restaurant.

You’ll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City Cooking Class (B, L, G)

You'll join a cooking class in the morning held at Ho Chi Minh City's Cookery Centre. You'll learn how to cook five traditional Vietnamese dishes representative of the all three regions in Vietnam:

09:30 - 10:00: chat over a pot of Vietnamese tea

10:00 - 11:00: making green papaya salad and cooking Vietnamese spring rolls

11:00 - 11:20: relax and enjoy the first two dishes

11:20 - 12:10: cooking the three main course dishes

12:10 - 12:30: lunch!

12:30: awarding of certificates of competence and souvenir gifts

The rest day will be free. You'll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City/Vinh Long (B, L, G)

8.30 - 10.30: Drive to Vinh Long, a city famous by the Mekong River and floating market

10.30 - 15.30: You’ll cruise to visit Cai Be floating market, fruit orchards, a traditional family-run brick kiln, and drop in to look at some traditional cottage industries - a workshop making the huge coffins unique to the Mekong is particularly interesting. You'll have a lunch at one of the local family and have a shot show of traditional music in Mekong Delta which is operated by the local people.

15.30 - 16.00: You'll have time to wonder around the fruit market to buy some kind of famoust tropical fruit such as banana, pomelo, dragon fruit, mangostin and so on.

16.00 - 18.00: You’ll return to Ho Chi Minh City. You'll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 4: Ho Chi Minh City/Danang/Hoi An (B, L, G)

7.30 - 8.30: Breakfast at your hotel. You'll then be free until be picked up to travel to Danang.

On arrival, you'll have lunch at local restaurant and have a brief to visit Cham Museum, a remarkable Hindu statuary.

14.00 - 15.45: Driver and guide will take you to visit Marble Mountain, Stone Carving village where you can admire the stone products of local people.

15.45 - 17.30: You'll continue driving to Hoi An and have a time to visit Hoi An Town, and enjoy its considerable significance in the history of Vietnamtown.

You'll spend the night in Hoi An.

Day 5: Hoi An Cooking (B, L, G)

In the morning, you'll cycle to the local market to buy material to prepare for your lunch. You'll then come back the restaurant to learn and cook traditional food in Hoi An. The rest day will be free to relax on the beach or in the Old Quarter as you wish. Your overnight stay will be in Hoi An.

Day 6: Hoi An/My Son (B, G)

8.00 - 8.30: Breakfast at your hotel

8.30 - 11.15: Drive to visit the World Heritage My Son Sanctuary, the guide will show you the remains of the remarkable brick towers, and explain their origins and purpose.

11.15 - 12.00: You'll return to Hoi An. Rest of day will be free perhaps to stroll around the Old Quarter of relax on the beach. You’ll spend the night in Hoi An.

Day 7: Hoi An/Ho Chi Minh City (B, G)

You'll be free and then be picked up to Danang airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. You'll transit for your international departure flight.

Prices per person in US$:

Number of people	2	3-5	6-9	10-15
Budget
Mid-range
Superior
Deluxe
First Class

Valid until December 31, 2007

Surcharge for peak season of hotels are not inclusive in the prices above.

Prices include:

Breakfast and accommodation sharing a double room.
Return domestic flight tickets: Ho Chi Minh City - Danang - Ho Chi Minh City, including domestic airport taxes.
Boats cruise as programme.
Travel by private, air-conditioned vehicle with an experienced driver.
Bicycles as mentioned in the programme.
Teacher and facilities to cook the meal in each place as mentioned.
The services of experienced English-speaking guides as indicated in the itinerary
Where necessary, entry fees for all visits as mentioned in the programme.
Lunches and dinners, as specified, in the local restaurants.
Government taxes

Prices do not include:

International flight tickets and airport tax.
Visas
Dinners, except as specified above.
Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses.
Insurance.

Hotel list for First Class standard

Ho Chi Minh City: Legend Hotel (***** city centre) or similar
Hoi An: Life Resot (**** colonial style) or similar

Hotel list for Deluxe standard

Ho Chi Minh City: Duxton Hotel (***** city centre) or similar
Hoi An: Life Resot (**** colonial style) or similar

Hotel list for Superior standard

Ho Chi Minh City: Continental Hotel (**** in the heart of the city, colonial building) or similar
Hoi An: River Beach Resort (**** beside Cua Dai beach) or similar

Hotel list for Midrange standard

Ho Chi Minh City: Chancery Hotel (*** city centre) or similar
Hoi An: Lotus Hotel (*** with swimming pool, 2km from town centre) or similar

Hotel list for Budget standard

Ho Chi Minh City: Le Le Hotel (city centre) or similar
Hoi An: Pho Hoi Riverside Resort (*** near the Old Quarter) or similar