Major expenditures - Bob & Patty BOB ------------ PATTY
Flight SFO -SGN $885, $869 (Bob's is more as Sunday flight out.) Vietnames Visa $130, $65 (Bob's is more as multiple entry) Trip Insurance $50, $50
Day 1: Kim Hotel $20 Airport pickup $7
Day 2 and 3: 2 nights at Hanh Hoa hotel $30 Boat trip through Delta to Phnom Penh $39 one way, includes meals and 1 night hotel room and upgrade to fast boat to PP from Chau Duk. Air tickets SGN to Hanoi, one way $96 each
Day 4: None really, Delta trip & lodging already paid for
Day 5: Tuk Tuk to killing fields for 4 hours and admittance fee, $12
Day 6: Moto & Tuk Tuk rides and entrance to SL 21 Genocide museum), $8.50 Mekong Express bus ticket to Siem Reap, $10
Day 7 Two nights at River Star Hotel, Phnom Penh, $30 ($15/night w/o breakfast)
Day 8: Tuk Tuk ride to Ankor Wat for 2 1/2 hours, $4 Entrance fee to Ankor, $20 (for tomorrow, 1 day pass) One hour massage, $6, excellent
Day 9: $72, Siem Reap Hotel bill, $18/night at Shadow of Angkor Hotel, no brkfst, good, not great deal. Stayed 3 or 4 nights.
Seem to be missing a day here???? Boat to Floating Village, $15, not that exciting but ride there pretty good. Tuk Tuk for 3 hrs, $4
Day 10: Entrance fee to Angkor for 1 day, $20 Tuk tuk for day, $10 Mekong Express to Phnom Penh bus ticket, $10 Mekong Express, Phnom Penh to Saigon bus ticket, $12 $41 - Two nights in Saigon at Government run guesthouse w/breakfast $1.50, 2.5 kg laundry at 900 dong/kilo $3 - massage, Patty $24 - first night in Hanoi at Camiella 4 Hotel, bad hotel, w/full breakfast $18 - Two one hour massages near hotel $63 - 2nd and 3rd night in Hanoi at Hong Nguc Hotel, great hotel, everything but pool, $31.50/night w/full breakfast, negotiated from $40 $5 - Tickets to Water Puppet Show, $2.50/ea ?? - Tickets to Hanoi Hilton Prison museum, maybe $2/ea $180 Halong Bay cruise, $90/ea, Tropical sails (negotiated from $97/ea), inc transport to/from Hanoi, 4 meals/ea and overnight berth w A/C. Unreal scenery, surrealistic at times. $62, Train tickets from Hanoi - Hue, $31/ea, Soft berth sleeper -terrible, whole car stunck, mattresses dirty, pillows dirty, everything dirty, bathrooms disgusting! Not a enjoyable experience! $20, Hue hotel, fantastic bargain, pool, great brkfst, inside Citadel by Palace Remains $12, Two one hour massages at hotel. $4.40 - Bus to Hoi An, $2.20/ea, Sinhcafe, excellent value, free bottled water, stopped at rest stop and Marble Mt. A/C $75, Hoi An hotel, 3 nights (25/night), excellent value, pool, brkfst, internet $3, motobike rental for day, new honda phantom, excellent $2, chairs/umbrella on beach, $1/ea $3 motobike rental for 2nd day, went to My Son, approx 55km ea way. $3.80 gas for motobike for two days (about $2.80/US gallon or 1180 dong/litre $8, admission to My Son sight (Champa ruins) ($4/ea) $4.50, 5.5 kg laundry at 1000 dong/kilo Day : $89, Airfare to Nha Trang on May 22, $44.50/ea, thru Sinhcafe $7 Taxi to Danang airport , airport is disgusting, bathroom in restaurant worse than Mexico. 12:45 flight cancelled, rebooked on 2:10 flight $248.00, Patty's shopping spree for clothing/shoes in Hoi An $4.40, van from Cam Ranh Bay to Nha Trang, $2.20/ea (Cam Ranh Bay airport is trash, the worse.) $25, hotel, one night, brkfst included, pool on roof, very small, clean new room, good location, free internet brkfst good, not great $8, Bus tickets to Dalat from Sinhcafe $16, Hotel in Dalat, 2 nights at $8, no brkfst, very basic but clean. $5, motorbike rental in Dalat, automatic, new condition. $2.50, gas for bike. $1, entry to Crazy House $1, entry to Bao Dai's summer palace |