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DAY 12 • Phnom Penh • Controversial DAY 15 • Siem Reap • Angkor Wat with a traditional puppet show, followed by a cyclo-
Topic: Khmer Rouge tribunal • Killing VERY ACTIVE DAY (3 hours of walking 3 miles on rickshaw ride through the city, drinks at a beer
Fields & Prison Museum uneven surfaces and up steep stairs) garden, and dinner at a local street kitchen.
Visit the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek and the Tuol Venture to the ancient temple complex of Angkor B,L — Huong Sen Hotel Saigon or similar
Sleng Prison Museum—both grim reminders of Wat. Return to see Ta Prohm, covered by a dense
Cambodia’s past under the Khmer Rouge. At the jungle, just as the sun sets. DAY 19 • Ho Chi Minh City • Controversial
museum, meet with a genocide survivor to discuss a B,L — Regency Angkor Hotel or similar Topic: The legacy of the Vietnam War • Cu
Controversial Topic: the halting quest for justice at Chi Tunnels
the Khmer Rouge tribunal. DAY 16 • Optional Banteay Srei tour • Ho Visit the Cu Chi Tunnels—a 125-mile-long
Chi Minh City, Vietnam
B,L — Phnom Penh Katari Hotel or similar underground maze where thousands of fighters
Choose to join our optional tour to visit Banteay and villagers hid and fought during the Vietnam
DAY 13 • Siem Reap Srei, one of the best-preserved temples in Cambodia. War. After, meet a Viet Cong veteran to discuss a
Depart for Siem Reap, arriving late in the afternoon After, gather to visit the Angkor National Museum Controversial Topic: the legacy of the Vietnam War
to check into our hotel. before flying to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 50 years later.
B,L,D — Regency Angkor Hotel or similar B,L — Huong Sen Hotel Saigon or similar B,L,D — Huong Sen Hotel Saigon or similar
DAY 14 • Tonle Sap floating village DAY 17 • Ho Chi Minh City • Mekong Delta DAY 20 • Return to U.S.
• Controversial Topic: healthcare Discover Vietnam’s famous Mekong Delta. Drive Fly back to the U.S. Or, fly to Hanoi or Bangkok to
inequality • Angkor to My Tho, the gateway to the Mekong River, and begin our post-trip extensions to Northern Vietnam:
Take a buffalo-drawn cart and then a private boat ride cruise aboard a motorized wooden barge, as well as From Hanoi to the Hill Tribes of Sapa or Thailand: The
on Tonle Sap to visit the floating villages. Meet locals a rowed sampan—an O.A.T.-exclusive experience. River Kwai, Chiang Rai & Chiang Mai.
along the way, including a midwife to discuss the B,L — Huong Sen Hotel Saigon or similar B
Controversial Topic of inequality within Cambodia’s
healthcare system. Later, venture to ancient Angkor to DAY 18 • Ho Chi Minh City • Optional
visit Bayon and the Terrace of the Elephants. traditional puppet show, cyclo-rickshaw
ride & dinner
B,L — Regency Angkor Hotel or similar
Discover the city’s sights, including the Catholic
Cathedral of Notre Dame, the former Presidential
Palace, and a secret bunker from the Vietnam War.
Later, choose to join our optional tour, which starts

Unique Accommodations

Muangthong Hotel
Luang Prabang
The colonial-style Muangthong Hotel is located
within walking distance of the city center of
Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Amenities include a courtyard, an outdoor
swimming pool, and a restaurant. There are 32
air-conditioned rooms, which include telephone,
satellite TV, wireless Internet, minibar, coffee-
and tea-making facilities, and private bath with
hair dryer.

Explore Ankgor Wat’s Ta Prohm temple on Day 15.

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