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OPTIONAL TOURS

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sign for purchases.

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Muay Thai and the Oasis of Bangkok Tour Banteay Srei

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our hotel for a gym in the Klong Toey area of out of sandstone with detail as intricate as a
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how Muay Thai has changed their lives—and ?ST^ _Z`] LW^Z ZʬP]^ L RWTX[^P TY_Z _SP OLTWd
we might also get to see a match or two. life of rural Cambodia, as we stop to visit a
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Traditional Puppet Show,
local residents, then head to the area’s
Cyclo-Rickshaw Ride & Dinner
community center for a discussion about how
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residents are trying to save the reserve from
development. This optional tour begins at a local theater,
where you’ll watch a traditional Vietnamese
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before dinner at the community center. Then, uses water for the stage and depicts
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streets of Ho Chi Minh City, seeing the city’s

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