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DAY 11 • Vientiane • Fly to Phnom Later, we venture to ancient Angkor to visit the DAY 1 • Explore Ho Chi Minh City • Optional

Penh, Cambodia • Visit the Champey twelfth-century Bayon and the Terrace of the traditional water puppet show, cyclo-
Academy of Arts Elephants. rickshaw ride & dinner
We’ll fly to Phnom Penh, Cambodia today. Upon B,L — Regency Angkor Hotel or similar After breakfast, we’ll discover the city’s sights,
arrival, we’ll witness a children’s dance performance including the Catholic Cathedral of Notre Dame, the

at the Champey Academy of Arts, an opportunity DAY 15 • Siem Reap • Explore Angkor former Presidential Palace, and a secret bunker from
exclusive to O.A.T. travelers, as few American tour Wat temples the Vietnam War. Later, enjoy free time or you may
companies go here. Then, we’ll ride in a remork (the VERY ACTIVE DAY (3 hours of walking 3 miles on choose to join our optional tour, which starts with a
Cambodian version of a tuk-tuk, a three-wheeled uneven surfaces and up steep stairs) traditional puppet show, followed by a cyclo-rickshaw
motor rickshaw). Today we venture to Angkor Wat, a masterpiece of ride through the city, drinks at a beer garden, and
Khmer architecture. After a free afternoon, we’ll
B,D — Phnom Penh Katari Hotel or similar dinner at a local street kitchen.
return to the temple complex shortly before sunset to B,L — Huong Sen Hotel Saigon or similar

DAY 12 • Phnom Penh • Controversial Topic: see Ta Prohm, covered by a dense jungle of trees just

The quest for justice at the Khmer Rouge as it was found by the French in the mid-1800s. Later, DAY 19 • Ho Chi Minh City • Controversial
Tribunal • Visit Killing Fields of Choeung Ek we’ll toast to our discoveries as we watch the sun set. Topic: The imperfect legacy of the Vietnam
& Tuol Sleng Prison Museum B,L — Regency Angkor Hotel or similar War • Explore Cu Chi Tunnels
After breakfast, we visit the Killing Fields of Choeung After breakfast, we visit the Cu Chi Tunnels—a

Ek and the Tuol Sleng Prison Museum—both grim DAY 16 • Optional Banteay Srei tour • Fly to 125-mile-long underground maze where thousands
reminders of Cambodia’s bloody past under Pol Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam of fighters and villagers hid and fought during the
Pot and the Khmer Rouge. While at the museum, This morning, enjoy free time or you may choose to Vietnam War. After exploring a secluded area of the
we’ll meet with a genocide survivor to discuss a join our optional tour to visit Banteay Srei, one of the tunnels, we’ll meet a Viet Cong veteran to discuss a
Controversial Topic: the halting quest for justice at oldest and best-preserved temple sites in Cambodia. Controversial Topic: the legacy of the Vietnam War
the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. This tour also offers a visit to a Khmer noodle maker. 50 years later. We’ll return to Ho Chi Minh City for
After, our group will gather to visit the Angkor
B,L — Phnom Penh Katari Hotel or similar lunch. Tonight, we’ll gather for a Farewell Dinner at a
National Museum before we fly to Ho Chi Minh local restaurant.

DAY 13 • Phnom Penh • Overland City, Vietnam. B,L,D — Huong Sen Hotel Saigon or similar
to Siem Reap B,L — Huong Sen Hotel Saigon or similar

This morning, we depart for Siem Reap. We’ll arrive DAY 1 • Ho Chi Minh City • Mekong DAY 20 • Return to U.S.
late in the afternoon and check into our hotel. Delta discovery We rise before daybreak for an early morning flight
B,L,D — Regency Angkor Hotel or similar back to the U.S. Or, fly to Hanoi or Bangkok to begin
Today, we’ll discover Vietnam’s famous Mekong Delta. our post-trip extensions to Northern Vietnam: From
DAY 14 • Visit a floating village on Tonle We’ll drive to My Tho, the gateway to the Mekong Hanoi to the Hill Tribes of Sapa or Thailand: The River

Sap • Controversial Topic: Cambodian River, and cruise the city’s waterways aboard a Kwai, Chiang Rai & Chiang Mai.
healthcare inequality • Explore Angkor motorized wooden barge, as well as a rowed sampan— B
This morning, we’ll take a buffalo-drawn cart and an O.A.T.-exclusive experience. We’ll also visit a
then an exclusive, private boat ride on Tonle Sap to coconut candy workshop before returning to our hotel
visit the nearby floating villages. We’ll meet locals for the evening.
along the way, including a midwife with whom we’ll B,L — Huong Sen Hotel Saigon or similar
discuss the Controversial Topic of inequality and
corruption within Cambodia’s healthcare system.

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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