Sunday, February 13, 2011

The Low-Down

Here is all of the info of where we'll be, and when we'll be there.

*Departure flight, 2/27 FWA to Chicago (ORD) American Airlines Flight 4312.
*ORD to Tokyo Narita on Japan Airlines (JAL) Flight 9. Departs ORD at 10:35 am., arrives 2:30 pm. 2/28
*Tokyo Narita to Hanoi on JAL Flight 751. Departs Tokyo at 6:00 pm, arrives in Hanoi at 10:20 pm. Monday, 8/28

JAL Website
AA Website

In Hanoi we will be staying at the Hanoi Elegance Sapphire Hotel (Also known as the HE3) until Thursday afternoon 3/3. 

While in Hanoi we will be doing the following:
3/1 Tuesday  
Half-day morning tour with Hanoi Kids
       Water Puppet Show in the evening


3/2
* Full Day Tour of Ha Long Bay

3/3
* Another half-day tour of Hanoi with Hanoi kids. Possibly visiting a silk market.
* Depart in the evening for an overnight train to Sapa, for a trek and Homestay. Check it out here!

3/4 Friday
* Trek in/around Sapa. Stay overnight with a local family!!!

3/5 Saturday
*Trek some more, check out a waterfall (I think). Head back to Sapa to catch the overnight train back to Hanoi.

3/6 Sunday
* Arrive EARLY morning back in Hanoi. We'll probably snag some Pho for breakfast and a baguette before heading back to the airport. We'll be flying to Hoi An on JetStar Pacific Alirlines Flight BL563, departing Hanoi at 10:40 am and arriving in Danang at 11:55 am.  Our hotel in Hoi An will pick us up and take us on the 45 minute drive down the coast to Hoi An.
* In Hoi An we will be staying at the Long Life Riverside Hotel.  We will be there until 3/9.

3/7 Monday
* Checking out the town and the beach.  Probably take in a tour of My Son Temples and visit a tailor shop or two . . .or three.  Here's one I want to go to :) 

3/8 Tuesday
* Motorbike tour with Hoi An Motorbike Adventures.    We will be doing the Higher than High Van Pass tour, and visiting the Marble Mountains and MAYBE doing some rappelling down into Hell's Cave.  No joke.

3/9 Wednesday
* Check out of the hotel and go back to the airport in Danang and fly to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).  Jetstar Pacific airlines flight BL595 departing 12:30 pm., arriving in HCMC 1:45 pm (Tan Son Nhat Airport).
* We'll be staying at the Asian Ruby 3.  We're not really sure what we'll be doing in HCMC just yet, but for sure visiting the Ben Thanh Market.

3/10 Thursday
*  Hang out some more in the city and wait for our departure :(
*  JAL flight 750 from HCMC to Tokyo Narita, departs 11:55 pm., arrives 7:20 am. (3/11)

3/11
* JAL flight 10 from Tokyo Narita to ORD, departs 11:35 am, arrives in the US at 8:25 am.  (This is not a typo, it really will take -3 hours to fly from Tokyo to Chicago).
* AA flight 4014 departs ORD 10:00 am., arrives 11:55 am. Indy