JOURNEY BACK TO OUR HOMELAND AND OUR YOUTH.

LYCEE YERSIN 09/08/2001  - 23/08/2001

15 days / 14 nights
 OPTION A : BACK TO OUR YOUTH

 DAY 1:                                 REGISTRATION DAY AT HCM CITY
 VN Tour meets groups and individuals at TSN airport, transfer to hotel. Free time, meals not included.
 DAY 2:                                 REGISTRATION DAY AT HCM CITY
 VN Tour meets groups and individuals at TSN airport, transfer to hotel. Free time, meals not included.

DAY 3:                  HO CHI MINH   -  MEKONG
 Breakfast, drive to My Tho in air-conditioned bus, see the landscape, typical of life along the rivers, the peasants of the Mekong delta with its colors of orchards, the green rice fields, the waterways meandering among reeds and coconut trees of wetlands. Excursion on the Mekong delta by boat along its waterways. Visit the floating market, the island "Ong Dao Dua Ben Tre", the bonzai gardens, an apiary, enjoy tea with its honey. Visit orchards and eat tropical fruit picked on the spot. Enjoy lunch at the site, in the shade and the scent of the fruit-trees. Return to Saigon, dinner and night at hotel.
 DAY 4:                 HCM CITY - DALAT
 Breakfast, depart at 8:00 in air-conditioned bus for Dalat through large plantations of rubber and coffee and hills of tea-trees.
 11:30 Arrival at Bao Loc. Visit the Damb'ri Waterfall (20km from Blao).
 13:00 Lunch option "Barbecue thit rung and ruou can".
 14:00 Continue through the hills of tea-trees, the villages of Di Linh, Dai Ninh, Tung Nghia ... and the famous PRENN col where evergreen trees appear (visit the Prenn waterfall).
 18:00 The bell of the Grand Lycee appears from afar ... Dalat. City orientation tour, see the
 "grenouillere" THUY TA, the unforgettable slope "Chi Lang", Nha Dia Du then "our school GRAND LYCEE YERSIN". Transfer to hotel. Welcoming cocktail.
 20:00 Dinner. Free time to relive childhood memories. (option: Evening coffee at the the grenouillere by the lake)
 DAY 5:                                 GALA 2001
 Breakfast: continental breakfast. Free time for visiting friends (meal not included).
 15:01 Transfer to Grand Lycee Yersin: "GALA 2001"reception at SOFITEL PALACE (invited teacher, present director, cultural exchange). PARTY ALL NIGHT.
 DAY 6:                 DALAT - NHA TRANG

Breakfast: continental breakfast. Free time for visiting friends (meal not included). Tour ends.
                                                OPTION A: CHOICE OF THE FOLLOWING
 1/- Night In Dalat
 2/- Return To Saigon By Air
 3/- Continue With Option B
                                                OPTION B:       DISCOVERY OF OUR HOMELAND
 13:00 Depart for Nha Trang via the COL OF BELLE VUE, through the dragon fruit "Thanh long" orchards, aquaculture  in the province of Phan Rang etc.
 19:00 Arrival in Nha Trang, transfer to hotel, the beach lined with coconut trees is just opposite.
 Concert dinner
 DAY 7:                 NHA TRANG
 Breakfast: Tour at sea, visit: islets, (option: sea-diving), sea-fishing. Seafood lunch at a floating restaurant in a fishing village, swimming at the Hon Tam beach, Sun baking, Visit: aquaculture
 Tri Nguyen. City orientation tour . Visit: the ex lycee, Dr Yersin's tomb, the new Yersin museum at the centre of the city ... The ruins of the Ponagar temple, dinner with music.
 DAY 8:                                 NHA TRANG - DA NANG
 Breakfast: transfer to airport for flight to DA NANG (08.15 - 09.35). City orientation tour of "ex Tourane".Visit: Ex Lycee Blaise Pascal, Cham museum with 300 pieces dating from the 7th to the 15th century, the most exquisite collection of Cham sculpture in the world. Marble Mountain (Ngu hanh son) at the foot of theThuy Son hill. Continue to HOI AN (Faifo), lunch: (local delicacies Cao lau), transfer to hotel. Afternoon, discover the Old City with its over 200 year old houses and its sanctuaries still untouched: period interiors and decors have been preserved. Have a ride in a MERCEDES POUSSE (Cyclo), dinner, night at hotel.

 DAY 9:                 DANANG  -  HUE
 Breakfast: Depart for Hue, passing by the Col of Clouds (magnificent panorama with a scenic view of the peninsula of Lang Co, a fishing village). Arrival in HUE, the eternal Imperial city, a recognised world cultural Heritage.Ex capital, consists of a collection of Palaces, temples and
 tombs, reminiscent of the Forbidden City of Peking, transfer to hotel, lunch. Afternoon, visit the Imperial City, its Citadel, its Imperial City, its forbidden Crimson City. Dinner and night at hotel.
 DAY 10:                               HUE
 Breakfast. Stroll down the Perfume River by boat. Visits: Pagoda THIEN MU (Heavenly Lady), Hon Chen temple (xem boi toan, xin sam), Tomb of King Ming Mang. Lunch in the city. Afternoon, visit the tomb of king TU DUC. Visit a manufactory for cone hats. Free time for a walk in the center of the city of HUE. Evening show with songs and traditional music. Dinner and night at hotel.
 DAY 11:                               HUE --> HANOI - HALONG
 Breakfast. Transfer to airport, flight to Hanoi. Arrival in Hanoi. Continue to Halong. Passing by the port of Haiphong, the 2nd port of the country. Visit a community house in HANG KENH. Lunch. Depart for Halong. Dinner in the city and night at hotel in Halong
 DAY 12:                               HALONG - HANOI
 Breakfast. Embark for a 5 hour cruise in the Halong Bay, the eighth Wonder of the world with thousands of islands and islets. Teeming with prawns, squids, crabs, Norway lobsters and fish. A short stop during the cruise to watch the arrival of fishing boats, then visit one of the natural caves (depending on the tide). Lunch with crustaceans caught on the spot. Return to Hanoi by road through the timeless scenery of rice fields. On the way visit a ceramic factory with exhibition of handicraft. Visit of an embroidery workshop. Dinner and night at hotel
 DAY 13:                               HANOI CITY TOUR
 Breakfast. HANOI, built in the delta of the red river, in spite of wars, has preserved its authenticity and its charm. City orientation tour by bus, see the quarter of embassies, the lakes. Visit the mausoleum of HO CHI MINH, his home>>>, the single-pillar pagoda, the Lake of the Returned Sword "Hoan Kiem", the Ngoc Son temple, the Temple of Literature, the first University in Vietnam established under the Ly dynasty (11th century), with demonstration of classical music. Museum of Fine Arts. Lunch. Visit the oldest pagoda in VN "TRAN QUOC". Temple of QUAN THANH in black bronze, known as the god protector of the North. Dinner at restaurant. Water puppets show.
 DAY 14:                               HANOI HOA LU HANOI
 Breakfast: depart for Hoa Lu in the Ninh Binh province, former capital of Viet Nam. The "bay of Halong inland", tour in sampans, 2 places on the river where its water merges with the rice
 fields around the sugarloaf hills, this quiet magic place deserves to be known as the "Bay of Halong inland", lunch during the tour. Visit: the tombs of the kings Dinh and Le, the caves Tam coc, Bich dong, return to Hanoi. Dinner and night in Hanoi.
 DAY 15:  Breakfast:
                Option 1: free time, transfer to airport for flight to EUROPE
                Option 2: free time, transfer to airport for flight to USA
                Option 3: free time, transfer to airport for flight to SAIGON
                Option 4: free time, night in HA NOI
 
Hotel:

SAIGON :                PALACE – CENTURY – BONG SEN – KIM DO

DALAT :               NOVOTEL

NHA TRANG :     VIEN DONG – HAI YEN

DA NANG :           BAMBOO GREEN Resort

HUE :                     HUONG GIANG  - MORIN

HANOI :                SAIGON -  HA NOI – THANG LOI

HA LONG :           HA LONG II – VUON DAO

 

Information and reservation please contact :

VIET NAM :        Email:         binhfamily@mail.saigonnet.vn

FRANCE:             Email :        robert.esperinas@wanadoo.fr

USA:                    Email :        nbtr2001@yahoo.com