EMBA Dallas VIETNAM & HONG KONG
Today you arrive in Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, you will be met by our representative, who will assist you with all the formalities and your transfer to your deluxe, 5-star Caravelle Hotel.
Please note: We will provide two separate transfers by private deluxe motor coach with the guide from the airport to the hotel. Tips to the porters at the airport and hotel are included.
Vietnam—a name too long associated with the horrors of war, has finally won its last battle—to capture the imagination of the traveling public. Elegant Hanoi now vies with its dynamic sister, Ho Chi Minh City (still fondly called Saigon by the locals), for the attention of visitors who are drawn by the eclectic mix of old and new. In both cities, the streets are jam-packed with motorbikes and scooters, often carrying entire families, and the markets are chaotically busy. Elsewhere, the scenes are timeless. Early morning on the Mekong Delta brings the daily floating markets where peddlers sell their fruits and vegetables. Everywhere the green patchwork of rice paddies stretches into the distance, broken only by the silhouette of water buffalo and conical-hatted farm workers bending down to tend the young plants. The soaring mountains in the north of the country tower over tiny villages where life continues much as it has done for centuries, with the villagers still proudly wearing their traditional costumes.
Day 2 |
HO CHI MINH – ME KHONG DELTA |
Following breakfast at our hotel, an English-speaking guide will take us on a sightseeing excursion to My Tho, which includes a boat trip to the Mekong River Islands. First, we drive to My Tho, a bustling town in the rich agricultural region of the Mekong Delta and visit the Vinh Trang Pagoda, a beautiful temple and a sanctuary for orphans and other needy children. Afterwards, we board a local boat to explore the islands of the Mekong, stopping at a fruit orchard to enjoy fruit and tea while listening to local music. The trip also includes a brief sampan ride through the tiny waterways that thread the island. We will enjoy lunch at a local restaurant. After our tour, we drive back to our hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
This morning we will enjoy a city sightseeing tour with our English-speaking guide. Saigon teems with energy, activity, and motion. Everywhere you look, modern life meets the traditional. The emerging modern skyline stands cheek to cheek with colonial buildings and traditional temples. Outside on the streets, young professionals zip by on motorcycles, chatting on cell phones; inside the quiet temple courtyards, worshippers pray amidst clouds of incense.
We begin our trek into modern history with a tour of the Reunification Palace. Formerly, it was the Independence Palace of the South Vietnamese president, but now it is the War Remnants Museum, which comprehensively documents the travails of the long Vietnam-American War. Afterwards, we drive to the historic center to visit the Emperor of Jade Pagoda, one of Saigon's most interesting pagodas. We will also pay a quick visit to the neo-Romanesque Notre Dame Cathedral and the Central Post Office. We then pass by the classic European-style landmarks
such as the ornate City Hall and the old Opera House. Finally, we end up at the central Ben Thanh Market, where vendors display a vast array of goods and handicrafts.
The afternoon is free to explore this exciting city on our own. An International Dinner will be provided at our hotel this evening.
This morning the group will have a business meeting in a private function room at the Caravelle Hotel. Provided at the meeting will be one coffee/tea break, water throughout the meeting, a selection of mints, the use of a LCD projector with projection screen and a flip chart, and stationery.
We will enjoy lunch at our hotel. This afternoon we will have site visits. An air-conditioned deluxe bus and an English-speaking guide will be provided for the site visits in the city.
Today we will have site visits in Ho Chi Minh City. An air-conditioned deluxe bus and an English-speaking guide will be provided for the site visits for the full day in the city (09:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).
Lunch will be provided at a nice local restaurant.
An International Dinner will be provided at our hotel this evening.
Day 6 |
HO CHI MINH/HONG KONG |
This morning we will be transferred to Tan Son Nhat International Airport for our flight to Hong Kong. Upon arrival at Hong Kong International Airport, we will be met by our representative and transfer to the deluxe 5-star Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel. Tips for the porters at the airport and hotel are included.
Culture and heritage are what set Hong Kong apart from the rest of Asia—indeed the world. With 150 years of colonial history and a largely Chinese population, Hong Kong is a unique fusion of Western and Eastern cultures, where the old and the new live side by side. Its incense-filled temples, colonial buildings, and glass-and-steel skyscrapers, along with its ancient traditions and lively festivals, have made Hong Kong a living cultural experience.
Tonight we will enjoy a Welcome Dinner at the acclaimed ‘Pearl on the Peak Restaurant’ (located at the Victoria Peak with fantastic views of Hong Kong), including round-trip transfers by private motor coach.
This morning the group will have a business meeting in a private function room at the Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel. Provided at the meeting will be one coffee/tea break; water throughout the meeting; a selection of mints; the use of a LCD projector with projection screen and a flip chart; and stationery.
After Dim sum Lunch at a local restaurant, we will have site visits this afternoon. An air-conditioned deluxe bus and an English-speaking guide will be provided for the site visits in the city.
Today we will have site visits in Hong Kong. An air-conditioned deluxe bus and an English- speaking guide will be provided for the site visits for the full day in the city (09:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).
Lunch will be provided at a nice local restaurant.
Tonight, we will enjoy a Farewell Dinner in a private room at the China Club, a retro-chic, Shanghai-style club and restaurant in Hong Kong. It is a members-only oasis that encompasses the top three floors of the old Bank of China building. The complete package is included, as well as transfers by private deluxe motor coach from Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel to the China Club and back to the hotel with an English-speaking guide.
The entire day is free to explore this lovely and exciting city. Some of you may want to join on a full-day optional tour to Lantau Island or Macau.
Today our private deluxe air-conditioned motor coach transfers us to Hong Kong International Airport for our flight home. Tips to porters at the hotel and airport are included.
Please note: We will provide two separate transfers by private deluxe motor coach with the guide from the hotel to Hong Kong airport.
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