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| Our route. Red = plane. Green = car. Blue = train. |
It's going to be a busy - but hopefully not too busy - three weeks.
Tomorrow we fly from Seattle to Beijing non-stop, followed by a flight to Kunming, the capital of China's Yunnan province. In Kunming we begin a week-long tour of Yunnan, taking in spectacular landscapes and minority villages. At the end of the week we'll walk across the border to Vietnam, visit Sapa, a former French hill station, and take an overnight train to Hanoi. We'll spend the rest of the week touring Hanoi and cruising Halong Bay. For the final week we'll fly to Luang Prabang, Laos, a world heritage site on the bank of the Mekong River. We'll end the week in the capital city of Vientiane, which will be celebrating the That Luang Festival and the city's 450th anniversary during our very brief stay. From there it's back to Kunming, and on to Beijing for a quick tour of the must-see sights before we return to Seattle just in time for Thanksgiving.
