JOURNEY THROUGH VIETNAM

January 4-19, 2016

Tour Operator: Odysseys Unlimited
Cost: $3,947 per person double occupancy (includes airfare from LA or San Francisco)

Discover Vietnam’s breathtaking natural beauty, abiding tradition, and profoundly hospitable people on a unique and comprehensive 16-day journey. In our flexible and congenial small group of only 24 guests, we encounter Vietnam’s highlights plus the beautiful, remote Mekong Delta where we spend two days. Tour Hanoi, the French-accented capital and take a full-day excursion to scenic Ha Long Bay, a breathtaking waterway sprinkled with 3,000 islands and islets surrounded by a fairytale landscape of limestone cliffs, secret grottoes, and hidden caves. Tour Da Nang’s acclaimed Cham Museum. Visit nearby Hoi An and its Old Town, a charming car-free pedestrian zone lined with tailors, shops, and art galleries. Enjoy a walking tour of a nearby farming settlement revealing the daily life of a local community up close. Travel to the imperial capital Hue, once home to emperors and mandarins. Cruise the Perfume River to peaceful Thien Mu Pagoda, a significant Buddhist monastery. In southern Vietnam explore the tributaries and floating markets of the beautiful Mekong River Delta. Conclude in bustling Saigon with tours of Reunification Palace, the History Museum, and the underground Cu Chi Tunnels, and attend a traditional water puppet performance. Enjoy a special opportunity to discover the amazing temples and statuary from the Angkorian Empire on an optional 3-day/2-night post-tour extension to Angkor Wat.

Faculty Leader: Sophie Quinn-Judge

Sophie Quinn-Judge first worked in Vietnam from 1973-1975, as Saigon Representative of the American Friends Service Committee. She became a free-lance journalist in Bangkok and Moscow, mainly for The Far Eastern Economic Review, after finishing a ten-year term with the AFSC in Southeast Asia. She completed her PHD at the University of London (SOAS) in 2001, writing a dissertation based on the newly-opened Comintern archives in Moscow and French colonial records. Her book Ho Chi Minh: The Missing Years grew out of this research. From 2004 to 2015 she worked at the Center for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture and Society at Temple University and as Associate Professor of History. Her special areas of interest are Modern and Contemporary Vietnamese History, the History of Communism, and development in Southeast Asia. Her book A New History of the Vietnam War: The Search for Peace and a Third Solution is due for publication later this year. She speaks Vietnamese, French and Russian.

Please note: Faculty participation is based on a minimum of 15 travelers.

Optional Post-Tour Extension to Angkor Wat

A special opportunity to discover in Cambodia the amazing temples and statuary from the Angkorian empire.

Activity Level

Moderate

Reservations OPEN

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