Cambodia/Vietnam

My trip to Cambodia and Vietnam was more than I thought it would be. There was a suprise at every stop on the itinerery. Our guide Rodd made Cambodia special. In Vietnam, Heip was very informative with the history of the country and the many regimes. The food in both countries was excellent, I'm missing it already. Can't wait to try the recipes received in cooking school, a great addition.

Great Experience

Angkor Wat and the other temples were fasinating! If this was in the US, no way would we have been able to climb and walk all around. Don't wait too long to take this trip as already they say 4,000 people a day come to see. All of Vietnam was interesting and the other highlight of the trip is a one night stay on Ha Long Bay. This is a very fast paced trip with excellent guides, very nice hotels and delicious food including a cooking class in Hoi An. This trip was a great value and our fellow participants were delightful. Most were past Go Ahead travelers and now we will be too.

Angkor Wat and Vietnam

The Vietnam Tour surpassed my expectations. Quan, our guide, was excellent and we learned so much about the history of this beautiful country. Our hotels were great. The tour included something for everyone and the people of Vietnam were very gracious.

Thailand Extension

The pre-tour extension to Thailand was a disappointment inasmuch as the regular Tour Director only made an appearance at the airport. A substitute Director crammed two days of activities into one day, and then sold his own tours for another company to provide activities on the second day. This was an unexpected expense and unwelcomed event which had a lingering negative effect..

Bangkok, Cambodia, Vietnam

We took the pre-tour extension to Bangkok, which was worthwhile, except that both half-day tours occurred the first day, when we were tired, and we had a blank day the second day. The third day was completely wasted as an afternoon flight to Cambodia was scheduled, so not good use of time. Outside of that, the tour was excellent. The guides were very good, and the Vietnam guide, Quang, really made his country come to life. A very full, varied, interesting, organized trip, with very little extra expense. One tip: order your visas online: very cheap, no need to send your passport away.

Vietnam and angkor wat

Bangkok extension--2nd day should have visited the floated market Cambodia- should have visited less temples so you could allow time to see the killing fields Vietnam- no guest should be assigned a room next to the engine room, Diesel fumes came to the room at night. The staff sprayed lemon grass and made it worse.

Vietnam and Ankor Wat

This was an incredible trip! The sights were spectacular, the tour guides were top notch, the hotels were beautiful, and the food was delicious. It seemed incredible to be able to visit these two countries, and be welcomed by people whose own troubled history was so intimately linked with our own. If you have ever wanted to see Vietnam and Cambodia, but are unsure about traveling on your own, I highly recommend this tour.

exotic and exhausting

Very good tour but needs some tweaking. All hotels, guides, buses, drivers, add-ons were excellent. Bangkok extension well worth it. A few too many boat rides, six, including Bangkok and Mekong Delta extra tour. The novelty wore off quickly. Too much moving around, could have used less time in Saigon and Hanoi and more in Hoi An and Hue. All day touring in the extreme heat and humidity was exhausting. It would be good if there could be a break in the middle of the day for swimming, napping, whatever and could enjoy the sites more in early morning and late afternoon. With a 12 hour night layover for five of us in Hong Kong we asked for and got a hotel for the night but that should have been included at the beginning. Didn't understand the need for double tour guides in Vietnam esp with our small group. Felt kind of tipped out. Even with these drawbacks it was a great time.

Good Tour

Overall I felt this was a really good tour. Loved the Cambodia portion, Rhodes was an excellent tour guide. Vietnam portion was good, Hiep our tour guide was fantastic. We had local guides in various cities which were not necessary and many of us felt very "tipped" out. Hiep should have done the entire trip on his own. I would have preferred less time in Saigon and Hanoi and more time in the other cities, Hue or Hoi An. Several of the included meals both in Cambodia and Vietnam were "western" style, which all of us would have preferred an ethnic meal....we didn't go to Cambodia/Vietnam to eat what we eat at home.

Vietnam and Cambodia, Treasures of Southeast Asia

The Cambodia and Vietnam tour is a well-paced tour where most of the places of interest and of historical and cultural importance are included. The tour directors for Cambodia and Vietnam and the local guides were very knowledgeable of the history and the places we visited. We went in the last week of February and 1st week in March--before the rainy season began. It was very hot and humid in Siem Reap and in Ho Chi Minh. The weather got more comfortable in Hue, Hoi An and Hanoi. The Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom complexes are really a wonder, work of art and a testament to the early civilization in Cambodia. The temples and palaces with their architecture and sculpture show how advanced the civilization was. They are still restoring some more of the temples and palaces in the jungle. The Cambodians and Vietnamese are very friendly and warm people. They are a hardworking people and very enterprising. Some of the houses in Vietnam are 2-4 stories high with the first floor business office, a store or grocery. Private businesses are fluorishing everywhere. Peddlers are everywhere in tourist places and cost of goods are cheap. Eating in restaurants, having a massage or hair styling are also cheap. U.S. dollars are accepted almost everywhere. You have to be careful in crossing the streets. There is a constant crisscrossing of motorbikes, cars, bicycles and pedestrians on the streets. We saw motor bikes and bicycles with heavy and bulky crates or big plants in the back of their vehicles and yet go at a fast rate crisscrossing traffic of cars, other motorbikes and people. Highlights of the tour are the Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom complexes, Cambodian dancing, Cu Chi tunnels, Vietnamese cooking lessons, Halong Bay cruise and the cruises on the Ton Le Sap, the Thu Bon, and the Perfume Rivers. One disappointment is the cancellation of the optional Mekong Delta cruise. Overall, it is one of the best Go Ahead Tour trips showing the culture, history, art, people, cuisine and everyday life in Vietnam and Cambodia.