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Journey through Vietnam

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timeJAN. 6-20, 2025 ticket$4,095 activityActivity Level: Moderate Activity diplomaUCLA Faculty on Tour

Overview

pin Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, Da Nang, Hue, Mekong Delta, Ho Chi Minh City

Discover Vietnam’s natural beauty, abiding tradition, and profoundly hospitable people on this comprehensive 15-day small group journey.  Begin with sightseeing in French-accented Hanoi, including a cycling tour and visits to the Presidential Palace and the infamous Hoa Lo Prison, also known as the “Hanoi Hilton” during the Vietnam War. Wend through Ha Long Bay’s breathtaking waterscape on a boat tour.  Stay at a beachside resort in Da Nang and tour the acclaimed Cham Museum.  Visit Hoi An and its charming Old Town, a UNESCO site, and see local life up close at a farming settlement.  In ancient Hue, explore the Imperial Citadel, another UNESCO site.  Cruise the Perfume River to peaceful Thien Mu Pagoda.  Travel on to Can Tho and experience river life, exploring the storied Mekong Delta’s tributaries and a floating market by sampan.  Your journey concludes in vibrant Saigon, where touring includes the notorious Cu Chi Tunnels.  Discover Angkor Wat’s amazing temples on an optional 3-day/2-night Cambodia extension.

Cost: $4,095
Odysseys Unlimited

Activity Level: Moderate Activity

Book this Tour

STEP 1
Download the Reservation Form here. This tour is booked quickly, so sign up early to reserve space.

STEP 2
Enclose a check or provide credit card information for $500 per person, per tour, as a deposit for the selected tour. Make check payable to Odysseys Unlimited. Deposits are provisional and fully refundable pending your acceptance of final brochure terms.

STEP 3
Fax 310-209-4271, email travel@alumni.ucla.edu, or mail to:
Odysseys Unlimited, Inc.
Attn: Special Interest Groups
One Newton Place
275 Washington Street, Suite 300
Newton, MA 02458

A brochure will be mailed to you as soon as it is available.

UCLA Faculty on Tour

Professor George Dutton
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures divider

George Dutton is Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. He is a specialist in Vietnamese history and teaches courses on premodern and modern Vietnam at UCLA. He is co-editor of the definitive volume on Vietnamese historical texts, Sources of Vietnamese Tradition. He is also the author of two books on early modern Vietnamese history, The Tay Son Uprising: Society and Rebellion in Eighteenth-Century Vietnam (Hawaii Press, 2006) and A Vietnamese Moses Philiphê Bỉnh and the Geographies of Early Modern Catholicism (UC Press, 2016). He has been visiting and conducting research in Vietnam since 1990.

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