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'Boutique-Style' Travel - Vietnam
 
Roads2.Com offers
international 'boutique-style' travel tours known for the small
groups, carefully planned itineraries, and flexibility to explore on 'free-style
free-time'. Roads2Vietnam.com is the website dedicated
to travel tours to Vietnam. For those who prefer to sometimes travel
independently, stay near the local activity, enjoy several days in a few places,
and are energetic enough for some walking each day, then
a Roads2.Com travel tour is for you.
The founders of Roads2.Com worked and traveled throughout the
world for over 30 years. And during that time, they were
involved with infrastructure projects in many industries.
Beyond their varied professional experiences was the broad
exposure, understanding and appreciation of many cultures, each with its
own unique contrasts and beauty. The 'vision' of Roads2.Com is to share their
experiences and lifelong memories with a 'boutique-style' of
travel.
There are three
scheduled Roads2Vietnam tours at this time. Two
tours include the charming city of Hanoi with it's magical Old
Quarter. Tour 1 includes
Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, the jewel of northern
Vietnam, Da Nang, Hoi An,
My Son, and Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City,
the 300-year-old city of hustle and
bustle. Tour 2 combines
both Hanoi and Luang Prabang, Laos. Tour 3 combines
both Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City and Siem Reap &
Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Each tour is a 'small group' of only 8 tour travelers.
Included is 'airfare' with
departure and transit VIP airport 'lounge
privileges', boutique hotel accommodations with 'breakfast', private ground
transportation, 'hosted dinners' surrounded by 'Vietnamese culture', and
'entrance fees' to all scheduled
tour sights. Assistance in arranging Roads2.Com's daily 'free-style free-time' to explore
non-scheduled tour sights is provided.
Each Roads2.Com tour is managed by a local in-country Manager. All
licensed, native speaking tour guides are fluent in English.
Additionally, a 'Design-Your-Tour' can be arranged
for just you, a special family occasion, or a group of
friends.
About Vietnam - Land of Charm - Land
of Intrigue .....
Vietnam is a thriving
country and today a country at peace. Vietnam extends 1600 kilometers from
China to the Gulf of Thailand. It is the 13th most populous country in the
world. Vietnam is a beautiful jewel of SE Asia with it's rugged mountains
and crags, tangled riverways, rural rice paddies, blossoming economy and an
ever-present charm and beauty.
The Vietnamese people are descendants of the Kinh people
who migrated into the Red River Delta around 2000 years ago. Most ethnic
Vietnamese are Buddhist, with a large mix of Taoism and Confucianism.
There are about 1 million Chinese mostly living in the southern part of the
country. The Montagnard's are hill tribes of around 8 million
people that live in the mountains of north and central Vietnam.
For years the 17th parallel was the border between the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the north, and the Republic of Vietnam to the
south. Saigon fell on April 30, 1975 to the Democratic Republic of
Vietnam, and the country of Vietnam became one once again.
Vietnam today is a member of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). With diplomatic relations with the US,
Vietnam moves to bcome an industrialized nation with a somewhat liberalized
market economy.
Hanoi is the intellectual, artistic and political center
of Vietnam. While Saigon / Ho Chi Minh City remains the pocketbook of the
economy, Hanoi will always be the heart and mind of Vietnam. Haiphong is
located in the Red River Delta in the north. It is Vietnam's third
largest city and largest port. The ancient capital of Hue is another
spiritual, artistic and cultural center of the country. Royal Hue remains
quiet with it's tree-lined streets near the old Citadel and Imperial
City.
Dalat is one of the most unique destinations. Intriguing
architecture, natural beauty and colorful local people. This part of
Vietnam is a mountain retreat. Hoi An is a World Heritage site as an
example of a Southeast Asian trading port of the 15-16th centuries displayng a
unique blend of local and foreign influences. Hoi An is also famed for its
old Cao lau noodle, which can only be uniquely served here.
Ho Chi Minh
City / Saigon has always been the center of wealth for Vietnam. Sitting on
the Saigon River, this southern city is daily hustle and bustle. There is
District 1, Cholon and floating restaurants sitting along
the Saigon river.
And finally, the Mekong Delta with Can Tho to
the very south of Vietnam displays a rural life very different from the rest of
the country. The Delta feeds much of Vietnam and produces enough
surplus to make Vietnam the third largest rice exporter in the
world.
Vietnam is truly a Land of Charm,
the old and the new, and a Land of Intrigue.
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