Summer Vacation

Right now we are at a computer, looking up airline tickets to Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Hanoi(Vietnam)
We've found some cheap tickets ($15-$30 CAD) so we are just trying to figure out the best schedule.
We were going to bus, but the last busses we felt really carsick , and it would take about 22 hours to bus to Chiang Mai, so we would miss out on some of the Songkran Festival.

Songkran Festival is the reason we are going to Chiang Mai. Its a week long waterfight that goes over their New Years Day. The purpose of throwing water is to act as a "cleanse" from anything negative you've done, and most peoples new years resolutions here are to be a good person and to do good things and the water cleans away the bad so you can start fresh. :)

Everybody in Thailand has told us that Songkran Festival/New Years is the most fun in Chiang Mai and Khao San Road in Bangkok and we are going to get to see it in both places!!! (We have to stop in Bangkok on our way to Vietnam)


Jessica thought I should post our itinerary so that everyone can see the places we PLAN to see. (We don't know how much we will get to see, but we hope all of it!)

April 9th - Plane from SuratThani to Bangkok
- Plane from Bangkok to Chiang Mai

April 10th,11th,12th,- Travel around Chiang Mai, maybe do some jungle trekking and signtseeing. Chiang Mai is one of the most beautiful places in Thailand. Its in the North, so theres not a lot of beaches. Its mostly Elephants and Jungles, a lot of beautiful flowers and big open fields. Everyone has told us its going to be cold... and when we asked how cold, they said around 20 degrees and in the night it can go down to 10.
My friend also told me that Chiang Mai has Panda Bears and if we are lucky, we might see one!

April 13th - Day 1 of Songkran Festival. Go out and run around in the sun and throw icy water at people.

April 14th - Leave Chiang Mai and go back down to Bangkok to catch our flight to Hanoi, Vietnam. Since our flight isn't until the next day, go down to Khao San Road in Bangkok and compare the amount of fun between both Festivals.

April 15th - Catch a flight from Bangkok to Hanoi
- Try to find our friends Greg, Lorraine and Daryl who are meeting us there.
- Take a 2 day boat ride through Halong Bay. (http://aphs.worldnomads.com/jenko7/4999/P1020116___Ha_Long_Bay.jpg)

April 17th - Hue (pronounced "way" )

April 19th - Leave Hue and make our way down to Hoi An with our friends.Hopefully making a pit stop in Siagon to see the Cuchi Tunnels.

April 22nd - Nha Trang (Supposed to have a beautiful Boat trip)

April 24th - Leave Nha Trang for the over-so-popular Ho Chi Min City. So the History buff's can get their fix :) Look at some cool historical stuff, take lots of pictures.

April 27th - Make our way to the next country. Cambodia. Arrive in the capitol city, Pnohm Penh in the afternoon. Stay there for a couple days go check out the Killing fields and Tuol Sleng.

April 29th - Siem Reap. Take a boat and go over to Koh Ker island and look at the beaches there. Compare their beauty to Thailands.

April 30th - Go back to Siem Reap for a few days before heading back home. See the Flooded Forest, Floating Village and lots and lots of pretty temples.

Not sure how to get back to thailand from Siem Reap.... but last night Scott told us that we can take a plane to Koh Samui for very cheap and then take the Ferry from Koh Samui back home to Suratthani in an hour and a half. Then we can avoid the bangkok airport.

We are thinking maybe coming back the first week of May. If Jessica and I have enough money leftover, we want to stay in Cambodia a few days longer and check out some more of Cambo since we've really wanted to go there for a long time. There is a place called "Sihanoukville" that someone told us about. It has free accomodation on the beach as long as you buy the food from the family's restaurant while you stay there.
Also we hear "Krabie" has really friendly dolphins.

Very excited :)

Oh and sometime along the trip we want to float down the Mekhong River.