Final Itinerary

Note: We all need Renminbi (RMB) since we are passing thru China for a few days. Bring along more USD (Hanoi and Laos) and some SGD as well just in case.

In my case: SGD500 to USD330 approx, SGD250 to RMB (haven’t changed), plus extra SGD 250.

*MPFSC gave us some handy thermos bottles meant for travelling on Tuesday; if you don’t wanna bring along with you on the trip pls SMS me to remind me not to bring it for you on departure date, thanks.

In case you are still blur, we are meeting @ 1500(3pm) tml at the budget terminal.

Day /Time	Morning	Afternoon	Night	Comments
Day 1 – 04/12/08	-	SIN-HANOI (1735 ETD, Meet at 1615 budget terminal!)	HANOI-LAO CAI (2000 ETA in Hanoi; overnight sleeper train)	From Noi Bai airport we go directly to the train station and buy the tickets immediately.
Day 2 – 05/12/08	LAO CAI-HEKOU-YUANYANG HoursH	YUANYANG
Day 3 – 06/12/08	YUANYANG AND/OR SURROUNDING AREAS
Day 4 – 07/12/08	YUANYANG-SIMAO		SIMAO
Day 5 – 08/12/08	SIMAO-MENGLA-MUANG SING		MUANG SING
Day 6 – 09/12/08	MUANG SING AND/OR SURROUNDING AREAS
Day 7 – 10/12/08	MUANG SING-LUANG NAM THA	LUANG NAM THA
Day 8 – 11/12/08	LUANG NAM THA-LUANG PRABANG		LUANG PRABANG
Day 9 – 12/12/08	LUANG PRABANG AND/OR SURROUNDING AREAS
Day 10 – 13/12/08	LUANG PRABANG-SAM NEUA		SAM NEUA	We can skip Phonsavanh totally by backtracking up north and taking a smaller road seen in thr google map on our blog!
Day 11 – 14/12/08	SAM NEUA AND/OR SURROUNDING AREAS (e.g. Vieng Xai) OCIP Section!			We can base ourselves in Sam Neua to access Vieng Xai (1 hour)
Day 12 – 15/12/08
Day 13 – 16/12/08
Day 14 – 17/12/08	Buffer Day
Day 15 – 18/12/08	SAM NEUA-VIENG XAI-NA MEO		NA MEO
Day 16 - 19/12/08	NA MEO-MAI CHAU or NA MEO-THANH HOA		MAI CHAU/THANH HOA	At Na Meo buses are irregular, so we cannot decide which route back to Hanoi till then.
Day 17 – 20/12/08	MAI CHAU-HANOI or THANH HOA-HANOI		HANOI
Day 18 – 21/12/08	HANOI		SIN-HANOI (0400 ETA)
Day 19 – 22/12/08	SIN (home sweet home, after almost 3 weeks! )