Treasures of the Mekong River Cruise, March 2019

This trip has been 2 years in the making and it has finally arrived!
We drove to our son's in Mississauga March 8. Good drive, clear & sunny!
At 9:45 he took us to the airport where we met up with Rosemarie & Cookie. Breezed thru check-in and checked luggage.
Saturday, April 9, 2019, 12:10AM started boarding. Finally took off on a 15 1/2 hour flight to Hong Kong.












When looking at the route, we flew over North Bay, heading for the North Pole.
We arrived in Hong Kong at 6:00 Sunday morning, local time (12 hours time difference)

After a 2 hour layover, we were on our way to Ho Chi Minh City on a short 2.5 hour flight!








Touched down at 9:45am, with another time change, back 1 hour.

It was incredible to see the dense population!














On arrival, once we collected our luggage, we found the Scenic rep who took us to the Park Hyatt Saigon Hotel. Whew! It is 30C!













The hotel is a 5 star luxury hotel where we had a complimentary drink in the Park Lounge, where they have afternoon tea.








We unpacked some clothes and had a refreshing shower.

Met up with Rosemarie's brother, Hamid and his wife, Carol and went for a walk around. Traffic is crazy! Scooters dodging in & out everywhere!


And so the adventure begins!

However, the wifi is very slow. It takes about 20 minutes to upload a photo! That is what is slowing me down in posting!