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Package Start from : Tour Code: USSFO205-5819

• 1st Group : April 07, 2013
• 2nd Group : April 30, 2013
• 3rd Group : May 20, 2013

Package Cost : 5,45,900/- Taka only

Package cost: 5,45,900/= Taka Or $ 6750 US Dollar

Package Includes

Return Air Ticket with tex
Complimentary SFO airport pick-up (Free pick up time is 9:00am - 6:00pm local time)
7-night hotel accommodations
Breackfast, Lunce, Dinner.
Ground transportation in air-conditioned tour coach
Professional tour escort and tour guide.
USA B-2 Visa Fee
Service Charge

Package Excludes

All personal expenses including meals; however, you have the option to pay for meals that tour guide arranges.
Admissions and optional tours (Prices may vary due to different seasons and is subject to the final price on the office.
Theme Park tickets (Universal Studios+Disneyland) - Adult $164.00 / Child $150.00
Optional Grand Canyon South - Imax movie $13.00
If chosen West Grand Canyon - admission fee plus lunch $80.00 (This fee must be paid on tour)
West Canyon optional activities - Skywalk $35.00 Helicopter+Boat $190.00
Las Vegs night tour - Adult: $25.00/Child: $15.00
Jubilee Show $80.00
Service Fees for tour guide/bus driver ($7.00/day per person)
Client Documents Needed for USA B-1, B-2 Visa Processing :

• Passport ( Minimum 6 months validity from the date of expiry )
• Photo (2''*2'' Background White) 2 Copies Color
• Business / Job Papers
• TIN / Tex return papers
• Bank Solvency
• Bank Statement Last 6 months with sufficient balance.
• Asset Papers with valuation
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On arrival, we board on boat for visit the floating market and cruise over the mighty Mekong River to Dong Phu Island. We start cycling one hour under green canopy, exploring the orchards and daily life of the localhost.

Saigon - Cai Be- Vinh Long - Ben Tre - Saigon
Day 1: Saigon – Cai Be – Vinh Long – Ben Tre
8.00 am we depart by bus for Cai Be. On arrival, we board on boat for visit the floating market and cruise over the mighty Mekong River to Dong Phu Island. We start cycling one hour under green canopy, exploring the orchards and daily life of the locals. Lunch break on the island. Then we cruise 1.5 hr down Mekong River to Cho Lach canals. After that we ride to discover the nursery gardens and fruit orchards. Then we cruise again 1.5 hr to Ben Tre for the night. Overnight home stay with a local family.
Cycling 20km / Boat trip 3hrs / Lunch, Dinner / Home-stay

Day 2: Ben Tre – Saigon
After breakfast, we start cycling 4hrs back on small trail along the river, see daily life of the locals, feeling lost on winding road under the green coconut canopy. The coconut palms make Ben Tre famous in Vietnam. On arrival in Ben Tre at noon time, we cruise down the busy branches of Mekong and into a peaceful canal. Visit an island orchard, lunch break with local delight, see the daily life of farmers and try exotic seasonal fruits unique to the region. Hammock siesta, then we cycle to explore this quiet area, call on coconut-candy workshop and other handicraft workshop (if time permits) before coming back to our bus. Return to Saigon. Trip completes in Saigon around 5.30pm.
Cycling 35km / Boat trip 1hr / Breakfast, Lunch

What to bring: Comfortable shoes, sunglasses, hat & sun cream, clothes to change for 2 days

Important note: We reserve the right to deviate from this itinerary for any reasons, including road and weather conditions, or for any other factor which may influence client safety.

Inclusions
AC vehicle, mountain bike, helmet, English speaking tour guide, Home-stay permission, Meals as indicated in the itinerary, Sightseeing fees & entrance fees, 02 bottle of drinking water per person per day, snacks, first-aid kit
Exclusions
Visa, Hotel in Saigon, Travel insurance, personal expenses.

Price:
2 persons: $200/person
3 persons: $185/person
4 persons: $155/person

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Ta Cu Mountain, some 29 kilometers to the south of Phan Thiet, is a must-visit destination for nature lovers and Buddhists.

The 694-meter mountain, situated in Thuan Nam Town, is a national reserve whose animal and plant species include more than 10 endangered ones like the black-shanked douc, a red-listed monkey.

But its main attraction is a complex of two pagodas, four giant Buddha statues, and other Buddhist works located two-thirds of the way up.

The complex’s main structure is Linh Son Truong Tho (Long Live Sacred Mountain) Pagoda, also known as Nui (Mountain) or Tren (Upper) Pagoda.

It was built between 1870 and 1880 by Tran Huu Duc, a monk famous for his medical skills and contributions to many pagodas across Binh Thuan Province, who went to the mountain to meditate. It was later preserved and expanded by his successors.

The pagoda features Buddhist architecture that became popular during the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) era. It has a sanctum dedicated to Duc, dubbed the pagoda’s Forefather.

 

Also located in the pagoda’s precinct are the grave tower of the Forefather and his successors, and the Bach Ho (White tiger) grave for a white tiger said to have been tamed by Duc, which died after his death.

According to historical records, the pagoda was named by Nguyen King Tu Duc (1847-1883) in honor of Duc, who had cured his mother, Tu Du, of a serious illness in 1880.

After Duc passed away in 1887, his successors built the Long Doan Pagoda, locally known as Duoi (Lower) Pagoda, next to Linh Son Truong Tho.

In another part of the complex is a 49-meter long, seven-meter high statue of a reclining Buddha attaining Nirvana that was finished in 1962.

Records show that a man named Truong Dinh Tri began its construction in 1958 with contributions from Buddhists across the southern region. The work was said to be done manually, but it remains a mystery how the materials were hauled up the mountain.

Nearby are three smaller statues of the Amitabha Buddha, Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, and Bodhisattva Mahāsthāmaprāpta. All are between 6.5 and seven meters tall.

The complex includes the Forefather’s cave, where it is believed Duc initially practiced Buddhism.

The cave offers a thrilling passage for the adventurous: its slippery steps are each a meter high and the bottom is about 100 meters down with an underground stream.

Since the cave is dark and narrow, it can take more than two hours to navigate it and reach the other side.

Visitors can take a cable car to the top, but still have to climb some 100 steps to reach the pagoda complex.

The other way is to climb more than 1,000 steps. It takes nearly three hours to climb the 2.25-kilometer distance, but the views and things to discover along the way make it a worthwhile trip.

After the first few hundred meters, one can come across small streams in whose cool waters they can wash their face and hands.

The trip starts getting tough after the first kilometer when the going becomes steep. The payoff is the chance to enjoy centuries-old giant crape-myrtle trees and the cool atmosphere and hear birds sing.

But later the climb becomes easy again, and the reward for some hard work is magnificent views of the plains below and forests partly hidden by mist.

HOW TO GET THERE

From Ho Chi Minh City

(Distance: 167 kilometers)

* By bus:

Take a bus from HCMC to Phan Thiet. Get off at the Suoi Cat Tourist Area (383 Tran Quy Cap Street, Phan Thiet Town, near the main roundabout).

Opposite to Suoi Cat is a bus station. Take bus No. 6, which goes to Ke Ga-Lagi, and tell the conductor where you want to get off.

Umove Travel offers bus to this station.

* By train:

Take a train to Phan Thiet at Saigon Railway Station (01 Nguyen Thong Street, District 3, HCMC). From Binh Thuan Railway Station, take a taxi to the Suoi Cat Tourist Area.

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1. Pho   Pho is soup with rice or wheat based noodles that are flavored with a meat such as beef, chicken, or pork. Fresh ingredients are added to the soup or act as a topping for the soup. These ingredients may include:  chopped chilies, roasted peanuts, shallots, basil, lime, bean sprouts, and cilantro.  Vietnamese parsley and garlic. A fish or chili sauce is almost always served with the soup. Best varieties of Pho are Pho Bo Tai (rare fillet) and Pho Ga (boneless white chicken meat), Pho Bo Gau, Pho Bo Tai Nam and Pho Sot Vang. Lemon and chilly are indispensible for the best taste of Pho. 2. Bun (Rice Vermicelli) Bun is made of rice flour but instead of flat triangle shape like Pho, Bun has small and circular shape. Recipes to make Bun’s broth are even more diverse than Pho, which result in different vermicelli dishes, most variety of Bun are Bun Cha (vermicelli and grilled chopped meat), Bun Rieu (vermicelli and crab meat soup), Bun Ca (vermicelli with fried fish), Bun Thang (varied vermicelli) and Bun Oc (vermicelli and snail), of which Bun Bo (vermicelli with beef) is specialty of Hue. Specific trait of Bun is an adequate sour taste the main ingredients of their soup are tomato, garcinia cowa and lemon lime.  If you walk along some streets and stop at one rice vermicelli vendor in Hanoi or Sai Gon, you will have many chances for tasting various dishes of rice vermicelli with unforgettable flavor. 3. Mien (Cellophane Noodles/ Glass noodles) Mien has a similar shape to Bun; however, this Chinese originated noodle is not made of rice flour; seaweed and cassava flour are used instead. That is the reason why Mien is a less-calorie food as well as a vegetarian favorable by on-diet people. Basically, main components of Mien’s broth is the same with Pho, but its spices are sourer and maybe more fishy because Mien usually eaten with sea-foods. Mien Luon (Mien with eel) is the most popular type of Mien in Vietnam, especially in Hanoi. Other variables of Mien are Mien Cua (Mien with crab meat) or Mien Ga (Mien with chicken), Mien Ngan (Mien with goose meat). 4. Xoi (Sticky Rice) Pho and Xoi are popular for breakfast in Vietnam. Even in the smallest lanes in Vietnam ones can find a street-stall selling Xoi in the morning or recognize one or two people carrying a basket of Xoi, covered by banana leaves. This sticky rice varies from simple low-price, some of them are Xoi Do Xanh (Xoi with green beans), Xoi Gac (Xoi colored with Gac’s oil), Xoi Ngo (Xoi wih corns), Xoi Lac (Xoi with peanuts) or  for commoners to higher ranks like Xoi Trung (Xoi with egg), Xoi Cha (Xoi with meat rolls) or Xoi Pate (Xoi with past ). 5. Cháo (Conge / Porridge) Congee or rice porridge is one of the most common meals in Vietnam for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Cháo is very easy to cook since almost every electronic rice-cooker has porridge cooking function. Although it is considered as the poor’s food, but Cháo could be much fancier when cooked with a variety of meats. There are some kind of Chaos are Chao Ga (chao boiled with a whole chicken with bones to get the tastiest broth), Cháo Vịt (porridge with duck); Cháo Lươn (porridge with eel) and Cháo Cá (porridge with fish). 6. Trứng Vịt Lộn (Balut) Trứng Vịt Lộn is actually duck’s embryo still laying in its shell going through fertilization process and then boiled in steamy heat. Because of this characteristic and its appearance, this dish is listed among the most terrific food for Western visitors. Nevertheless, if ones can manage your fear to taste it one time, you may find it thousand times more delicious than normal chicken egg as well as a huge amount of protein good for your heart. In Vietnam. It is favored by most people and appears in every breakfast stalls. 7. Banh Mi (Vietnamese Bread) The sandwiches made from bánh mì include meat and soy fillings such as steamed, pan-roasted or oven-roasted seasoned pork belly, Vietnamese sausage, grilled pork, spreadable pork liver pâté, pork floss, grilled chicken, chicken floss, canned sardines in tomato sauce, soft pork meatballs in tomato sauce, head cheese and fried eggs. Accompanying vegetables such as fresh cucumber slices, cilantro (leaves of the coriander plant) and pickled carrots and daikon in shredded form. Spicy chili sauce is normally found in bánh mì sold by vendors in Vietnam. 8. Banh Cuon (Rice Flour Steamed Rolls) Rice seems to be the mother of many Vietnamese delicious foods, yet, another specialty made of rice flour: Banh Cuon. It is covered by a thin, wide sheet of steamed rice flour and its core filled with seasoned ground pork, and minced wood ear mushroom. Banh cuon is usually served with Cha Que and special dipping sauce named “nước chấm” made only for Banh Cuon. 10.Banh Bao Banh bao is a simple but delicious food; it’s basically a large, round dumpling filled with various ingredients include pork, onion and sausage mushrooms. The most popular version in Saigon is a mixture of ground pork, hard-boiled quail egg and Chinese sausage. The ground pork is formed into a meatball and then the eggs and chunks of sausage are added. The mixture is then wrapped in a slightly sweetened flour dumpling and steamed to perfection. On the street, banh bao is served directly out of the steamer so you’ll want to give it some time to cool before you dig in, or you may burn your mouth. 10. Vietnamese’s ‘banh’ In this section we won’t discuss about an individual type of food but dozens of them. Because it is the Vietnamese food offers too many breakfast cakes and each of them is as popular and tasty as one another. Some most common cakes can be named as Bánh Chưng Rán,  Bánh Nếp, Bánh Tẻ, Bánh Giò, Bánh Khúc, Bánh Rán, Bánh Đúc, or Bánh Dày. There are still many more Vietnamese traditional cakes can be used for breakfast which may cost a whole essay to list out not to mention trying all of them. These are often savory and easy to pack (like mochi in Japan) and often stuffed with mung beans.  Tourists can find them in many street food stalls and from the ladies wandering the streets with a pile of Banh on their shoulder.

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