Vacancies still available on ALL Rail Tours in 2011
NEWS: May 2010
We have added the PLAIN of JARS to our tours of LAOS.
Please see: "Laos - Jewel of the Mekong & Plain of Jars"under "Group Tours"
ON-GOING SPECIAL:
Book as a group of 15(+) and get 1 tour position FREE ...offer applies to all Rail Tours in 2010 - 2011.
Organise a group of 16 and one goes free!
LONG TAN VISITS:
FRANKO’S Rail Tours of Vietnam include the opportunity to visit LONG TAN and NUI DAT for ANZAC Day and Battle of Long Tan Day ceremonies.
FRANKO’S also organise & conduct the "Long Tan Remembrance Tours" each August for RSL Travel (Vic).
Frank has been escorting tours into Long Tan since 1989.
Itinerary: Sai Gon - Vung Tau - Long Tan - Nui Dat - Ba Ria - Sai Gon
allows ample time to visit those sites of relevance to Australia’s
Vietnam War history ...either at the start or end of a scheduled
18 Day Rail Tour (see Rail Tour Dates).
Our visits to Long Tan & Nui Dat include:
Overnight stay in Vung Tau plus visits to
Australian Sponsored orphanage in Ba Ria
and Ba Ria-Vung Tau War Cemetary.
Long Tan Visit is an optional tour in conjunction with any
rail tour of Vietnam conducted by FRANKO’S
SYDNEY TRAVEL EXPO - March 2010
We had a good time at the FRANKO’S stand
at the recent Sydney Travel Expo: 6 - 7 March 2010
Lots of interest in our 2010/2011 Rail Tours of VIETNAM
...especially our tours in August & September this year. We will definitely return to Sydney in 2011!
INFORMATION / PRESENTATION NIGHTS ...please contact us.
For Club/Association committees - Frank and/or Natalie are happy to respond to any requests to provide a presentation or information session to your club members. Our formal presentation is around 40 minutes (including screening of DVD) then happy to respond to questions from attendees. Interested persons/clubs should contact us initially on 0414 403038 or via email to: frankosvietnam@yahoo.com.au
DVD LIST:
Recommended Pre-Tour Viewing
VIETNAM and CAMBODIA
For those who have little time to read we recommend the following DVD movies:
1. The 3 Seasons ("Ba Mua") ...starring Hervey Keitel - Vietnamese culture
2. The Quiet American ...starring Michael Caine - early American involvement in VN 3. Indochine...starring Catherine Deneuve - French era in VN
4. The Killing Fields... starring Haing Ngor - Cambodian genocide
5. S21: The Kmer Rouge Killing Machine ...Documentary on Toul Sleng centre 6. The Scent of Green Papaya...Vietnamese Culture (50s & 60s) 7. Gardien de Buffles("Guardian of Buffaloes" or Buffalo Herder) - Vietnamese rural life (French era) 8. The Lover ...romantic story - set in Saigon 1930s. (PG - sex scenes) 9. FRANKO’S Rail Tours of VIETNAM ...Train travel in Vietnam. The way to go!
BOOKS? There are too many to mention here, but we definitely recommend "Mekong - Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future" - by Milton Osbourne. Good coverage of early European exploration of this mighty river and the countries through which it flows. Written by an Aussie!
MEDIA:
MEDIA Story - RAIL TOUR of VIETNAM by Mary Bolling
In August 2008, Melbourne’s Herald-Sun newspaper
published a 3 page article on FRANKO’S Rail Tours of Vietnam.
Same article (2 page) appeared in Brisbane’s Courier Mail and
the Adelaide Advertiser on Saturday30 August 08,
and Sunday Times in Perth on 05 September
