Friday Oct 4 - SLC back to Vancouver
We spent the day flying back to Vancouver where we stayed at the Fairmont @ YVR - even though we arrived around 1pm it was a cold and rainy day so we elected to just rest and idle away the rest of the afternoon. We had a nice dinner at the hotel’s fine dining restaurant.
Saturday-Sunday Oct 5-6 - SLC back to Vancouver to Hong Kong to Hanoi
We departed YVR on CX at 9:10am landing in HKG at 3pm then waited 5 hours for our delayed (due to weather - rain storms) flight to Hanoi - we finally made it our hotel in Hanoi, the JW Marriott, at 8:20pm local time. To our surprise Dieter’s Gold status with Marriott, gave us Club access - and we made it to the Club for a night cap before hitting the sack totally and completely exhausted.
Monday Oct 7 - Hanoi
A rest day for us.
Tuesday Oct 8 - Hanoi to Bangkok
Another day of dagging around waiting for our evening (8:45pm) flight to Bangkok. Made it to our hotel, The Banyan Tree, around midnight - so we had our welcome drink on the outdoor terrace on the 52nd floor.
Wednesday-Thursday Oct 9-10 - Bangkok to home-sweet-home
Up at 8am for breakfast, showers and more killing time until our 7:20pm first class TG flight to Sydney. We had lunch at the nearby Sofitel So (half price with AccorPlus) - then finally went to the airport for our flight home - arrived at about 9am the following day. First Class on TG was very nice - we both got a few hours sleep which was great.