The Countdown Begins!!!

Xin chào! Less than one week before Jim and I embark on our ten week journey through South-Eastern Asia! We've created this blog to share our experiences and photos along the way and to keep every one updated and informed that we are fine and enjoying ourselves.

Here is some information about the travel details and where we will be/ what the plan is for the start of the trip:
Flights to Hong Kong 
May 9 YOW 6:55am -YVR 9:15am
           YVR 1:20pm - HKG 5:25pm
Hostel in Hong Kong
We've decided to stay in two different hostels in Hong Kong, the first is on the main land and the second on the island.
The first is called the Mahjong and it is located at Flat 2A, 1F, Pak Tai Mansion, 2A-2B Ma Hang Chung, To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong. We will be staying here on the 10th, 11th and 12th of May. 
http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/The-Mahjong/Hong-Kong/97759?dateFrom=2016-05-04&dateTo=2016-05-05&number_of_guests=2&sc_pos=8
Then we will move to the second one called Hong Kong Hostel which is located at A1, 3/F, Paterson Bldg. 47 Paterson St., Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. We will be staying here from on the 13th and 14th. 
http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/Hong-Kong-Hostel/Hong-Kong/16037?dateFrom=2016-05-04&dateTo=2016-05-05&number_of_guests=2
Activities/Plans in Hong Kong  
Since we aren't in Hong Kong for long we hope to maximize our site seeing in just 4 days. While we get adjusted to the time change (12 hours behind Ottawa time) we hope to visit Victoria Peak, the Song Tai Sin temple, the Man Mo temple, the Tian Tan Buddha, try going to a Chinese tea house and walk through the local markets.
Flight to Hanoi
On the 15th we will be leaving Hong Kong and heading to Hanoi, Vietnam.
HGK 1:25pm- HAN 2:25pm
We will be greeted by our driver at the airport and he will take us to the volunteer apartment located at Suite 903, No 1, 282 Linh Nam Street, Hoang Mai District, Ha Noi. 
Hanoi 
Still haven't gotten confirmation about what kinda of work we will be doing specifically all we know is that we will be working for a local NGO doing office work such as
        ■ Writing and editing documents

        ■ Fundraising,
        ■ Teaching English to the local staff,
        ■ Editing budgets
        ■ Organizing daily tasks for other volunteers
        ■ Promotion of the project (presentation of the project infront of donors) 
Our work week will look something like this: 

We have the weekends off to explore the city or travel to nearby destinations like perhaps Hoi An, Sa Pa and Ha Long Bay.
After 
We finish our volunteer program on July 8th and we gave ourselves two weeks to travel; hopefully getting time to pass through Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. These details are not confirmed yet so further updates will come.
Flight Home 
From wherever we end up we will have to fly back to Hong Kong and this is where our journey ends. July 25th HKG 7:35pm- YVR 4:20pm
                YVR 11:05pm - YOW 6:43am

We hope that you enjoy our blog! Feel free to share our experiences and our blog with friends and family since that is its purpose. Please comment and leave feedback as we go along. Thank you all for your love and support!