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Good day to you and once again thanks so much for arranging such a amazing trip for all us

Good day to you and once again thanks so much for arranging such a amazing trip for all us.  Initial comments would be the structure of this trip was such that it took all of the stress out of travelers to a country where English could be a barrier.  Every step of the way we would have a driver and/or guide show up at a airport, or take us to a airport, or a hotel without us having to worry about a thing.  Many days drivers would go through toll booths and pay charges, or guides would take us on tours of museums and purchase the tickets for us when we got there.  Absolutely wonderful, stress free, and as we found, tremendous value for the money we paid for the entire trip.

The hotels, by and large were extraordinary.  The room on the Halong Bay cruise really stood out and the upgrade in Hong Kong(complimentary) was the most extravagant room with the “view of a lifetime”.  If you had anything to do with the upgrade thank you so very much.  It was memorable.  We agree the room on the boat during the Mekong cruise was a little “off”, but more than made up by the remarkable service from all staff on the ship.  The Saigon Morin hotel in Hue was also a first rate room.

The guides and drivers with the company you requisitioned were top notch, knowledgeable, personable, very good command of the English language, customer-service oriented to a fault, humble, passionate, and just wonderful folks.  Keep these guys.  And on the note of guides, we would not have learnt nearly what we did on the basis of going through a museum and reading off of a placard.  The guides brought forward “interpretations” beyond the written word that truly expanded our knowledge base as they made it interesting.  I hesitate to use their names, but will try as they were so above and beyond anything we could have expected…….Lim (Saigon), Annh (Mekong), Thang….pronounced Chan for Hue and Hoi An, Joe (phonetic) for Hanoi and Kao for Siem Reap.  And finally, the drivers were all very confident and safe in their procedures.   We just sat back and relaxed.

One of the things the girls found which you may wish to consider in future excursions was the opera house in Saigon.  We watched a amazing “cirque” show with dancers and music….the “AO show”  that was very special.  The price was reasonable, and the show gave us a visual image of the life and culture of the country in our first day.

The food was really something.  No matter where we went folks went to great lengths to present their food in a very special way.  One nite on the Halong cruise the staff paraded out one of the courses surrounding a pineapple that was hollowed out and lit on the inside to our tables.  Again amazing.

The one thing that I found difficult, probably due to a asthmatic condition and catching a cold was the pollution.  I recall Veronika also saying she experienced some discomfort in her throat.  Simply could not get over how “hazy” the conditions were due to the smog in the air.  In any regard, not sure if wearing a mask would have helped, but it did put a slight damper on the trip.

All in, for Dianne and I probably one of the most memorable trips we will ever take.  It was great having the company of good friends in Jim and Veronika such that we could share many of these  experiences together.  Well done, Karen.

Edwin & Dianne

William & Veronika

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