Jan 11,2009

Hi Lorna and Maggie,

First of all I would like to say that we enjoyed our holiday a lot. It was all good organized and we didn't have to worry about anything. We could just enjoy and relax. Hotels were booked, flights were booked and everywhere we were picked up by a nice guide who helped us out and gave us a nice tour around the area.

The food was great and it was especially nice to try the Yak meat in Shangri-La. Thanks to Joyce.

In China the driving is crazy and luckily there were some drivers to take us around. China has this bad rule in the traffic of the survival of the fittest. There is no respect at all. Not for other drivers and certainly not for the weaker passenger by foot. The horn is the most used subject in the car and it can work on the nerves, but we had to live with it. Big changes still has to be made on this.

The places we visited were all beautiful. Dali and Lijiang are cities with the Chinese charm. It is still very authentic and we were not bothered too much yet by people who want to make the money on tourists. It is very relaxing and enjoyable to get around.

Shangri-La has a great scenery and we were lucky to have snow on our trip in the Nature reservoir. The kids enjoyed walking on the ice and running after the snowflakes. It was good we had warm clothes to keep us warm , because the temperature was between -10 and +10 degrees Celsius.

The guides were overal very good.

Lisa in Kunming was exceptionally good and we would like to thank her personally, so if you could pass her email address then we can send our regards and send also some pictures. She showed us around in Kunming and was excellent in speaking.

Jake was very excited about telling his stories and did a very good job in Lijiang. His English was good.

Joyce in Shangri-La was a nice guide who was very friendly and helpful. She can still improve her English, but was certainly good enough to help us out. We enjoyed being with her. She was also very nice to give our grandfather a cake for his birthday. Very nice girl.

Janet is very experienced and send us for a very nice dinner in Guilin. The show she picked out was also extra ordinary. She did a very good job. Her language was very good.

So we would like to say again that Lisa in Kunming was certainly exceptionally helpful and recommended us a show in Kunming which was great and we recommend it to all of your clients. Janet in Guilin was second best on our list.

Thanks again for the extra ordinary holiday. We will remember it and we enjoyed exploring China. Yunnan has a lot to offer and has a lot of potential.

Best regards

Ann