Testimonials 2008

Hi Michael and Karen,
I just wanted to report back from my China trip and to send you some photos. I was at first apprehensive about the language barrier I may encounter in China but I was met by Lola at the airport in Guilin and she was an amazing and friendly person. My apprehension immediately disappeared as she showed me around the night market in Guilin late that Friday. On Saturday I was met by Ada and it was just me on the city tour. It was a lovely day and Ada showed me the sights of all the parks. On Sunday the Li River trip was fabulous and again Ada was my guide. Unfortunately due to the flooding I could not stay in Yangshao but I did get to see the villages around the area (although we had to pay extra for this and was not told this at the start of the trip). Xian and the warriors was my favourite day, again my guide met me at the airport and was amazing. My guide on the day of the warriors was very informative too and was flexible when we needed to change the trip course (one of the women ...more

• Booking code: 80613-Y80603006
• Client's information: Vinesha, United Kingdom
• Tour Starting Date: June 13, 2008
• Tour Itinerary: 8 Days Hong Kong, Guilin, Yangshuo, Xian, Beijing Tour

Dear Karen,
We had an excellent time throughout, thanks to your faultless organising. We quite understand about the train, & do not see what else you could have done, except perhaps point out to us in advance about the train problem. Shanghai Museum was fabulous, and also the city itself with some spectacular buildings and the brilliant neon of Nanjing Road. Also loved the 'water city' of Suzhou. And the Yellow Mountain on the cruise. Our guide (English name Cherry) was very helpful & had a very pleasant personality. Her English was pretty good and on rare occasions when needed she also had a very effective dictionary on her phone to cope with difficult words. She was always prompt when meeting us and made great efforts to help us when we wanted to go to an evening show -came back, took us there, got the tickets. Also helped with shopping. (Driver was good too). You arranged only 2 hotels - the Sunworld in Shanghai & the Central in Beijing. Both were excellent & I would have no hesitation in ...more

• Booking code: 80601-Y70809019
• Client's information: Michael Barrington, United Kingdom
• Tour Starting Date: May 24, 2008
• Tour Itinerary: 21 Days Beijing, Shanghai, Yangtze, Chongqing Tour

Dear Sunny,
We enjoyed the Kashgar old town and Sunday Market most.  Our main tour guide, Aliya, was amazing. She went out of her way to make sure we were comfortable and made sure we got to try lots of different Xinjiang food. She was very knowledgeable of all the sites, and overall was just a pleaure to spend time with. When I got sick, she made sure to take good care of me.  The food was good, we enjoyed the lunch we had in Turpan most. Some of the hotels (particularly the 2 stars) in the smaller towns were not very nice, but I think that was the only option, so that's ok.  I would, and would definitely recommend Aliya as a guide. I would recommend they take a trip with less driving, our tour had way too much of that. Maybe skip the smaller towns, and focus on Urumuqi, Turpan, Hotan and Kashgar. We got very sick of driving so much. But be sure to time your trip to Kashgar to include the Sunday markets.
Tiffany

• Booking code: 80606-N80212041
• Client's information: Tiffany Ann, United States
• Tour Starting Date: June 6, 2008
• Tour Itinerary: 12 Days Kunming, Urumqi, Turpan, Kuerle /Kurla, Kuche/Kucha , Hetian/Hotan, Yarkent, Kashgar, Beijing Tour
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Dear Morgen
The terraced villages outside of Guilin and the Terra cotta warriors are the most memorable attractions.We loved all 3 of our tour guides. April was kind, generous, and friendly. Lily was very outgoing with a great sense of humor. Lemon was resourceful and very intelligent. All 3 had an excellent command of the language and were able to tell us a great deal of the history and of current events in their city as well as in China as a whole. We liked all the hotels. We already have recommended you.The terraced villages outside of Guilin was fantastic. We wish that we had had more time to go into the countryside surrounding Yangshuo. We loved riding bikes on the city wall at Xi'an.
Liz Dunbar 4 from USA

• Booking code: 80404-M71206019
• Client's information: Elizabeth Ann, United States
• Tour Starting Date: April 4, 2008
• Tour Itinerary: 15 Days Beijing, Harbin, Xian, Guilin, Yangshuo, Shanghai Tour
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Dear Karen and Ethel,
Thank you very much for all. The hotel (DAYS INN BEIJING) was very good and the other services too. I'm very happy to have choose Chinahighlights for booking the hotel and my tours to Xian, Datong and Chengde. All has been perfect and on time. I hope to return to China and visit other cities and if so, I will come back to Chinahighlights. I will talk well about Chinahighlights in my travel forum http://fotoviaggiando.forumfree.net/ .
Thank you very much for your interest and for having organized us the travel as we liked it. All has been perfect and we are very happy. We have not finished our travel story. You can find it at this link on my travel forum: http://fotoviaggiando.forumfree.net/?t=29252339 but is not finished (I hope to finish within the week). In future we will add the photogalleries ...more

• Booking code: 80611-Y80331023
• Client's information: Walter, Italy
• Tour Starting Date: June 11, 2008
• Tour Itinerary: 5 Days Beijing, Xian, Datong, Chengde Tour
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