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Client: Michael (Male) Ask Michael about his experience Age: 60-75 Nationality: Ireland
Tour Date: June 15, 2009 - July 5, 2009  
Itinerary: 21 Days Beijing, Jingdezhen, Yellow Mountain, Hangzhou, Xian, Yichang, Yangtze, Chongqing, Guilin, Yangshuo, Hanoi Tour

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Hi Grace.
 
We are still on our travels in Asia - in Vietnam for the next 10 days then moving on to Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. After that we go to Australia and New Zealand to visit our daughters who went on a world trip last year and never came home!! We go from there to Chile and finally to Brazil and the Amazon jungle. So we won't be home for quite a long time. We will certainly write very positively about our trip to China and about China Highlights and will, of course, send you photographs.
 
There are some points below we would like more time to consider, so if you want to remind me with another e-mail, send it around the end of August.
 
In the meantime, I will attempt to answer your questions below - but rather quickly as we are just about to leave our hotel for a visit to the national art gallery.
 
We enjoyed everything, and everything was memorable, but for me the most memorable was the clay making factory in Jingdezhen because it was NOT a tourist attraction but a genuine working factory using original machinery. As to the guides, it would not be fair to discriminate between the guides. All were very nice and tried very hard to meet our demands. There were variations in their command of English but we probably got closest to Rainy in Guilin and Yangshuo, and she certainly did some great things to accommodate us.
 
As to the hotels and meals, we found the food in northern China better than in southern China. Meat with all the bones in is not something we usually eat. All our hotels were of a good standard. The Bell Tower in Xi’an stands out for the view we enjoyed. The Paradesa in Yangshuo was the most interesting architecturally and had a good swimming pool.
 
We will certainly recommend your company to our friends or colleagues. Again, we'll send mail to you with more information when we get back to Ireland and have an opportunity to view the 5,000+ photos we took in China!
 
Best wishes,
 
Mike

The Real Evaluation for the Destionation(s)

  • Beijing
  • Chongqing
  • Guilin
  • Xian
  • Yichang
  • Huangshan
  • Jingdezhen
  • Yangshuo
  • Longsheng
Guide
Attitude & Services 4
Knowledge of Subjects 4
Command of English 4
Flexibility 4
Attractions
The Forbidden City 4 Very heavy rain while there ferry had umbella,very good.
The Temple of Heaven 4
Lama Temple(Yonghe gong) 5
Hutong Tours in a Rickshaw 4 Prefer to walk aroud area.
Tian'anmen Square 4
Mutianyu Great Wall(with round way cable car) 5 Great walk .
Summer Palace with boat Cruise & The Garden of Virtue and Harmony 3 Weather (made it dull)
Restaurant
Xing Shuang Quan Restaurant(Lunch) 4
Beijing Ba guo bu yi Restaurant(Lunch) 3.5
Hotel
Sunworld Hotel
Location 5 Excellent.
Room Comfort 4