Sweet Memories of Our 12 Days Guilin-Yunnan Trip

Out trip to China has finished and we are now at home, safe and sound. I have had a bit of rest already and I’ve decided to write to you. You can publish my letter on your web site or use it anyhow, if you want.

Before our arrival to China I had been preparing the itinerary with you for a long time. Sometimes I had the impression that it lasted too long because I had to wait for your answers for a long time and there were some communication misunderstandings between us. However, I do agree that we were the kind of “special clients” who needed extra attention from you. We wanted to try everything – hiking, riding a bike, visiting monuments. Moreover, our trip involved traveling by plane, by train, by bus, by car, by boat and, at the same time, it was to be a low budget trip. For this reason, I was a bit anxious about the itinerary and about some unexpected problems that might have appeared in China.

However, you’ve done a great job and everything we had planned before our arrival was just like we wanted it to be.

Thanks to your help we didn’t encounter any problems in China and everything worked like clockwork. There was an experienced guide waiting for us at every new place we visited, helping us implement the plan of our trip. We especially remember Nancy from Dali, who was really nice and who took us to even more places that it had been previously planned.

We loved Yangshuo landscape but unfortunately there was mist so we couldn’t see everything perfectly during the cruise. However, when we had the “free day” the weather was OK so we were able to go by bike to both the Dragon Bridge and Liu Gong- we loved both of them. You probably remember that I had been anxious about our meeting with the man who was supposed to give us the train tickets to Kunming – everything went smoothly - Dan was waiting for us at the settled hour, near the cow monument and gave us the tickets.

We had decided to resign from breakfasts in the hotels in the Yunnan part of our itinerary to make it low budget. However, when we arrived at the hotels it turned out that we had breakfasts included in the price - it was a nice surprise. We had dreamed about a 2-day hike through Tiger Leaping Gorge. The weather was OK so the hike was wonderful and the route was just like we wanted it to be. Henry showed us all magnificent views that were worth seeing. We also liked the place where we spent the night during the hike – Half Way Guesthouse. It was beautifully located, the food was delicious and the views were awesome!

The Shangrila part of our itinerary was also without any problems. Your advise to visit Xian by our own was right. We were already experienced in traveling through China so we found a cheap hostel and went to the Terracotta Army by bus without problems.

Summing up, you organized our trip perfectly, everything went smoothly and was like we had dreamt it to be.

Thank you for all! We will certainly recommend your travel agency to our friends.

Best regards,
Hanna from Poland
(November 24th, 2009)