Dear Jiro,
Thank you for the wonderful experience you coordinated for us in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. We thoroughly enjoyed our vacation and all the sights we saw. It was very interesting to learn something about the culture and history of each country; the similarities and differences in such close geographic proximity to each other.
We enjoyed all our guides and for the most part we could understand them very well. Exceptional would be Kim from Thailand, So Thai from Cambodia and Thuy from Saigon. All the guides had very good personalities, worked very hard at showing us everything and handled all the transfers and time scheduling perfectly.
Thank you for getting the Vietnam itinerary adjusted. It would not have been a good thing to arrive at 5 PM in Hoi An - we would not have seen anything that day. Also, moving the free day to Saigon was perfect especially in light of the Tet holiday - by noon on Feb 13 (we left for Singapore) I'm sure everything would have been closed. On Feb 12 which was our free day we could walk around and see the beautiful flower display which had been set up in the streets for Tet (along with everyone in Ho Chi Minh City)! This in itself was a very interesting cultural experience which we will never see again - timing is everything!
2 things that I wish we would have worked into the itinerary - more time in Thailand to see Chaing Mai, Chaing Rai and Sukhothai and 1 more day in Central Vietnam to see My Son. Unfortunately vacations don't have unlimited time so maybe another time........
Thanks again for a wonderful holiday. I will send anyone who asks me about Indochina tours to you.
Sincerely,
Patti Iredale
Canada