 Keren and Mimy
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Post By : 20:12 May 16, 2012
Dear Molly, Thank you for a very very good tour. Everything was Great! The guides were great, Especially Martin from Lijiang with his great attitude and knowledge. Also were Feng (Kunming), Kathy (Beijing), and Run (Shanghai). Please let them all Know we appreciated their guidance
and their good will. All the best, Keren and Mimy  Operator: Molly
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Ms. Viviana Baio
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Post By : 03:52 Apr 24, 2012
Dear Wenny, Many thanks for your email. I just got at my place in Thailand. The tour was great and we have amazing memories. During the flight back my parents and I though about a feedback for you. Here it is: BEIJING: Hotel perfect. Lily ( our tour guide ) great. She siggested us an extra tour with a dinner with locals. It was great. Driver very good.
XIAN: Our tour guide Micheal was very good. The driver was not so good as he was driving in a unsafe way. He took wrong ways a couple of time.
GUILIN: Hotel... just amazing!!! :-) Samantha, our tour guide, very very good but she didnt provide for water for us in the van ( the others did it! ) Driver.. good!
KUMNING: Hotel good. Our tour guide very very good. We liked the way he showed us the Stone forest. ( but he didnt provide for water as well ) Also, I dont know what happend about lunch that day but thanks for arrange a great dinner for us. Yak meat was delicious! :-)
LIJIANG ( my favorite place!!!!! ) Hotel super amazing. Driver good and very comfortable van. Yang, our tour guide, is a very very kind and polite boy. He should improve his English and try not to be shy. I talked to him and he told me that he just started with this job. So I gave him my email so he can practice a bit with his English... and I am sure he will improve. But anyway, we liked his attitude! :-) He also provide water for us and he gave us so many sweets and chocolates because my dad didnt feel very good because of the altitude :-)
CHENGDU The hotel is a bit old but we loved the buffet breakfast!! Just amazing! The driver was very good and the van was super comfortable. Rowling our tour guide is a such a nice lady. She did a good job. She didnt provide for water. Also, I think you need to check the restaurant at LeShan. We think they tried to cheat on us and on Rowling as well. Ms Rowling proposed us to buy a fish as extra dish because she said that it is the speciality. We did it. They said that it was 138RM for 500gr. So we said, ok let's get the small one just to taste it. So Rowling and I went to choose the fish. It was very small. I am sure it wasnt more than 500/600gr also because in our hot pot there was just a few bites of fish. So after our lunch they wanted us to pay 354 for this fish. That means 1kg and 200gr. This is not possibile. They didnt weight it. They even said to Rowling that the fish was 1kg and 500gr which it is not true. As our budget was only 140 Rm we couldn't pay the rest. So Rowling paid the rest. She has been very nice but I guess you need to be careful with them. This is just a suggestion. I hope this help. I will write some nice comments + pictures on the website as soon as I download all the pictures I took :-)
About TIbet.. yes, it is in our plan. I have just a few question. Do you arrange everything for the Tibetan permit? How does it work? Also, How long does it take and cost the train from Chengdu to Lhasa? Or, is it possibile to reach Lhasa by car going from Lijiang, Shangri-la and then Tibet?
I dont know the dates yet but I will try to confirm them soon. Many thanks for your help and thanks again for the wonderful tour! Viviana Operator: Wenny
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Yael & Benjamin
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Post By : 20:00 Oct 9, 2011
Dear Wenny; First I need to thank you for our vacation! Your responses to my emails and individual requests were so timely that I soon developed a trust in you - it is rather scary to send off almost $8,000 without anything but I am so happy we did. What a luxury - to wake up in a good hotel (for value) and each morning be met by a guide and driver - that took here and there to the best of what China had to offer. All of our guides (with the exception of Beijing - yes both times) were concerned, pro-active, interesting and informative. They worked long hours and knew their stuff - also with endearing personalities. The hotels were good value. THe lunches turned out to be great and easy and there for us - i.e. no wasted time looking for a decent restaurant and really not knowing anywhere. A car & driver is an absolute must. We saved 50% of the time or more having someone there getting us from one site to the other. We both believe that a trip like that would have taken a month's of research and hassle and twice ss long to complete. Wenny, you may edit this email and use what you want but here are a few notes: 1. As Ben said, no city needs more than 3 days - including Beijing - so much to be seen in the rest of Chinas. 2. The many Temples with the 1,000 Buddhas are interesting once but since most of your visitors are not Buddhist, the names etc became lost. 3. Kunming had really nothing to the tourist to offer and if possible no need to visit. I know it is an exciting developing commerce center for southern China - but not interesting except for stone forest.
Wenny the trip was great. The price was fair and maybe even a deal (did not research that more)! There is no way we could have seen so much and with such little worry or difficulty. I would not have known where to begin. I want to thank you personally because I felt your personal touch and concern throughout the entire trip. Thank you, Yael
Moore Blaustein Operator: Wenny
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Ms.Lorrainne Walker & Donna Margaret Graham
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Post By : 00:16 Jan 13, 2010
Dear Cavel & Casper,
Well it's my first day back at work and I'm finding it very hard to get motivated after having such a long time off. I really had a fantastic time in China. It was wonderful to see the well known places such as Tianamen Square, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Terracotta Army as well as the lesser known (to me) places like Guilin, Dali, Lijiang and Harbin. The trip was very well organised and I'd like to thank all the guides and drivers for showing us around, filling us in on the history and culture of China and ensuring everything ran smoothly for us. I think my favourite place was Guilin as I prefer the smaller cities and the landscape of the rivers, lakes and mountains was just amazing. I was a little worried about what food I would be eating as a vegetarian and was amazed by some of the really tasty dishes I ate particularly the lovely spicy dishes in Chengdu. I was put off my food though when we were taken to a restaurant with fish tanks and boxes with live frogs trying to jump out of them before they were put in the cooking pot. It will take me a while to sort through the 1000+ photos that I took but I will try and send on some of the best ones. Once again I just like to say many thanks to everyone who made this an unforgettable trip and I will definitely recommend Discover China Tours to anyone I know who may be planning a trip to China. Regards Larri Operator: Cavel
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Mr. Andrea Iuretig and his family
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Post By : 00:00 Jul 21, 2009
Dear Cavel,
I´m writing you this e-mail to thank you for how you have organized our China Tuor. Every thingh was really well organized and fantastic. A special thanks to all the guides and drivers we had during our tour (all of them has demonstrate to be very professional ones) but a really special thanks to the guides we had in Xi´An (Ms. Chris), Kunming ( Mr. Zhou) and Guilin (Mr. Qi) since they did really an excellent job. Thanks again for all the support youy gave me in this fantastic tour I had together with my family trying to discover a little of China. Bye Andrea Operator: Cavel
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Neta Amit
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Post By : 00:00 Apr 5, 2009
It took much longer than I anticipated, but finally I put together a summary of my vacation in China, with a recommendation for DCT.
You can find it at http://netaamit.googlepages.com/home. Organizer: Discover China Tours (DCT) The best program & accommodations for the price Good service & attitude, very good overall. Few bumps by subcontractors, quick recovery. Unreservedly Recommended! Price: $4500 pp including domestic air travel, private guides, cars & drivers, entrance fees, most meals (denoted B-L-D), Pace: good for us; might be slightly on the fast side for others. The many internal flights did not present a problem. Coverage: Great ¨C but there¡¯s lots more to see. We may be back¡ Pictures: Best of China (36 pix) - http://picasaweb.google.com/netaamit/BestOfChina# Full tour (434 pix) - http://picasaweb.google.com/netaamit/RuthieNetaInChina20080925 Day & Date Day 01 - Thu 25-Sep-08 ( ) Arrive early afternoon in Beijing 5* Crowne Plaza Beijing (good) Airport to Hotel Transfer (Beijing), Tian´anmen Square, WangFujing Shopping Street Day 02 - Fri 26-Sep-08 (B-L-D) Beijing 5* Crowne Plaza Beijing(good) Forbidden City, Jingshan Park (Coal Hill), Lama Temple (Yonghegong), Summer Palace, Peking Roast Duck Dinner, Chinese Opera Maybe split? Day 03 - Sat 27-Sep-08 (B-L) Beijing 5* Crowne Plaza Beijing (good) Great Wall at Mutianyu (Cable car / slide), Ming Tombs (Valley of the Kings, Spirit Way), Olympic Stadium (Bird Nest, Water Cubic), Factory 798 galleries, Insist on Matianyu External view, park the car! Don¡¯t miss! Day 04 - Sun 28-Sep-08(B-L-D) Beijing to Xian: Flight CA1231 (08:20-10:15) 5* Sofitel On Renmin (great) Hotel to airport Transfer (Beijing), Airport to Hotel Transfer (Xian), Shaanxi Provincial Museum, Great Goose Pagoda, Xian City Wall, Muslim Quarter and Great Mosque Dumpling Banquet. Tang Dynasty Show Great! Interesting Great dinner Day 05 - Mon 29-Sep-08 (B-L) Xian to Chengdu Flight HU7855 (14:10-15:25) 5* Crowne Plaza Chengdu (very good) Terracotta Warriors (and movie), Airport Transfer (Xian), Airport to hotel Transfer (Chengdu), Du Fu Cottage (if time permits), Jinli Street +Take an indep. Night walk Day 06 - Tue 30-Sep-08(B-L) Chengdu to Leshan 5* Hong Zhushan (bldg #5) (good) Panda Breeding and Research Center, Drive to Mt. Emei, Myriad Years Monestary (R/T cable car), Qingyin Ge Down on foot! Don¡¯t miss! Day 07 - Wed 01-Oct-08 (B-L) Chengdu to Lijiang: Flight 3U8691 (19:30 ¨C 20:40) 5* Treasure Harbour Lijiang (very good) Mt. Emei Golden Summit (R/T cable car), Drive to Leshan, Boat ride to view Giant Buddha, Leshan Giant Buddha, Airport Transfer (Chengdu), Airport to hotel Transfer (Lijiang) Great! Day 08 - Thu 02-Oct-08(B-L) Lijiang 5* Treasure Harbour Lijiang(very good) Yak Meadow (R/T cable car), Baixa village, Yufeng temple, Black Dragon pool Park , Naxi museum, Lijiang Ancient City and Market. Depending on view! Day 09 - Fri 03-Oct-08 (B-L) LijiangTo Zhongdian 5* Paradise(very good) Drive to Tiger Leaping Gorge , Continue to Zhongdian, Tibetan Opera Show (extra), Consider longer walk Day 10 - Sat 04-Oct-08 (B-L) Zhongdian to Kunming: Flight MU5936 (22:00 ¨C 23:00) 5* Kunming Green Lake Hotel(great) Songzanlin Lamasery, Lake Shudu & Lake Bita, Airport Transfer (Zhongdian), Airport to hotel Transfer (Kunming) Nice walk Day 11 - Sun 05-Oct-08 (B-L) Kunming to Guilin: Flight CZ3248 (17:55 ¨C 19:30) 5* Sheraton Guilin(great) Drive to Stone Forest, Transfer to Airport (Kunming), Transfer from Airport (Guilin) Do big circle, take the time! Day 12 - Mon 06-Oct-08 (B-L-D) Guilin to Sanjiang to Longsheng 4* Li-An Lodge (at Ping-An)(terrific) Drive to Sanjiang, Chengyang Wind & Rain Bridge , Dong Village, Drive to Longsheng / Ping-An. Walk to farther villages!! Go up in the PM, not AM Day 13 - Tue 07-Oct-08 (B-L) Longsheng to Guilin 5* Sheraton Guilin(great) Zhuang and Yao Ethnic Tribes , Dragon´s Backbone Rice Terraces (Longji) , drive to Guilin, Cormorant fishing show , Sun & Moon Pagoda (evening), Fantastic walk on terraces Day 14 - Wed 08-Oct-08 (B-L) Guilin to Yangshuo 4* Paradesa YangShuo Resort (good) Li River Cruise, Yangshuo West Street , Impression Liu San Jie Show Day 15 - Thu 09-Oct-08 (B-L) Yangshuo to Guilin to Hangzhou: Flight MU5797 (16:35 ¨C 18:20) 4* Holiday Inn Hangzhou (very good) Drive to Guilin, Fubo(Whirlpool) Hill, Elephant Trunk Hill, Seven Stars park, Bear & Tiger Farm, Airport Transfer (Guilin), Airport Transfer (Hangzhou) Don¡¯t miss the rare stones! Never saw so many tigers! Day 16 - Fri 10-Oct-08 (B-L) Hangzhou to Zhouzhuang 4* Zhouzhuang Yunhai Resort(OK) Six Harmonies Pagoda, West Lake Park & boat trip, Meijiawu Tea Plantation, Former residence of Hu Xueyan, Hefang Old Street, Drive to Zhouzhuang, Night Cruise Zhouzhuang Water Town , Consider walking instead Very nice! Day 17 - Sat 11-Oct-08 (B-L) Zhouzhuang to Shanghai 5* Renaissance Shanghai (very good) Zhouzhuang alleys at dawn, Twin bridges, Back to hotel for breakfast, Drive to Shanghai, Shanghai Museum at People´s Square, Yuyuan Gardan and Old Street, French concession region, The Bund, Shangcheng Acrobatics Show Ditto! Great! Great dumpling place Fantastic!!!! Day 18 - Sun 12-Oct-08 (B-L-D) Shanghai to Beijing: Flight MU5115(15:00 ¨C 17:15) 5* Crowne Plaza Beijing (good) Pudong Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai Urban History & Develop. Museum, Nanjing Road, Transfer to Airport (Shanghai), Transfer to Hotel (Beijing), Peking Roast Duck Dinner, Kong Fu Show Day 19 - Mon 13-Oct-08 (B-L) Beijing ¨CBack Temple of Heaven , Liu Li Chang Cultural Street, Hutong / Bell tower / Drum Tower / Lotus Market, Xiushui Street(Silk Market), Transfer to Airport after dinner Early morning! Operator: Cavel
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