Dear Elaine,
I think we liked Guilin the most, but there is nothing that stands out. The Great Wall was wonderful, but everything was unique in its own way, so everything we saw was great! Each tour guide had their unique personalities, and we enjoyed each one for who they were. Herb and Lemon were the easiest to understand as their English was so good. Cherry's English is good, but we found it quite difficult to understand her as her accent is strong, and her voice is softer, so we could not hear her in the van very well. I think sometimes people stopped trying to hear, because it was too much work. Wallace is working on his English, but was easy to understand. There wasn't a question we asked, that Herb couldn't answer, and we had lots of them, as he was our first guide. He planned everything so well, and made smooth adjustments. We maybe could have spent a little more time at the Great Wall, but I don't know if that was feasible for him. Lemon knew everything there was to know about Shanghai, adjusted her schedule for us, and did everything over and above what we asked. She was very on top of things. They all had very nice personalities, and we enjoyed them all. Wallace has a lovely personality and adjusted our request to skip the museum, filling the time with many enjoyable ideas. He will be better and better as time goes. Cherry was not as good a planner as the others, and sometimes she planned more of what she thought we should do, rather than what we wanted to do. But she doted on our parents and was so good with them, that they felt well looked after. So you see, everyone has their strengths! Hotels and meals were all good, although some were better than others. We did not enjoy our first meal in Guilin, where we had to order ourselves, and we never actually found a dish we liked. The hotel in Beijing was in a bit of a remote area, but it was good for the attractions we wanted to see. We really enjoyed the food for the most part. Yes, I thought you guys did a great job. The guides were flexible with the schedule, and we felt that they all tried to give us a great experience in China. Our itinerary was good and we enjoyed everything we saw and did. Thank you for creating so many memories with us. It was a fantastic trip. The only thing that may have been helpful is finding out about the shows earlier and possibly more information on them (we got the information with our last e-mail shortly before we left for China), so that we could have researched them more and planned our evenings better.

• Client's Information: Cheryl Marie, Canada
• Tour Starting Dates: March 20, 2008
• Tour Itinerary: 11 Days Beijing, Xian, Guilin, Yangshuo, Shanghai Tour
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