Dear Hung,

Sorry it's taken us so long to write.  Things are always busy upon returning home.

The accommodations and the van were just excellent.  We were really pleased with the professionalism of both drivers.  We felt very safe with them.   The guide in the North, Tuan, was great.  He gave us a lot of information about the country and his English was very good.

In the South, our Guide, Chuong, was very knowledgeable.  His English was not so good and sometimes we had a hard time understanding each other.  However; he did really bring us to many interesting places.  He tried very hard to please us and showed us much that was not on the itinerary.  I think that the guides and the drivers helped to show us a lot of Vietnam that we would never have experienced on our own.  They were very concerned about our well-being.  We even met Chuong's family and had supper with them and that was a nice touch.  We were very pleased.  They were always on time and eager to start the day.

On the negative side, the bicycles for the guides were heavy and they had a hard time keeping up with us sometimes as our bikes were lighter and ride smoother and easier.   Personally, I would have liked to cycle more and be in the van less but that would depend on your customer I guess.  There happened to be a lot of road construction so maybe we could have cycled more once the roads are more developed.

We very much enjoyed Vietnam.  It's a beautiful country and the people were generally warm and friendly.  We loved the food!  The guides were so good at ordering us lunches that were excellent and allowed us to taste the regional dishes.  We had lots to eat too - they made sure of that.

It was great when we were able to cycle out in the countryside away from a lot of the city traffic.  Although, it was certainly a thrill for us to cycle in Hanoi as we are not used to the number of motorbikes and mopeds so it was really exciting in a crazy sort of way.

We enjoyed the history, visiting some of the museums and the cu chi tunnels and the prison in Hanoi.

We especially liked seeing people in the rural areas do some of their daily tasks, making rice paper, weaving mats, making pottery, harvesting rice - rice farming practices, tropical fruit crops and just day to day life as it's so different in Canada.

Nha Trang (boat ride/snorkeling and cycling in the countryside), Hoi An and Hanoi (the pottery village and the water puppets and the shopping streets in Old Hanoi) were some of our favorite areas.  We also really enjoyed the North and see the rural areas there and how it's so different from the south.  You might want to warn people if it's winter, as we weren't prepared for the cool temperatures.  After a while, we had seen plenty of temples - and were happy to see other things.

I hope this helps.  If you have any other questions, please let us know.

Thanks for the tour.  We have no problem recommending it.

Theresa Nimegeers and Dale Janeczko
janeczko@shaw.ca

From: DAN AMMAR
To: Mr JIMMY NGUYEN
Subject: Dan & Carmella AMMAR back to ISRAEL

Sir,

We are back to Tel Aviv Israel, and we want to thank you for the organization of this complicated and wonderful tour in Vietnam and Cambodia.

We shall always remember those unforgettable days spent in both countries.

Everything was perfect and today we know a lot more about the Vietnamese, there kindness there suffer and there hope in the future.

As we took a lot of pictures and video sceneries we shall be able to show and explain to family and friends what we have seen and experienced.

I shall recommend and give your name, e-mail, and address of your travel agency to anyone who want to travel to Vietnam.

Thank you once more for everything.

DAN & CARMELLA AMMAR

Tel / Fax : 972 3 7395952

e-mail : jaky1@netvision.net.il or dan.ammar@gmail.com

To: 'HIGHLIGHTS TRAVEL'

Subject: RE: Halong Bay one day tour

Dear Mr Jimmy Nguyen,

We are back home, and I wanted to tell you that we enjoyed the trip. The group was very nice, and we had good time

Best regards,

Dov
dbarak@bgu.ac.il

Jimmy, it really happens, Jiro, after your interventions change his behavior and help us completely, being very kind and helpful. thank you.

We had returned to Brasilia safe but tired because of the long trip, more than 35 hours, included airport connections.

thanks for the competent and skillful services.

if you need some thing from Brasil, we are disposed to help.

thank for all.

Eber and Maria Helena
zoehler@gmail.com

From: Tricia & Les Koob
To: Vietnam Highlights
Subject: our holiday