Pan, Li - Patty SIAS Development SHA

Dear CITS

Overall we were very pleased with your service while organising the trip, for which we thank you personally, and with the attention we received from the guides and drivers in China. We have already filled in questionnaires given to us by each of the three guides we had, and have little to add here.

Generally the meals were good, although a couple were only moderate. The two highlights were the dumpling dinner in Xian (unusual) and the Peking duck dinner in Beijing (quality).

The English of our guides Julia in Xian and Robin in Guilin were excellent. Our guide in Beijing's English was a little weak, inhibiting some deeper conversation. But (see below) she was very helpful in other ways.

The guides in Xian and Guilin were very knowledgeable and as noted above communicated very well. Our guide Linda in Beijing was very helpful in enabling a switch of tors between days at short notice to make best use of weather.

Best wishes
23,sep 2007