They took our Vietnam and Cambodia Tour – 25Days/ 12 Nights).

Dear Giang,

Sorry we have taken so long in getting this e-mail to you.  The first week we had jet lag pretty bad, then it was get ready for Christmas.

We want to thank all of you for the Trip of our life time.  We enjoyed our tour so much, it was tiring at times, but we were so impressed with your country, Vietnam.  Our three guides were so good with us.  We saw so much of their areas.  All of them are so proud of Vietnam. 

The North, with Tho, was so enjoyable, we were with him for 13 days, and he became our family.  Sapa was the most lovely spot, the people had nothing but smiles and laughs.  The home stay was something that we have never experienced in our life.  The family greeted us like we were their family.  The supper and breakfast that they cooked for us was something sodifferent from home, but so good.  Cooking over a fire in the floor was something that we had not seen or done before.  The supper that came out of that fire was so good, we had a fun time around the table with the family.  The lady of the house treated us so well.  We loved them and hated to leave them the next day.  I hope that you send more people their way, they can sleep twelve people upstairs in their home and know that the food is great.

Our trip to the Central of Vietnam was a great eye opener with all the rain and floods.  We did get the first day walking thru Hoi An. It was very enjoyable, even though it was raining lightly.  We saw all the local markets in the Ancient Town.  Along with the Japanese Bridge and Old Merchant House.  It was wonderful with all the gardens around all the cottages.  We had to travel thru the tunnel instead of the Hai Van Pass again because of the rain.  We visited the Imperial Citadel in the pouring rain and it was still an experience.  The visit to the mausoleum of Emperor Khai Dinh was quite the drive to get there and the water was pouring down the stairs.  We did get into the Mausoleum and it was a sight for us.  We never did get  to do the boat cruise on the Huong River as all the boats were tied up on shore with the river flooded and up to the bottom of the bridges. 

Out trip into Mekong Delta with Ms. Trinh was great.   She told us that she had be has been a guide for fifteen years and we could see that, no matter where we travelled, everybody knew her and welcomed her. Ms.Trinh also took us into so many local villages and the people all loved her.  We enjoyed our time with Trinh so much.  We could see that she enjoys her job as a guide with her heart.  We travelled to so many areas, villages, river cruises to see the floating market, floating homes and the floating fish villages.  There was so much to see and do with  Trinh, that we were on the go all the time.  The weather was hot and humid but by that time we were getting a little used to it.  Again we were sorry to say goodbye to Trinh at the airport for out trip back to our home. 

Thanks again for everything.

julie