It was hard to know what to expect as we don’t usually do tours when we travel, but you were very helpful and thoughtful and made us feel at ease.
I appreciated your very extensive knowledge about the history, religion, flora and fauns of the country and your ability to answer all our questions.
The accommodation was generally good, in excellent positives with stunning views. A few places didn’t have bed lamps for both beds. If we stay more than one might in the same place we don’t need staff to come in and make our beds, also we don’t need new soap every day, this is wasteful.
I was very interesting to stay Bhutanese food and appreciated the opportunity to try different types. In general we were given too much heavy food, I am not used to eating so much heavy food and would have appreciated a light lunch as same days – salad, fruit etc. I was delighted that we did some cooking together and appreciated the opportunity to learn how to cook Bhutanese food.
Your country ability and willingness to adapt our itinerary to incorporate our request was a great bonus. I very much enjoyed looking round the vocational college and meeting and talking to the principal.
Our last day, which included all the things we had requested, was very enjoyable. Little touches like giving me the increase were very land and much appreciated. Going to two festivals was good especially as things were both very different, but two was enough.
You and Ugyen are both wonderful, careful drivers and I feel safe at all times. We enjoyed having you eat with us to and explain the food, chat about the day and poster you with questions, but I also understand that you both need your time off and it is not always possible. Also it seems to depend on the policy of the restaurants. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Bhutan, have learnt a lot and now will go home and do some more reading on the subject.
Many thanks
Joanna, USA
