Sally,

Happy New Year!

Deborah left for USA today and Vi and I will carry the torch. Just arrived in Cambodia, Raffles Hotel is wonderful.

Feels like we have fallen down the rabbit's hole in Alice in Wonderland. MAGICAL Journey!

Part of the magical journey was meeting Daniel Hoyer (our wonderful cooking guide in Hanoi). Daniel was wonderful and we experienced a day that we would have not had otherwise. We loved sitting on our little milking stools and eating food cooked by families on the bottom floors of their homes. Luckily we are an adventurous gaggle of women who wanted it ALL! He was thrilled that we were fearless eaters.

Ms. Dobbs comments "Daniel Hoyer bridged the gap between Americans and Vietnamese".

Our guide Nam had a huge smile on his face while Daniel explained about Hanoi food and culture, you could tell that Nam was happy with Daniel's passion for his heritage.

Daniel was thrilled that Vi spoke Vietnamese and they had great conversations. Will forward cute photos of our culinary morning upon returning home.

We loved the market, the one photo which I'm sorry I didn't take was the cooked dog with his teeth bared, he fought to the end!

What a wonderful gift Lee and we give Daniel Hoyer TWO THUMBS UP! Our only complaint was it was only 1/2 a day and we were too full. As Auntie Mame says "Life's A Banquet!

Also we had a wonderful dinner with your lovely associate at Mandarin, great food and company. Ms. Thuy speaks beautiful and very proper English, made us girls from Texas sound like hicks.

It's a good life,

Jennie & Vi

Dear Moe Moe,

A short report after our trip to Vietnam and Cambodia was most beautiful and everything well organized.

All the people were very sweet, polite and helpful, food at its best and shopping (Hoi An f. i.) hilarious - we saw, learned, heard, tasted a lot and really got to know these 2 countries better and always pitied them for their tortured past.

So - thanks a lot for organizing our tour! Kind regards and A Happy New Year!

Ingrid

I wanted you to know how grateful Caitlin and I are, for the wonderful holiday you organized in beautiful Vietnam.
 
We were happy with every detail of the trip - our three very knowledgeable, very different guides, the talented drivers, the interesting and varied itinerary, amazing accommodation, delicious food and most of all your incredible attention to detail which made the trip run so smoothly.
 
I very much appreciated all your help and your generosity in organizing our very late check out from the Duxton in Saigon at no extra cost to us.
 
I will highly recommend Exotissimo travel to our friends and hope that they are lucky enough to be looked after by you.
 
Thanks so much for helping us fall in love with your very special country. I do hope we'll be back soon
 
Cam on
 
Deirdre and Caitlin O'Dea
Vietnam Tour - May 2010

Prasert:

Thank you for putting together a very memorable trip for my family and me to Vietnam.

Both Ha and Mandy, our guides in the North and South, were terrific.

Everything went very smoothly and we enjoyed very much the activities and sights you planned for us.

The cruise on Halong Bay was a standout and so were our travels throughout the Mekong Delta.

We appreciate also your flexibility (and that of your guides) when we wanted to make last minute changes.

Mandy got us into the Vietnam War Remnants museum at the last moment.

Again, our thanks to you and to your wonderful guides, Ha and Mandy, and the excellent drivers who worked with them.

Thanks!

Best regards,

Neal