18days/17nights Myanmar Highlight & Leisure Sonata

Route : Bangkok Arrival - Yangon –Mandalay - Bagan/Nyaung Oo – Mingun – Inle – Heho – Thandwe/Ngapali – Yangon – Bangkok – Hong Kong Departure
Nationality : (USA)
Travel Consultant : Yeliz
Travel Date : 2011/12/27-2012/01/13

Hello Yeliz,

Kim has passed on your email to me regarding our trip to Myanmar. Could I say that the trip was fantastic and there was not one problem in the whole 19 days that we were away.

Guides: The guides in each location were excellent. We could not decide who was the best and who was the worst because each guide had something different to offer. Whether it was their sense of humour, their knowledge and history of the area or if they were spiritual. They all gave us an insight into their country, culture and beliefs. They were all fantastic!!!

Driver Service: The drivers were also excellent. Although the vehicles were old they were always clean. Every time we left and came back to the vehicle the driver had cleaned the inside and had refresher towels for us. A lot of the roads in Myanmar are not in good condition. The drivers always drove to suit the road conditions and we always felt safe.

Hotel Service and Breakfast: All the hotels were fantastic. Again all the hotels were slightly different so it became a bit of an adventure for us to see what we were going to next. The hotels were clean, the staff was very attentive and could not do enough for you and the décor and gardens at each hotel were breathtaking. Breakfast was always good. When we had early flights to catch the staff had breakfast ready for us.

Meals: The food throughout our trip and in Myanmar was excellent and very tasty. We had lots of good meals but the one that stood out was at a small restaurant in Ngapali Beach. The restaurant was opposite our hotel (Aureum Resort) and was called “Ngapali Kitchen”… This restaurant was operated by a husband and wife couple who were absolutely delightful and could not do enough for you… They even gave us presents when we left!!!! The most memorable meal (and we had a few at this restaurant) was the 500gram lobster…. They brought the lobster to our table live, recommended the way it should be cooked then after it was cooked served it with vegetables and rice with Myanmar spices. Fantastic food and restaurant and worth a visit on your visit to Ngapali Beach.

In general we would like to say that your company had arranged everything to perfection….flights, guides, drivers, hotels were all fantastic and we would definitely recommend IOT to all of our friends.

I have attached some photos for you; all the photos have a short title explanation on them.

Many thanks once again for arranging our holiday and we wish you all the best for the coming year.

Kind Regards

Mike & Kim Henneker