Dear Kathy,
                We truly enjoyed the well arranged  tour you have customized for us.It is a trip of our lifetime.
China is truly a beautiful country. I just wished my son and daughter experienced the wonderful trip with us.
Guilin-Yangshuo is very memorable, stunning Lijiang river trip, Overall we were impressed with China, far from what we hear fromTV pictures and news.
The tiger awoke.Every city we visited is beautiful, green, clean, people are very friendly. Your tour guides and drivers
in every city has been very knowledgeable and spoke very good English.
We felt very well taken care of from every airport we landed and took off.The hotels are all well chosen and well placed,
near every action.
We met Bernie's long time on line business friend and  he treated us royally in Quingdao. Excellent trip.

We were aware of the 23 kilos and hand carry limit when we left Canada for Beijing. But we forgot that if we are
traveling domestic within China that domestic allows only 20 kilos.So Xian to Llhasa, Lhasa to Chengdu airports are very strict in weights and hand carry that we paid extra weights of course.Plus we buy souvenirs too to add to our weights. Not all tourist are like us of course, but you could advise your next tourist to limit their loads when traveling to China for domestic flights.
Also we experienced altitude sickness in Llhasa, somebody told us there is a tablet to take before going up 3,608 meters
above sea level , so  as not to be too sick,and not to take showers for two days on arrival in Tibet( reason unknown)
Oxygen canister did not help much.But for 3 days in a row we had massage therapy in the evening in our hotel room  to make us feel good temporarily.
Also we made a mistake, that we hand over our tips to guide and driver to guide only thinking,the guide will split it with driver. Only after we spoke to Kevin we realized our mistake. We corrected our self after that.
The lunch or dinner that you provided us is really so much for us. meaning the food is good enough for 4 to 6 people. Of course people are different
in their intake. Thank you for a very nicely coordinated, well arranged tour Kathy. We enjoyed our trip. I love China.Kathy You are good.
Regards
Seny