SILK ROAD (CHINA) DREAM FULFILED
Albee, the TA, had been wonderful working with our group of 5 for about a year on this dream-come-true epic trip. All the guides (Tiger, Helen and Nur) were excellent and itneraries were unique and memorable. Most of the hotels and meals were good too. A couple of hotels would need improvement: 1) Hotels did not have the A/C turned due to the "off season" (Lanzhou, Dunhuang); 2) Though Dunhuang hotel is at the State level (i.e. receiving officials from the central gov), the level was not up to par in my opinion (A/C is turned off, safe not working...); 3) Labrang Civil Aviation Hotel was the worst, not even a 2 star. Besides no a/c and being unclean, the shower room is together with the bathroom w/o partition. Despite the above, overall it was a wonderful trip.