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REFERENCES30 Aug 2007 Dear Usha, The hotel in Lhasa was really nice. The staff was great and so was the food. We are now back in Kathmandu. It's pouring rain, so we are using the internet cafe here at the Hyatt. This hotel is gorgeous. We have been having a fantastic time! Thanks forsetting us up with such a wonderful vacation. Ourguides have been unbelievable. Kripa here inKathmandu is wonderful. Wang Du in Tibet wasoutstanding. He went above and beyond in everyway. His driver, Pasang La, got us everywhere safely andstressfree. I can't say enough good things about how everythinghas gone on this trip. Am off to Bangkok tomorrow andexpect to have another wonderful, though short,adventure there. Hope all is well with you. Thanks again. Patti 30 Aug 2007 Dear Usha, Just wanted to let you know that Morgan and I had a wonderful trip. We enjoyed Nepal. Your guide, Kripa was a real pro and a font of information. The drivers were great and safely navigated an insane traffic situation. Nepal is such a geographically beautiful country. It's heartbreaking that it is so messed up politically. Unfortunately, the pollution (air and garbage) marred the beauty of Kathmandu and the trip to and from Chitwan (unbelievable constant string of black cloud belching diesel trucks). The several hours of breathing this was sickening. I think I would recomment flying in the future. It was sad because the landscape was so beautiful--reminiscent of the Ubud area in Bali. The waterfalls were extraordinary. But, I've never seen such a stream of truck traffic like this--not even on our interstates! Chitwan was great and the guide at Tharu was fabulous. The rooms were lovely and the food was exceptional. We could not have enjoyed our elephant safari more. We thoroughly enjoyed the delightful experience in the jungle--thank you for recommending Tharu. A country-wide strike was called (extraordinary that this could occur) so we could only stay one night at Chitwan. Apparently, passage on the roads were blocked and business were closed for a day, so we had to leave in the afternoon of our first full day. Morgan was disappointed that we missed out on a boat safari and another elephant ride. I convinced Kripa that I did not want to stay at Shangrila more than we had to and he agreed to arrange for us to stay a second night in Nagarkot. We were very thankful. The ride at night along the winding road from Chitwan to Kathmandu and Nagarkot was quite an adventure and the diesel fumes almost did me in. Thank goodness for the superb driver!--who safely navigated the traffic mess. Club Himalaya was beautiful and our stay at Nagarkot was perfect. It was a beautiful place with extraordinary views. The hike was great (although I had a bit of a hard time on the uphills). Chang Narayan was beautiful and Bhaktipur was awesome! Nepal has such beautiful treasures. I would definitely return to these places and would love to explore other areas as well. Thanks for a great trip. Our travels in Tibet and Thailand were awesome. This was a wonderful experience and I appreciate your help on the Nepal leg. Judy Henry Usha Third Eye TravelWe took a 3-week tour of Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan, April 17-May 7,'95, arranged by Usha Lama of Third Eye Travel. Usha is a knowledgeable and very competent provider of services in these remote nations. She arranged excellent accommodations at the Hotel Mountain in Kathmandu, the land journey from Lhasa back to Kathmandu and a wonderful 6-day tour of Bhutan. She arranged all this at a very reasonable price. From the West Coast, we paid a total of $4,335 per person. This included a flight from Kathmandu over the Himalayas to Lhasa, Tibet; form Kathmandu to Paro, Bhutan, and from Paro to Bangkok, as well as a $1,300 consolidator coach ticket on Singapore Air from Los Angeles to Kathmandu and return from Bangkok. This was a rugged but rewarding adventure trip and we highly recommend Usha Lama of Third Eye Travel. N. DEAN EVANS JACQUELINE L. EVANS Dear Usha, Just wanted to thank you again for your help in arranging our trip to Tibet. My wife and I had a wonderful time, adn the entire trip was extremely well planned and organized. Everyone involved in the organization of the trip, including Arun and Birendra in Nepal, and Penpa and Jeme in Tibet, was very professional, knowledgeable and friendly. We were especially impressed with our guide, Penpa, and our driver, Jeme. They both are very knowledgeable, considerate and conscientious, and helped to make our experience as fantastic and enjoyable as it could possibly have been. I would highly recommend them, and the others involved, to anyone considering a similar trip. Yours very truly, Dear Usha I'm back and I wanted to tell you that all the international travel went very well. I enjoyed the hotel in Bangkok and I got around pretty well from there. The travel agent local in Bangkok was very high quality--always on time, polite and not even suggesting tip, tip, tip like so many people do--It's nice to exercise the freedom to simply give a tip! Thanks again and I will certainly continue to recommend your services to my other travelling yogi friends. God bless you and family! For more details please contact us at thirdeye@thirdeyetravel.com |