Being our first trip to Bangkok, we booked the services of Charlie (one of Tong's guides) for 2 days for our family of 6. We did the full day Kanchanaburi tour visiting the Floating Market, Tiger Temple and River Kwai and also a half day city tour visiting the Grand Palace and Chinatown. Our experience with Charlie was awesome as he was very accommodating, professional and most important - knew all the places we visit well. We had the privilege of understanding the history and culture of Thailand, as he is an avid history buff! Our visit to Chinatown was particularly memorable because Charlie was able to help us translate and haggle prices for Chinese produce like fish maw, sea cucumber and other herbs. We had fun eating dim sum from Chinatown too. Charlie also went the extra mile by helping some relatives of ours who arrived a day late arrange for their day tours and accommodation in Bangkok. We will be using Charlie again in our upcoming Bangkok trip end of February 2008 and we are very excited! Charlie comes highly recommended and we will not hesitate to recommend him to our friends as well. Lilian Lim My family and I just returned from a very memorable BKK trip ! And credit goes to Tong and her team of fantastic guides. I have been a frequent visitor of BKK, but i have never been on a guided tour before, chanced upon Tong's tours in Tripadvisor.com and decided to give them a try. And i was definitely not disappointed, in fact i was overwhelmed by the service provided :) Nui, was the guide that came to pick us up at the hotel early in the morning, as we were scheduled for a full day of sightseeing at Erawan Waterfalls, the Tiger Temple and The Bridge over River Kwai. Nui, is a very chirpy and cheery guide! And you would be happily surprised that she has a very good command of English, she gave us very detailed explanations of the places we visited. And not forgetting the VIP van that came to pick us up, was really clean and comfortable, it made the travelling so much more enjoyable, my granny even dozed off in the van ha ha..
Next stop was the Tiger Temple, a visit that my whole family was eagerly awaiting, and of cos we were not disappointed! It was a magnificent experience to be able to come so close to these amazing animals, the tiger cubs were so adorable, luckily we had Nui as our guide as she was very experienced and advised us on what to do so that we could get the best out this visit :) Nui, was really fantastic, she brought us along to view the many other attractions at the Tiger Temple besides the tigers themselves, such as Bam Bam the Sun bear, and she also helped us to get many many great photos as mementos of our visit. Every single member of my family enjoyed the tour and heaped praises on Nui's service, because she was so helpful and sweet. The guided tour became the highlight of the BKK trip, the shopping took a backseat hahaha, till we were back in the country, we were still discussing that the day trip was the best day spent in BKK ! Again i must thank Tong and Nui for the wonderful experience that they have provided to my family and i :) Will call upon their services again when we return to BKK. Jeremy Tan |
Although we were travelling with my grandmother, Nui was very patient with her, and even helped to carry her bag and hold on to her when we had to climb up uneven steps. The Erawan Waterfalls was a sight to behold... so beautiful with its blue waters and the waters were filled with lots of fishes! Really well worth the travelling distance.