QUALITY
EXPERIENCES
Recent
SALLY
managed a brief interlude in
Cork
, braving floods andgale forcewinds!
Not thebestof times tohavebeen there, butgreat fundespite theelements.
DIANA&SALLY
bothhave trips to thebeautiful cityof
Seville
planned, stayingat the
CorralldelRey
for a fewdays, beforegoingon to
the their sisterproperty thewonderful
HaciendaSanRafael
,which is set
in themiddleof thesunflower fields, thatshouldbe in fullbloomwhen they
are there.
GAIL
has just returned from her big adventure to
South America
where she visited
Argentina
,
Chile
,
Ecuador
and the
Galapagos
. Formore details on this
varied and excitingpart of theworlddoget in touch as
Gail would love to tell you all about her adventures,
especially in the Atacama Desert, Patagonia and the
Galapagos Islands.
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KAREN
has recently returned from a 10night tour of
China
with a tour
operatorwhogivesyouspecialaccesstopeopleandplacesalongtheway,keeping
you away from the crowds. The tour started in the city of
Shanghai
, with its
contrastingskylinesofbotholdandnew. Thetourcontinuedonto
Yichang
,where
itwasallon-board fora4night rivercruise,withshoreexcursionsat localvillages,
includingmarketsandhomevisits, the lovelyShennongStreamand thecolossal
ThreeGorgesDamProject
, ending inChongqing.
After disembarking, the journey continued to
Xian
visiting theexcavation site
of theTerracottaWarriors, the life-size army createdduring theQinDynasty to
protectQin Shi Huang. Thequiet and comfortablebullet train took thegroup
onto
Beijing
for the next stage of the journey, which included the sprawling
GreatWall & the regal ForbiddenCity.
Finally, itwasonto
HongKong
, stayingat the iconicPeninsulaHotel in theheart
of Kowloon. A short trip on a traditional sampan through the local floating
villageand thenup to thePeak to take in the stunningviewsover theharbour,
descendingon the PeakTram, oneof the city’s oldest andbest-loved forms of
transport, givingeveryoneabrief tasteof suchavibrant city.
This timeourQualityExperienceshavebeen rather curtailed! Wehavebeensobusyhere in theoffice that ithasbeen
almost impossible togetaway.TheCaribbeancontinues tobeverypopularwithspecialofferspoppingup thatareap-
plicable inour summermonthswithEuropeanbookings coming in thickand fast for SpringandSummer. Aswell as
manycomplicated itineraries tovariousdestinations around theworld–wehavecertainlybeenkept verybusy since
Christmas.
Thereareseveral trips in thepipeline for thisyearwhichwewillbe tellingyouallabout in thenext issue.
