On her way home, Andrea reflects on her whirlwind trip through Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.
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What an incredible month this turned out to be! Looking through all the photos on Facebook is amazing… how did we fit that much in?!? And how did we have that much fun?!?
What the pictures don’t show was the exhausting pace of travel as well as the working until midnight on our laptops moments, but they were there too! I feel incredibly lucky that I got to have Anna with me on this trip. It was wonderful how well we got along and as Operations Manager it is key that she knows our guides and the places we visit as well as I do. She was a great travel companion and as you can see from the photos we had a lot of laughs. We are also an incredibly productive team.
Together we interviewed all of our guides and got to know each one so we can really connect our guests with guides that will suit their interests and attitudes. We inspected and reviewed countless hotels and I loved some of the new properties we visited. We also tried out new tours and checked old tours. As we went I feel we perfected our existing tours, found exciting restaurants to add to our cheat sheets and just generally set an even stronger foundation for great tours. Over the next few days I’ll list some of my favorite things, but suffice it to say that my favorite thing, without a doubt, as I wing my way back to the U.S., is my team! Ron, Bee, Aoy, Gina, New, Phaeng, Thuong, Binh, Khoa, Michelle, Daisy, Mia, Narla, Miranda, Holly, Regine, Linda, Leak, Kanika and all our amazing guides were by far my favorite part of the trip. They all hold a special place in my heart, I’m lucky to have them on my team and in the Journeys Within Family.
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