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We were from India and were on a day trip to Kunming on 10/10/2014.We were interested in Stone Forest and Dianchi lake. We took the help of Timmy for this trip.As per the specified schedule,she sent the  driver Dong at the airport in time.The driver is a nice,polite and cheerful person with a limited English knowledge.During the tour whenever he faced any language problem,he contacted Timmy over phone and we found Timmy  always helpful in this aspect.We had a nice Stone forest trip.The driver guided us to the best of his ability and we were satisfied.The driver parked the car in such a way that we didn't have to walk much.After a satisfactory Stone Forest trip,he took us to the Dianchi lake.Here also he tried to show us the natural one first. At the end of the tour,he dropped us at the airport in time.

The car was spacious enough and we put all our luggage in the dickey.Dong is a nice person and tried to help us always. However,a better Knowledge in English would have been helpful for both the parties! Timmy is a nice lady who extends her hand of coperation always.I recommend her service.

It is one of my colleague encouraged me to contact Timmy in Kunming , he said to me that it is not easy abroad to a totally strange country .it turned out to be absolutely true when I travel to Yunnan . But the moment I met Timmy in the Kunming Changshui airport I knew that the young lady was going to be reliable assistant and sincere friend of me . She is punctual , friendly , accommodated We got together and visited most of the highlights attraction in Kunming. Found the authentic local restaurants with good taste Yunnan food and reasonable price. Thank you so much Timmy, my expenditure was cut by half from what most people believed that I need to spend. Timmy is such a jovial and friendly character that she is the ideal guide for a lone traveler like me. I was really impressed by the food and guide timmy  in Kunming . 

She is a highly recommended tour guide in Yunnan . 

Cheers

Timmy is fluent in English and taking good care of my family throughout the trip. She has good knowledge of Chinese history and background story of each place. She even teaches us to do Tai-chi in the park! She is very energetic, genuinely loves her culture and very well organized. Highly recommended!!!  

Best operator,

Responsive and professional. Took care of our trip to Yunnan by recommending, arranging and following our contact with:

 Rosey in Lijiang - for Leaping Gorge and Baisha - best experience and joyful tour

Jennifer in Kunming - for Stone Forrest - fine professional with flexible attitude to our specific requirements.

You can count on her to have perfect time in Yunnan

Moshe 

When my husband and I decided to travel to China, we found out that a close friend's grandfather was a missionary from Cornwall who went to Yunnan Province in the late 1800's, fell in love with the place and especially the people, lived there for numerous year, and was actually buried there. We decided that we would like to go visit that area. We contacted Timmy Tao and asked if she could help us do that. She agreed to help us, and she made it happen.

We met up with Timmy in Kunming. The next day, we headed for Zhaotong in a car with driver that Timmy had arranged. Although Timmy had not been to Shimenkan, the town where we wanted to go, she got on the internet and found a contact for us, and that ultimately led to that contact getting a local guide for us from the church community where Rev. Samuel Pollard lived. Timmy went beyond being a very pleasant, delightful and accommodating tour guide and served as a translator for all of the discussions we had with the people we met as we learned about the life of Rev. Pollard, his work with the Miao Minority at the turn of the last century, and the Pollard Script which he created to with which to write the Miao language. We were also impressed that the driver who Timmy hired was able to take us on all the back roads as we ventured out into rural Yunnan Province.

We thank Timmy Tao for understanding how important it was to us to get to Shimenkan and for making that trip happen, and we highly recommend her as a tour guide.

To start with, I want to say, Timmy is young but she is an outstanding and experienced Tour Guide. It was easy to see why her University honored her and she won a National Competition her senior year. I am a 76 year-old widower and Timmy took excellent care of me and made my visit to Lijiang, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Kunming, Shilin and the Nai Gu Stone Forests, and the Yuanyang rice terraces a fantastic experience. I was not interested in one or two of those canned tours and Timmy convinced me that I made the right choice in going with her as my freelance Tour Guide. Not only did she make my visit most enjoyable and memorable, but she also made me want to return to China. When I go back to Yunnan Province, and I will hike Tiger Leaping Gorge, and I will do my best to get Timmy to be my guide again.

I was impressed that her English was so good. And she not only went out of her way to support my every need, but also, more often than not, she anticipated my needs. We were supposed to hike the Tiger Leaping Gorge, but there was an earthquake in that area two days before I arrived in Lijiang. They were also having a lot of rain in the area and she told me in no uncertain terms, it was not safe for me to go. She did not say we couldn’t go, but that we shouldn’t go. She was right, as they shut down the area completely and even evacuated those who lived in that area. She quickly rearranged our itinerary, adding the Lijiang Impressions Show, cutting our stay in the Lijiang area by a couple of days, and adding more sights in the Kunming area. I was a little skeptical about the Lijiang Impressions Show, as I was planning to see the Impressions 3rd Sister Liu Show in Yangshuo. Again she was right, as the two shows were totally different and I was glad I got to see both of them.

Timmy was also very knowledgeable about everywhere we went. I forgot to mention that in our planning, I did not limit myself to questions about the places we might visit. I asked Timmy many question about traveling in China, China and the Chinese culture. Timmy was always willing to answer my questions, even though I feel sure she must have gotten a chuckle out of some of them. I should mention that Timmy has a great sense of humor, which made our trip even more enjoyable. While there were certain places I had researched and wanted to see, Timmy suggested other places I might want to consider, several of which were not in any tourist information I found. There was no pressure, only suggestions. Timmy is thorough, friendly, prompt and protective of her guests. As we planned my visit to Kunming and the Kunming area, I began to think of Timmy as a friend.

When the Tour Guide I was working with for Lijiang and the Lijiang area cancel out not too long before I was to leave for China, I thought I was in real trouble. However, Timmy told me she had toured clients in Lijiang and the Lijiang area before and she could take the Sleeper Train from Kunming to Lijiang and serve as my Tour Guide there. I had become so impressed with Timmy; I did not hesitate to immediately say YES! What a stroke of good luck. She met me at the Lijiang Airport and did great. By the end of my twelve days with Timmy, I felt we were not just friends, but were good friends and we will continue to be good friends.

Now that I am home and looking back on my trip, I don't believe I could have found a better Tour Guide than Timmy to see Yunnan Province, which was a definite highlight of my trip. Timmy made me want to return and see more of China and Yunnan Province and I will try my best to arrange for Timmy to be my Tour Guide.

P. Baker
New Mexico
USA