It's hard to sum it all up over here but I'll try.
I had planned a photo trip to south China a year before and dealt with another guide. Unfortunately I couldn't make it because of work and had to plan it again. This time I dealt with different guides and had it between two. Eric provided me with a detailed itinerary, breakdown costs on everything we would do, understood my photographic needs and helped me book hotel where I wasn't able to do so on the internet. Not only that, he had the better rate for the specific itinerary we came up with. He even agreed to make an unusual start in Fenghuang (Hunan) before heading to Guizhou.
We were (my gf and I) taken care all the time we were with him. He worried on our safety and make all the efforts to keep us happy. We got sick, not together, and he took us to a pharmacy and helped us buying medicine (that actually worked!) to make us feel better. We spent 11 or 12 days together in May and they were all memorable days. We went to small villages I wouldn't be able to go by myself, he helped me photograph people and places that I envisioned and some things he knew I would like.
We shared good moments and long talks, drove long hours and had incredible time. When we had to move on we felt like leaving a good friend behind. And two months later, finally getting back home from Asia I still feel I might get back someday to check on my friend Eric.
If your looking for someone to trust and to make you safe, that's your guy. Make sure you share everything you like and hope and he'll help you achieve it, I'm sure.
BTW, we sent three boxes of stuff we bought while in China. He helped us send a couple of those in post offices around there. One of these was sent back to the postal office and he is helping us have it sent again to Brazil. A real good samaritan apart from a great professional.
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