Hi Summer,
I trust it will find you well.
Even if as a local Chinese birder, especially after several short visits, I know it is never an easy trip to birding in Sichuan. Long distance travel, dense jungle and unfamiliar species have kept me from making up my mind to start a real birding trip to Sichuan, until I know you were not busy this year. Frankly, I am still impressed with the whole fantastic trip, which I believe the best trip I ever took before. It exceeded all my expectations in any way. Not only we got almost 100% targets, plus much more bonus species, but you did a fabulous job of organizing the logistics especially including varied delicious dinners and snacks. Your sharp eyes and prefect knowledge of sounds always led us to find birds/mammals successfully (You even found a Red-Panda without scopes, how did you do that!), moreover your dedication of tireless effort to search the targets eventually made all of those happened!
Anyway, thanks again for all the success and fun in the great two weeks. Certainly hope to visit with you again in near future, in China or outside China. And hope you and your business going well.
Keep safe and health.
Yours,
Vinc
Vinc Ong — China — Sichuan birding tour, 9-23 May 2020
Dear Summer,
My tour with you was really unforgettable!
Not only did we manage to see almost all major targets, plus some bonus species, we also had amazing views on most of them. You’re an amazing birder, with very sharp eyes. The itinerary was not 100% fixed so because of the flexibility we were able to see more than planned. You really went above and beyond to show me all the species I wanted to see, even the common ones, I guess not many people ask for the Brown-breasted Bulbul. or all the buntings, but this makes us bunting experts now.
Not only the birding was amazing, but also just travelling with you. We had a lot of fun together and I had a great time.
The food was also very good; the spicier, the better. I think the colli flower dish at Wuyuan and the spicy breakfast near Emeifeng were some of my favourites.
Thanks again for everything…
All the best wishes!
Wouter Van Gasse — Belgium — eastern China winter tour, 26 Nov – 11 Dec 2019
Hi Summer,
We all arrived safe and back in Belgium!
Many thanks once again for the perfect organization of our birding trip. As you know we thoroughly enjoyed every single day!
We were all amazed by your talent and capabilities to combine a seamless management of logistics, a tireless effort to search for every single bird species, your total care for our well-being (not in the least by ensuring we had splendid and varied gastronomic dinners) and your great sense of humour.
Now it tastes for more adventures in China. Especially as you made the trip so enjoyable!
See you on our next trip!
Greetings,
Peter Boesman — Belgium — Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet birding tour, 4-25 July 2019
Hi Summer,
Great to hear you’re well and kicking. Many thanks for the many photos. Good fun.
We totally agree that it was a fantastic tour with you. We are already looking forward to a future trip… a mammal trip in autumn or a Yunnan trip or a northeast China spring trip… We’ll see.
Take good care. We’ll keep in touch.
Big hug,
Kathleen & Mark
Hi Summer,
we’ve tried to send you a whatsapp message, but it doesn’t look as if it works that way.
Anyway, we wanted to thank you for a terrific tour through Qinghai, Xinjiang and Tibet. You did a fabulous job , found all the birds and solved all the logistical problems easily. Added to that, you made the trip a real gastronomical delight. We’ll have a look at my missing birds and mammals and see where in China we would be able to do a nice clean up trip with you in the future.
Enjoy your time off. Take good care of yourself.
All the very best,
Kathleen & Mark Van Beirs — Belgium — Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet birding tour, 4-25 July 2019
Summer
Yes, I enjoyed birding with you very much too, although I admit it took me some time to adjust to the different environment.
I put the book in the post today so hopefully it will reach you before you head off to Qinghai.
I’ve also written the first part of a blog about the Sichuan trip on my website. I’ve put a link to your own website in the blog.
Best wishes
David Diskin — from UK but he lives in HK and is an experienced birding guide in HK — Sichuan birding tour, 1-15 June 2019
Hi Summer,
You probably thought I had forgotten all about you.
I have sent the rest of your money today so it should be in your account very soon. I hope that all is going well with you and your business is going well.
I cannot begin to tell you how much I enjoyed the part of my holiday that I spent with you learning a great appreciation of China as well as meeting so many birds with you. Thank you so much for making it all so successful.
Thank you once more for a fantastic experience in Sichuan and Yunnan with the BEST Chinese bird tour and the most knowledgable tour leader!
Best regards to you,
Cynthia Jones – Australia — Sichuan & Lijiang, north Yunnan birding tour, 25 April-13 May 2019
