KOREA JAPAN WINTER HOLIDAY 2013

JAPAN

I went to Korea with KIA Tour and Travel. I enjoy the trip so much, although the hotels aren't the best hotels and some of the food taste bland for my tongue. The trip was enjoyable, the local guide (not Kevin from the photo above, he's the other group's guide) was witty and informative, the itinerary was good, the photographer was nice, the bus driver also drives safely. There's that one night that we got a small room (I was with my sister and cousin in one room) and we had a hard time to put and open our suitcases lol but the trip overall was very fun and lovely. My group's guide even taught us how to ski! We didn't have to pay for optional coach, how amazing hahaha ski is harder than I thought it'd be lol. I fell once, that's quiet good for first timer, no? :D

And for Japan, I used Av*a Tour and Travel (decided to censor the name so I won't get into trouble). I'm not gonna lie, the hotels and the food were top notch. We even stayed at JW Marriott where we can find more towels than we need haha. The other hotels are also nice although I never heard the names before. The food are awesome, mostly all you can eat type of restaurant and all of their dishes are cooked to perfection. Of course, that's what you expect from Japan. But honestly, I don't like the trip. I'm not trying to defame Av*a, but that's what I feel. The tour leader didn't give us much information about Japan, she mostly speak to tell the group what she's done to make the group happy which I don't think is necessary. I'll feel happy if she did her work nicely and she even didn't have to tell us. The tour guide is like kindergarten teacher. She told us don't do this, don't do that, walk faster, we can't go here and there because abcdefgwhateverblablabla. She walk super fast and leave the group behind when we need to walk somewhere that can't be reached directly by the bus. She also tells dirty jokes in the bus with the microphone on and I have to tell you there were teenagers in the bus! Not straight-forward dirty but I really think that was not necessary. We had a new guide for the last day because this local guide I don't like have to guide another group. The new guide was a bit old, but nice and funny. We call her Nomura-san. We gained more information about Japan more from her in like 3 hours than 5 days with the first local guide. Whoa this is becoming a rant post. I didn't mean to, it just happens. And it's kinda long.. Congrats for you who read until this far. :P Anyway I'm not trying to defame or making any damage to the tour's reputation. This is my pure thought with no intention of harming anybody. 

I believe you all have heard of this quote and I really think it's true. "People will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."