tucan, not as good as comes across. the management need to make sure that their tour guides are provided with sufficient information to provide their clients or send to their clients before they arrive. Trouble with getting maps when arrived and lack of knowledge and assumption by clients can prevail. And tell their staff not to bring/or have friends along, even if they assist paying for some of the costs. The distracted from tour guide on our trip a bit. the friends were nice but felt the tour person was not as good as before they arrived. . The tour person also always tended to take the group to a place they picked for most meals, and whoppy they never paid, this occurs a lot. A lot of the places on the tour are not included, be careful with what is and is and isn't included. The company representative with the tour was advised about some things, such as where to hire bikes etc. sometimes these sought of things were not good bikes to ride/ or broke down. Trouble with organising some public transport with insufficient funds and we were lucky to catch the train, good thing it was late. Most places we stayed were as i expected. The actual places they escorted you to were good. Actually i wouldn't call the tour guides guides as our really didn't. rather directors, telling you where to go and what can be seen in some places. i often found my searching on the computer was a lot better. I have travelled on many such tours but this one let me down. I have travelled with lots of different cultures and sites. My views are mine and is only based on this particular tour, maybe as an older person ( although not the oldest) and having travelled many times before i expected a little bit more.