Dear Paul

We have recently returned from a week on the Kalaw, a one week packet from Bagan to Mandalay (28 February to 7 March).

We really enjoyed the whole experience - the boat, crew, trips, food, cabin, atmosphere.  You and your team have created a very special  experience and my initial anxieties about going on a cruise were completely unnecessary.

We would love to go on another cruise with Pandaw - the Laos trip looks particularly interesting

Please pass on our thanks to Sy (sp?) and his team

regards

Eddie Taylor and Pietro Ovatta

I've been meaning to drop you an email over the past few weeks, and after looking again a some photos of a recent trip on the Pandaw Mekon from Siem Reap to Saigon, have now decided to do so.

My wife and I took the first voyage of the season last July. The Pandaw Mekong was an extremely comfortable, gracious and memorable experience. The food was excellent and the Staff outstanding. In particular, Jack (dining room) and Justin (purser) were friendly, caring and helpful. The fruit juices which Jack prepared after each excursion ashore were particularly outstanding and most welcome after our time on land.

The onshore activities were amazing. During our entire time ashore (twice a day over some seven or so days) we found ourselves engrossed in the activities provided. They were interesting, well thought out and a credit to Brian, the overall organiser of the onshore activities. It was amazing to be able to find ourselves in areas along the Mekong which were seldom visited by foreigners and we felt rather "special" because of this. This resulted in the visits making us feel we were really experiencing something out of the ordinary and that we were not, "yet another group of tourists." My wife is quite fit for her age (mid seventies) but always knew the crew," kept an eye on her" when boarding the tender or climbing into a canoe or clambering into a horse drawn cart - this was very reassuring.

So all in all, congratulations on providing such an incredibly interesting voyage down the Mekong. We were so impressed, that when we are in a position to investigate another holiday, we will definitely have Pandaw on our list.

Best wishes,
John & Dianne Ellis

We participate on a ship-cruise on the red river in Vietnam from 02-05-2017 - 02-15-2017. The name of the ship was RV Angcor Pandaw. The ship and the crew were excellent. We enjoy all very much. In the brochure of our travel-agency was announced that the trip goes also in the part of the nothern red river. Unfortunately we were not there. But the other excursion destinations were also very interesting.

I have made a little film from our journey;

Greetings
Gerhard Ohly, Germany