Very nice trip and nice place to be with the very friendly local people.  It’s the most beautiful day of my holiday.  Bless you.

MH (Holland) 11/05/06

A beautiful day in the countryside, the unknown Thailand.  Kop Khun Krab!!  It exceeded my expectations, very beautiful sightseeing.  I will recommend this to everyone.

A & K (Belgium) 06/06/06

Thank you so much for a wonderful day in the countryside of Thailand. We’ve been waiting to see the real “Thailand,” meet some new people, and experience real Thai culture. We did all of these things and more today! We loved the food, the weather, the bicycling, and of course the wonderful children at the school. Thank you again, we won’t forget how much fun we had and we promise to spread the word in U.S.A!

K, C and K (Chicago, USA) 09/08/06

We have had a fantastic day. It was so much more than we expected particularly the visit to the school. It was a sharp contrast to the hustle and bustle of Bangkok. The people were very friendly and very hospitable especially the chief of the village’s family where we had a lovely lunch, the children and teacher at the school. The trip was made more memorable by Piw and Ae and the local Juk [tour guides] who were fantastic and very knowledgeable. Thank you for a wonderful day! We love Thailand!!

A & C (U.K.)17/08/06

What a nice day first the differences and then the peacefulness at the country. Now we’re sitting on the bench to wait for the train (which hopefully comes on time not Thai time.  Thank you guides, you made it the best tour, we ever had.

A & M (Holland)14/08/06

We did this tour because a friend of us recommended it. We have had a wonderful experience. It was a good way to see the real country life in Thailand. The visit to the school was very impressive. Our tour guides were professional, very nice. Thank you for a wonderful day!

L & D (Holland) 04/09/06

This has been the highlight of my holiday and I shall pass this on to any one I meet.

CB (British) 01/03/06

Very good insight into the lives of local people filled with good food clean air and lots of friendly smiles. Thank you all.

SH (Australia) 22/05/06

A special thank you to all of the “smiling” child from the village school and the kind hospitality at lunch, [it’s] nice for the head of the village and his welcome. A very personal tours of rural Thailand - thank you.

DP & GP (Southern On Sea, England) 03/06/06

Great lunch and hospitality in village house. We had a wonderful day, will recommended this trip to friends. We would never have seen these places by ourself (sic).

JH & RH (New Zealand) 16/06/06

A meanderings ride through some of “Aranyaprathet” most beautiful place, our hosts were generous and welcoming. I especially enjoyed watching the catfish, harvest and fishing (and getting to eat them for lunch too). A terrific time. Thank you.

KR (Australia) 06/05/06

Thank you for a great day. We have been all over Thailand and this is one of the best beautiful, peaceful places we’ve had the privilege to experience. I can’t believe it’s so close to Bangkok. Dee Dee Dee Mak Mak!!

HH (Scotland) 08/08/06

What a warm welcome we received. We had a wonderful day and lovely foods…thank you very much.

VB & L (Holland) 30/04/06

Great ride, wonderful to see the locals and how they live and lovely to teach and see the children at the school. A wonderful organization with a small group and great guide and eating.

S (Netherlands) 22/06/06

I’ve had such a great time cycling through Bangkok and the countryside! The guides explained a lot and introduced us to lovely people! It was great fun. Thank you.

SW (Netherlands) 22/06/06

It was a pleasant welcome. I like that the head of the town joined us. The place is very beautiful. Thanks for everything.

MB , T de V, & RB (Netherlands) 30/04/06

It’s a wonderful place, people, food, and everything so interesting. I will be back and recommend everyone.

IV (Mexico) 06/05/06

A wonderful day full of smiles and fun especially the schools visit.

AR (Australia) 22/05/06

Excellent trip [and] wonderful way to experience the real Thailand.

NM (Canada) 14/06/06

I had a very memorable day with my friends and the tour guides today. I would not have been able to experience this if not for this tour. The weather was great, cool and sunny. I had the best tasting “Tumyum Koong” at the village headman’s house. The school kids were so friendly, charming and welcoming. Hopefully I’ll be able to comeback to meet them again. Thanks for the experience!

S (Singapore) 30/06/06

I had a wonderful communion with nature and experienced true Thai hospitality. Well organized and free from city stress, the tour was a nice tonic. Wish Absolute Explorer staff all the best.

B (MI, USA) 30/06/06

The day trip to the village was a very enjoyable one. The food that served was very fresh, much like organic food and it makes food back home tastes artificial. It is also wonderful to see that the young kids in the school are very enthusiastic learn interact with foreigners. I would come back again!!!!

K (Singapore) 30/06/06

I’ve had a great day out in the countryside. All my thanks go to Aey who made such a beautiful day possible. I have enjoyed talking to the kids and experience a heavy rain the most. Love you Aey. Many thanks.

NR (Egypt) 03/07/06

It was a wonderful day today. Thank you for it. The beauty silence and pretty countryside is great!! It was nice to see and eat with the local people. But the greatest experience for us was the school [with] the friendly and nice people children (sic) and the classroom is so different with ours, nice! Thank you for the lovely day.

M (Netherlands) 19/07/06

Dear people? I loved this day. You’ve welcomed us as friends. Thank you for your hospitality your food and the whole experience I had in your village. It felt like home to me!! A big hug to you all.

A & A (Holland) 19/06/06

From the note left by the H family (Scotland):

[M (father)] Relaxing, interesting, informative. New experience , nice trip and edible frogs! Thank you to all the welcoming people we were introduced to.
[C (14 year-old)] It was really fun and interesting. A great experience. Thanks
[A (7 year-old)] Thanks for today, it was great and fun. I had fun on the motorbike.
[F (12 year-old)] We all had a great time, my favorite part was going to see the school kids and making all these friends. Thank you so much
[M (mother)] Enjoyed getting out info the countryside and having people to ask questions of and learned about what we were seeing, eating etc….. A lot great fun warm and friendly.

H Family (Scotland) 20/07/06

It was a very interesting day. All the people were very nice to us. The food was delicious and it was nice to be in the village. Also the school was very nice. It was good to speak to children. We are from Holland and we live in a place near Amsterdam. It was great to see the people in the country and the village. The rice-fields and shrimp farms were special. Thank you.

A & G (Holland) 25/07/06

A very special and wonderful day lies behind us. Cut of the busy city, we found a place full of peace and great open people, [and] it was just fantastic by bicycle. We discovered the beautiful landscapes, were invited by wonderful people, ate a delicious meal and had a lot of fun with all of them. This experience will join us for a long…long time. We will highly recommend this trip. Thanks a lot to “Aey,” “Piw” and “Juk” [tour guides] for the fantastic day, and also the place in the village and the school with their great enthusiastic. Take care and keep going.

M & J (Switzerland) 26/07/06

Thank you very much for a much needed day away from the city. I really enjoyed cycling around the villages, filling my lungs with [fresh] air! I particularly enjoyed spending time with the children at the Sunday school. Wonderful and well behaved enthusiastic kids!

L (England) 30/07/06

It was very nice tour. Just an hour away from Bangkok, we have seen so many things about countryside. Thank you so much.

H & B (France, Korea) 30/07/06

We enjoyed the bicycling through the countryside of Thailand. We also enjoyed the things you told us about the living of the Thai people. It was amazing to visiting your school and meets the little children. Thank you for everything.

C, C, J, H, H, E & H (Holland) 03/08/06

Thank you so very much for a wonderful day in the village. It was great exercise, very informative and interesting. The school was certainly the highlight, the children were enthusiastic and well behaved! The concept of the cycling is terrific and shows us some ways how rural Thai live. Very authentic and original. Best of luck. PS. Enjoyed the home cooking and feeding the frogs!

C & M (Australia) 04/08/06

Sanook mak!! It was so nice to get out of Bangkok and enjoy the countryside. This is a beautiful, peaceful place. We will tell our friends and family about this opportunity. Not so happy about the frog farm.

J & J (Scotland) 08/08/06

After two friends of us recommended us this tour, we booked it!! And it was wonderful!  It was very nice to see the countryside of Bangkok on such a beautiful way! All the people we met were very friendly, our guides are fantastic! Thanks a lot, and hope to see you again.

A & E (Holland) 16/08/06

It was a great experience to visit Bangkok & the neighborhood from a totally different sight. Especially the stay at the [local’s] house for lunch and the visit to the school was really…really fantastic!! We wish you: “Aey” [tour guide]; keep on following your dream, and follow your heart you’ve everything in you to deserve it! “Piw” [tour guide]; lot of success with your English study. And thanks very much for showing us this beautiful village!!

J & J (Holland) 08/09/06

We would like to thank all the lovely people we met on our trip to your village. We wish you well. Thank you so much.

E (Holland) 08/09/06

It has been of the best days ever enjoyed myself so much. Thank you.

EM (British) 21/02/06

This has been a fantastic day, [I] chose to come here to show my friend real “Thailand” and that is just what this place has been an inspiration to both of us everyone is so friendly and I shall recommend to all.

LP (British) 01/03/06

We have been to Thailand six times now and this trip has been the most rewarding and fun, not to mention great exercise. We will tell everybody about our trip.

LS and JS (Australia) 10/03/06

Excellent! Very well organized, friendly, but more important you do interact (if you are willing) and long a different (real?) impression of Thailand with you home.

MS (Sweden) & MFS (Canada) 28/03/06

Thank you for show us the village and bring us to your family. It’s a very nice trip and the people there were very friendly. You really have the opportunity to get to know local people. Thank you very much.

G & A (Germany) 03/05/06

I will recommend this trip, very friendly. Thank you for sharing your life for a day.

MS (USA) 11/05/06

Nice trip very friendly people. Food was good! (Vegetarian).  Thank you for everything.

OJ (Holland) 11/05/06

Thank you for the wonderful break from endless shopping in Bangkok. It feels like a group of good friends cycling around and having fun sharing rather than a paid guided trip. Keep up the spirit “A” and “B” [tour guides], we hope that your agency will do well. The food is really good and thank you for that interesting coconut!

RT & RG (Singapore) 13/05/06

What an experience. Thank you so much for the wonderful day.

CM (Canada) 14/06/06

The best time and experience of my trip to your country. Thank you.

LSC (British Columbia) 14/06/06

Excellent trip wonderful way to experience the real Thailand!

NM (Canada) 14/06/06

This morning at 10 o’clock. We went to the central station to go on a bicycle safari , but it was for us a bit difficult to find our guides at last we find them at McDonalds. But I (Marike) forgot the voucher! It was no problem, so on we went through the “ghetto” of Bangkok, it was a bit showing for us to see the poverty. Then with the train to the locals a beautiful nature with rice fields and friendly people who thought of us as very interesting and “white”. It was a beautiful day. We wouldn’t had seen this kind of nature, if we didn’t choose for this trip. Our compliments to the girls that guide us. Thank you.

M & O (Holland) 25/06/06