Amazing experience enhanced by fab group leader

The Thai 18 day intro tour is up there with the best 18 days of my life. The organisation of the trip meant that we effortlessly travelled round all of the best bits of thailand, building amazing friendships along the way and all facilitated by the fab INTRO team and the especially amazing Group leader we were blessed to have, Loz.

INTRO sort out a wide range of activities to suit everyone’s interests throughout the trip and the travel between places and transfers were all so slick. They have also built a strong rapport with various different local guides who are extremely enthusiastic, friendly and knowledgeable. Special shout-out has to go to Lan, the guide who took us through the jungle and to see the elephants in chiang mai - an absolute legend.

Back onto Loz… Straight from the day we arrived, loz was up at the crack of dawn and ready waiting for us to get off the plane with a beaming smile and open arms. Loz organised everything for us down to the last detail and even threw in fun extra games such as ‘human cluedo’ and other extras that really bought the group together. Loz made us all feel extremely safe in this new country and had a clear natural ability as a group tour leader. If one of us was cold, wet or dressed inappropriately for the occasion, Loz would (and on a number of occasions, did) literally give the clothes off her own back to make sure we were okay and comfortable. It was like visiting and being shown round by a great friend that you never knew you had in her home country while she still remained incredibly professional and responsible on the occasions where it was needed. Loz had a recommendation (or 5) for every scenario you could have asked for, enough energy and enthusiasm for a lifetime and I genuinely do not know how she keeps such an encyclopaedic knowledge of various things that we saw and did on the tour - she could answer any of the weird and sometimes obscure questions we threw at her (and sometimes we really did try to throw her off 😂).

Just when it seems like loz’s talents had no limit, loz literally saved my big toe with her first aiding experience in a jiffy and comforted me like an older sister the whole way through when I was being dramatic about it.

The only faults I can really give Loz Is the fact that she has eggs and Nutella on her pancakes and a very questionable choice in trousers. -1 Loz for this 🥴.

Overall the trip was absolutely amazing and I would definitely recommend to anyone who is interested in doing this trip. As a female solo traveller I felt extremely safe the entire trip and thanks to all of Loz’s efforts, it was quick and easy to make friendships I am sure will last a lifetime. Massive thanks to Loz, Lan and the intro team :)