11 Jul 2025
Damon provided a superb day tour to Toison/Taishan/Kaiping to visit family villages and the Watchtowers. My husband and his father who were on this trip with me really wanted to see the villages their ancestors came from before they immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s, but we knew it might be kind of difficult to get to the villages. However, we contacted Damon a year ago and let him know what we were looking for and he made our goal a reality with this tour. Damon helped to get us to the villages as part of this day tour. He went above and beyond by helping us figure out the precise location of the villages and by translating once we got to the villages. We could not have asked for a better guide to help make this family/ancestral visit possible! We will cherish these memories forever. It was also very meaningful to get to see the Watchtowers that are pretty close to the family villages and an important part of the history of the Chinese diaspora, which my husband and father-in-law are a part of. The setting of these Watchtowers is very beautiful (expansive views of lovely rice fields) and only a couple of hours outside of Guangzhou. If you are looking to connect with family history in this Toison/Taishan region and/or want to see the UNESCO Watchtowers definitely reach out to Damon for this day tour!