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Forums from Beijing, China
Amazing Great Wall experience
Posted by rbisset
It's easy enough to arrange from your hostel in Beijing for about the same price. There'll be a bus load going there every morning. I did this section and it was great!
Amazing Great Wall experience
Posted by jeremystravels
That is good information. I'll have to remember this next year when I go to Beijing. This is the section of the wall that I want to hike!
Beijing/Tibet return in 10 days or so
Posted by starlagurl
Well, Wikitravel says it's a 48 hour train trip from Beijing:
Beijing/Tibet return in 10 days or so
Posted by boston333
Hello Everybody Very much appreciate input/suggestions/options for the following * Wish to depart Beijing to Tibet and return ( in June ) over 10/12 days * Do not want to necessarilty travel the 4 days on the train. * Other ways to do this journey - ...
The world at my feet
Posted by ruthperelstein
Greetings fellow travelers, I am about to begin my travels to Asia. I interested in any expert tips on Beijing, Shanghai or Tokyo. My husband and I will be there for about a week in each location. Please clue me into anything that would make our trip ...
Help! Tour around china
Posted by baphometdemon
the Forbidden City,the Summer Palace,Temple of Heaven Park and the Great Wall, Make it outside of Beijing there chief?
Help! Tour around china
Posted by happysheep
If you head to Beijing and Shanghai and Xi'an, it is worth balancing out these old/new, crowded/dirty places with somewhere out West - Sichuan or Yunnan. Or Guilin, closer to Hong Kong. More than 2/3rds of the visitors I meet who make it to Yunnan say ...
Five Must-visit Courtyard (Siheyuan) Hutong Bars in Beijing
Posted by breeze2008
More informations of beijing's bars on www.echinacities.com.
China's penis restaurant
Posted by travelmonster
There are several varieties of steamed, roasted and boiled penis at Beijing's quirkiest diner This cracked me up!! Anyone fancy eating here?
Problem with China travel plans- can anyone help?
Posted by rbisset
No need to fly from Xi'an to Beijing, it's a comfortable 12 hours sleeper train
Travel to and from Beijing
Posted by starlagurl
... 036;1,000, I guess that is out of your budget. You could try the train, here are some travel blogs about the train to Hanoi, from various cities, but I couldn't find any from Beijing. However, no one seems to have had too bad of an experience:
travelling in China this summer
Posted by billman_teskey
hey! I will be in Beijing from August 1-3 and then in Changchun from then until.... whenever I want to leave! probably at least a year (with much travelling in between!) I'm a 20 year old Male from Canada
Places to stay in Beijing/Xi'an/Shanghai?
Posted by dai20008
... ; date='Jun 13 2006, 10:52 AM' post='5184'] Anyone have any places they would recommend to stay at in Beijing/Xi'an/Shanghai? We like places that are fairly central to places to see, and is clean. We aren't really particular about ...
Places to stay in Beijing/Xi'an/Shanghai?
Posted by rbisset
Far East International Hostel, Beijing - One of the best hostels I stayed at in my year travelling. Captains, Shanghai - Didn't stay there but it looked very good and spitting distance from the Bund. Xi'an? - Godknows! I stayed at the Jim ...
Tibet at the end of July
Posted by sarichka10
Hey- I'm planning to go to tibet at the end of july. currently i am in beijing working at an internship. I was planning to go to chengdu to try to see a friend and arrange travel to tibet from there. guidebooks say you can get your permits and " ...
Tibet at the end of July
Posted by fourloves
... in that they are very difficult to get at the moment aside from official tour groups. There are a couple of shady deals in beijing, but you should probably factor in some time to deal with this issue. Plus, july might be even tighter, as more protests are ...
Tibet Permit Issues
Posted by fourloves
... very restrictive, expensive and unavailable to Foreigners. On the 22nd in Xian, it was 1000 Kwai for the permit, now on the 26th in Beijing, Leo's hostel has told me to wait for a few days to get a permit. From Lanzhou, one can get a black market ...
from plane to train to automobile in china
Posted by rbisset
... . The hostels/hotels make it very easy for you to get a ticket and charge a bit of a commision which I thought was ok. Anyway, Beijing's a great city and well worth at least a few days. I was there a week and still could have found more stuff to see/ ...
from plane to train to automobile in china
Posted by rbisset
... . They are always in demand and we normally needed to book 3 days in advance! There are 4 long distance train stations (I think) in Beijing so make sure you know which one you need. Wuhan's a big city so it may be very hard to get a ticket straight ...
from plane to train to automobile in china
Posted by kacee
has anyone tried to do this?? i'm flying into PEK (beijing intl airport) and will then attempt to catch a train to wuhan...which i think is about 10 hours away. i just want to know what to expect...will i be able to just show up and get a ticket for ...
What is your favorite book about Houtongs in Beijing?
Posted by Beardsley
I never did find a decent book on hutongs, so I bought a Beijing Lonely Planet and wrote dozens of PostIt Notes on my favorite places and put them on the relevant pages. Best laid plans...
Places to stay in Beijing/Xi'an/Shanghai?
Posted by Incrediblelife
Anyone have any places they would recommend to stay at in Beijing/Xi'an/Shanghai? We like places that are fairly central to places to see, and is clean. We aren't really particular about if it is a hostel or hotel. Thanks for any suggestions! ...
Olympics
Posted by starlagurl
... for a while at the Olympics to watch women's softball and boxing. Blogger pdjw does a big tour around China, visits her family in Beijing and takes in a baseball game and track and field competitions. View China through cameraman Lsrieck's lens as ...
Beginning stages of planning SE asia trip
Posted by aopaq
... to Beijing and back down to HK should let you see most of the attractions. An alternative is to fly from Beijing or Shanghai to Japan, if you find China too tiring. However, with your budget, adding Japan might be tricky. If you are looking at overall 10, ...
China/Hong Kong March/April Looking to meet fellow travelers
Posted by Carol
... April BEIJING (3 NIGHT) 3rd April-4th April SHANGHAI (1 NIGHT) 4th April-9th April HONG KONG (5 NIGHTS) I have been to china (beijing and shanghai), maybe you can find your favorite parnter or guide at , I got this website from my chinese ...