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I need help (15 days china and vietnam)
Posted by shangguan
... that on day one you arrive in Beijing. That will mean in reality, you will only really have day 2 to visit it. One day in Beijing is pretty short. Depending on what you want to see, you'll only get to see one or two sites. On the third morning you ...
China Trails
Posted by cinacortez
... more tourists are looking into so called China Trails. These are similar to tours, but for many more developed regions like Beijing, Shanghai, Guilin, etc. they let travelers travel independently. I also heard their prices are much lower than other tour ...
another new comer^^
Posted by pan-jh
... 2008 but do come to ShangHai this year for Expo,you won't reget!! oh, do you want to enjoy Spring Festival ? no no no.....not China town in you country,come to Beijing to have the authentic and most important holiday. it's Feb 13th.
China Trails
Posted by emiliadiasas
... more tourists are looking into so called China Trails. These are similar to tours, but for many more developed regions like Beijing, Shanghai, Guilin, etc. they let travelers travel independently. I also heard their prices are much lower than other tour ...
Backpacking in Asia (China - Japan - December 2007 - January 2008)
Posted by bjkizza
... does anyone have any ideas? d) Last but not least, in China we are hoping to travel to the following destinations, Shanghai, Beijing, Xian, Chengdu Gualin in any particular order, arriving last in Hong Kong. Do you think it would be better to do this ...
Getting ready to go to China
Posted by akwoman59
... to be ready. This is going to be a great trip, I am going to hike a part of the Great Wall for over 5 hours, bike in Beijing and along the famous Li River in Guilin and just have the time of my life. Everyone is invited to tag along via Travelpod! I ...
Oh honey, don't stare, its rude
Posted by mrconfused
... that, as bad as it seems now, it's a hundred times better than it was then. I would be interested to hear what Beijing was like during the Olympics, since they were supposed to have a whole campaign to clean up people's behaviour - no spitting, no ...
Valentine's Day plans: What did you do?
Posted by exploreamerica
... because it is a bit difficult getting in an out and they'll take care of all that. On my own I will explore Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Xian, and Guilin. Then I figured that since the flight home is so long that I should stop at some other places and ...
Like Mongolia travelmate for mid/end June til July
Posted by maura
Hi all, I am in west china at the moment and will head to beijing around mid-June to get my Mongolia visa. The, I am opff to Mongolia and would love to find some travel buddies to share transportation and travel stories. Contact me via ...
Feedback on our new maps!
Posted by lucky
The maps rock! But the specific city thing is really important, a good example would be China (from personal experience) it marks Beijing, but many people who travel in China don't even go there and then it looks really funny when you go from ...
Feedback on our new maps!
Posted by Tomer
The maps rock! But the specific city thing is really important, a good example would be China (from personal experience) it marks Beijing, but many people who travel in China don't even go there and then it looks really funny when you go from Laos ...
I need help (15 days china and vietnam)
Posted by voyagemavie
HI! I'm going to china and vietnam only 15 days, this is where I plan to go Beijing day 1 and 2 yangshuo day 3 and 4 longsheng day 5 and 6 hanoi day 7 ha long day 8 and 9 hcmv chuchi day 10 delta day 11 and 12 mui ne day 13 and 14 back home ...
Getting ready to go to China
Posted by akwoman59
... China Highlights, they worked with me to get all of the things I want to do and see, even the train ride from Shanghai to Beijing and the plane ride from Beijing to Guilin, the hike on the Wall and everything else for $2,000. That includes hotels, 2 ...
another new comer^^
Posted by pan-jh
... and the only thing i eager to do is holding my quilt as warm as i can. i know some other places are much colder than Beijing but it's cold enoug to me-_- Spring Festival is important to us as the Christmas to westeners,most of time i have a family ...
Caribbean Expert Profile: Guy Paul Dubois
Posted by johnson123456
... to arrive at Machu Picchu is so magical, it was worth it! My worst experience would be going to Tai Shan in China (south of Beijing) to climb the mountain. Everybody was stopping to take pictures of us all the time, which was funny at the beginning. ...
Ambitious and clueless. Help! :)
Posted by kilgiraffe
... the Trans-Siberian across to China and see South-East Asia and Japan from there! It's very easy to get ferries from Beijing/Tianjin to South Korea and Japan, and the road from Beijing to SE Asia is a well established one. The Trans-Siberian isn&# ...
Caribbean Expert Profile: Guy Paul Dubois
Posted by starlagurl
... to arrive at Machu Picchu is so magical, it was worth it! My worst experience would be going to Tai Shan in China (south of Beijing) to climb the mountain. Everybody was stopping to take pictures of us all the time, which was funny at the beginning. ...
Driving across Europe
Posted by travelmonster
... that will allow you to pick a hire car up in say France, drive across Europe in it and through say China and drop it off in Beijing for example. The Avis site says "Rental between your selected stations is not permitted". And I can't find ...
Going to the more frigid parts of the world - what to take?
Posted by oliviaboyd
Hi all, I'm a sub-tropical-bred girl heading off to live in Beijing in the middle of winter to be a poor and lowly student, and I'm starting to get a bit paranoid that I might pack the wrong things and end up as a human icy-pole. Anyone got some ...
TIBET FROM CHINA
Posted by lraleigh
... to weigh when you consider taking the train--consequences to Tibet first and foremost. Ways to get into Tibet from China: Flying from Beijing, Chengdu, Xi'an, Zhongdian, and Kathmandu. Train from Qinghai, with trains coming from the Beijing and ...
RTW planning
Posted by Jennifer
... 2 weeks Malaysia- 1 week Indonesia - 3 weeks Thailand -4 weeks Burma- 2 weeks India- 4 weeks Nepal-1 week Tibet- 2 weeks Back to Beijing for Trans Siberian -2 week Sweden-few days Denmark-few days Amsterdam- 1 week UK- 2 weeks France- 1 week Germany- 2 ...
What's the best travel bargain you've ever found?
Posted by stevejames
... share the location of the cheapest beer I've found on my travels... There's a superb hostel called the Far East Hostel in Beijing. After 11pm, its bar offers two large (>600ml) bottles of Tsing Tao beer - for 2 Yuan. 2 Yuan is about US &# ...
Taiwan to Hong Kong/China by boat?
Posted by 22277
... (about 1.5 hours, 2 times per day) and Mawei is about 15 min car drive to Fuzhou where you can take a train to Beijing (1 night) or somewhere. I tryed this path to there and back already 4 times and everything works fine, you just need someone helps to ...
UNESCO Heritage Sites
Posted by exploreamerica
... of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor The Great Wall in China Ancient City of Pingyao Summer Palace in Beijing Temple of Heaven Longmen Grottos Kronborg Castle Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis Historic Cairo Nubian ...
Travel from Thailand to China
Posted by jeremystravels
... myself and depending on the time you have free you could get pretty crazy with an itinerary. I am personally looking at going from Beijing down to Singapore myself but if you have a good amount of time why not take the long way to get there? You can ...
Ten Life Defining things to do!
Posted by exploreamerica
... able to go to Japan now after all. I will try again for next summer. However, I just bought my plane ticket 3 days ago for China. I am flying to Beijing on June 16 and I will stay for 3 weeks. It is a one way ticket and so I don't knnow where I will ...
How can you help Tibet
Posted by wakingdream
... 's moving and inspirational. "The action by the Free Tibet Campaign is the latest of several protests and reports accusing China of failing to fulfil its promise to improve its human rights record before the Games." As one reporter put it: ...