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Thread: Help estimating time on first China visit
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[quote=DONS,563073]My wife and I will be visiting China in October. We are in our 70's and don't move as fast as we would like. We do not speak Chinese and will be relying on our English speaking Chinese friends and our cell phones for translation. (I have a couple of VPNs. Are there free-standing translation apps for Android phones? I haven't found any yet.) We will visit friends in Beijing, Lvliang, Shanghai and Hangzhou. Lvliang may be a problem for us so we may pay to fly our friend to Beijing. We want to see the Great Wall, Tianamen Square, and any other suggested places. What hotels are best located for those areas? After the north, we will go to Shanghai and Hangzhou. Someone suggested we tour Sozhou too. Our Shanghai friend lives in the New Pudong area. Any hotel and sightseeing suggestions there? We plan on 7 or 8 days in Beijing, a week in the Shanghai area and a week in Hangzhou and travel between the cities. Does that time frame sound reasonable? I have read that the Great Wall is a 3 hour ride from Beijing and at least 3 or 4 hours to tour. That would be one long day in itself. I am having trouble visualizing the size of these cities. They are several times the size of NYC in population and cover more area than the Dallas/Ft. Worth area where we live. We drive everywhere we go. Are taxis the best way to get around or is it more cost effective to hire a car and driver for the day? We would like to stay in 4 or 5 star hotels that deserve the rating. 50 years ago, a hostel would be very nice but no longer. I appreciate any suggestions you may have. There seems to be a wealth of knowledge here. Thank you. DonS Dallas, TX USA [/quote]
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