recommend a great hostel in hong kong - YESINN    Hong Kong | ICEICE | May 25, 2007 07:54 GMT-6

We love yesinn.Great location,very clean and friendly. We stayed for 9 nights and would come back again. Their web is www.yesinn.com!

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Where to stay in Chengdu    Chengdu | CSHANSELLO | Apr 12, 2007 21:46 GMT-6

Hi all!
Just wanted you to know that I really like staying in "Holly's Hostel" in Chengdu. I have been to Chengdu twice, and stayed there both times. A private room is 100-120 RMB. The people are helpful and friendly, the cafe is pretty good and cheep (I like the ginger tea), and the location is great (right by the Wuhou temple and Tibet street). I think it is my favorite place to stay in China.

The only things you should know if you stay there is that the showers aren't great (the water goes from hot to cold, and in the morning, I only got a trickle of water), and the Sichuan Opera show isn't worth the money. Near the Wuhou temple, there is a tea house where you can see a show for the price of a cup of tea (15 yuan for the cheepest tea).

If you stay there, there is an excellent Dan Dan noodle resturaunt (just look for the crowd eating noodles!) and a great Tibetan resturaunt (the outside is yellow with a yak painted on the side). The hot pot on the main street is also very good.
Have fun in Chengdu!

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Inexpensive hotel in Kunming    Kunming | WINDENERGY | Jun 6, 2007 03:06 GMT-6

I got this tip from a fellow traveler on the bus ride to Lijiang. I prefer a private room with a bath instead of a dormitory usually. At the Camellia Hotel, I stayed 4 nights in a private room for 120 rmb/night. A cheaper alternative is the Yun Du Hotel (Chinese owned, 2 star) which is allowed to lodge foreign travelers. It is located near the long-distance bus station and train station on Beijing Lu. One night rooms are available for only 80 rmb/night.

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Mama Naxi's in Lijiang    Lijiang | WINDENERGY | Apr 5, 2007 06:50 GMT-6

Mama Naxi'sguesthouse in Lijiang offers the traveler a very inexpensive bed,as well as serving both breakfast and dinner. A dormitory bed is only 15 rmb/night and dinner is just 10 rmb for all you can eat. I was also given assistance on places to see and were to buy a cheap return bus ticket to Kunming. You can call Mama Naxi if you are wandering lost in Lijiang @ 8881012.

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Lodging in Guangzhou    -General- | JOSE | Apr 1, 2007 21:21 GMT-6

Apr. 2006. For the Canton Fair the rates of the hotel climb up to 3 times the prices. However, always you can get room. Just arrive to the airport or train station and you will find many many offers of hotel brokers, with reasonable prices. You can bargain there more easily.

However, remember: three star in china is not the same that in US or Europe, and many times many things doesn´t work as expected, so be patient.

I recommend also to pay the hotel just one or two nights per time, since the rates will go down according to the fairs goes. This means, in the third day you may get half of the initial rate.

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Staying on Lamma Island by Involvementstay    Hong Kong | TRAVELHK | Jan 25, 2007 03:38 GMT-6

A family of ours who went to HK for 4 days and we stayed in some special accommodation--Lamma Island, It is near Central, and we need to take the ferry to go there, it was fabulous and we can see the city view and country view on the way to the resort and Central.
Accommodation is cheap compared with hotel and the place is near the pier, safe, quiet and nice. Different feeling with staying in hotel in downtown, anyway it is a good try and book online through Involvementstay like email. They also have the webiste here:
http://www.involvementstay.com/

Hong Kong is great as I stay on Lamma Island, I visit Central and HK Island a lot

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Hostles    Shanghai | EEUREKA | Jan 5, 2007 22:05 GMT-6

While I was traveling around in China I found that the nicest, cheepest, funnest places to stay were the hostles. There are so many opprotunities to meet many different kinds of people. The hostle that I used the most in China was called the International Youth Hostle. They are clean, their staff know English and are extremely helpful, and best of all, you can find them in most any city you are in. Just go to http://www.iyhf.org/ and you can get directions to hostles in the city you will be in, reserve rooms, and check prices. Its great. I highly recomend them.

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Budget Hotels    Nanning | APAULT | Dec 27, 2006 05:07 GMT-6

Budget Hotels
Near the South bus station there are numerous cheap hotels to the south, turn right form the bus station on Xingguang Lu and cross the river. There are not many hotels near the railway station, though there are some slightly higher standard ones there. From Beida bus station in the north west, turn right for hotels under Y100.

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