travel plan help

travel plan help
May 13, 2006 08:11
NFUNTERA Points: Join Date: May 12, 2006 Status: offline	I'm in the process of planning my first trip to china in october. I will be travelling for a period of 20 days and would like to limit my travels to the northern area due to lack of time and long distances. I will be looking at flying into shanghai then travelling to beijing, Xian and back to shanghai. Can anyone give me some ideas on other cities I may be able to visit. Don't want to miss out amazing sites which I may pass on my journey. Is is worth also travelling to changsha? or is it a similar experience to the cities i am already visiting. Also what are the train systems like in terms of cost time comfort? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Nic

May 13, 2006 08:11

NFUNTERA
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I'm in the process of planning my first trip to china in october. I will be travelling for a period of 20 days and would like to limit my travels to the northern area due to lack of time and long distances. I will be looking at flying into shanghai then travelling to beijing, Xian and back to shanghai. Can anyone give me some ideas on other cities I may be able to visit. Don't want to miss out amazing sites which I may pass on my journey. Is is worth also travelling to changsha? or is it a similar experience to the cities i am already visiting. Also what are the train systems like in terms of cost time comfort?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Nic

May 18, 2006 03:52

ELLYSE
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What are you more interested in seeing/doing/experiencing on this trip?
Recommendation: Shanghai (2 days) -- Xitang (a water village; 1 day) -- Hangzhou (2 days) -- Kaifeng/Luoyang (1.5 days) -- Xi'an (2.5 days) -- Pingyao (1.5 days) -- Beijing (5 days) -- Nanjing (2 days) -- Suzhou (1.5 days) -- Shanghai (1 day)
I highly recommend trains (especially overnight ones) as a mode of transport around China. I've found them to be generally the most time/cost/comfort-efficient.

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