Where to go BEFORE Beijing (Hong Kong?)

Where to go BEFORE Beijing (Hong Kong?)
May 16, 2006 18:03
DANIELC Points: Join Date: Apr 15, 2006 Status: offline	Hi everyone. A while back I asked for advice about where to go after Beijing and everyone here was a great help. At the time I planned to go to Australia first but unfortunately work has gone on longer than I planned and there really isn't enough time to do it justice. The good thing is though that I should be able to spend longer in China! So, my new question is : where to go BEFORE Beijing. I'm thinking a good place to start is Hong Kong as I hadn't planned to go there to begin with ( After Beijing I roughly plan to go -> Xi’an -> Chengdu -> Chongquing -> Other places! -> Shanghai ). I'll probably have about 3 weeks from landing until having to be in Beijing (28th June where I'll be teaching English for a month). So I could either stay close to Hong Kong and visit surrounding areas and fly from Hong Kong to Beijing for the 28th or make my way North by land for 3 weeks. So, does anyone have any advice? Is there enough around Hong Kong to keep me busy for 3 weeks? Or should I set off North? Any thoughts at all would be really welcome. Thanks a lot Dan

May 16, 2006 18:03

DANIELC
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Hi everyone.

A while back I asked for advice about where to go after Beijing and everyone here was a great help. At the time I planned to go to Australia first but unfortunately work has gone on longer than I planned and there really isn't enough time to do it justice.

The good thing is though that I should be able to spend longer in China!

So, my new question is : where to go BEFORE Beijing.

I'm thinking a good place to start is Hong Kong as I hadn't planned to go there to begin with ( After Beijing I roughly plan to go -> Xi’an -> Chengdu -> Chongquing -> Other places! -> Shanghai ). I'll probably have about 3 weeks from landing until having to be in Beijing (28th June where I'll be teaching English for a month). So I could either stay close to Hong Kong and visit surrounding areas and fly from Hong Kong to Beijing for the 28th or make my way North by land for 3 weeks.

So, does anyone have any advice? Is there enough around Hong Kong to keep me busy for 3 weeks? Or should I set off North?

Any thoughts at all would be really welcome.

Thanks a lot

Dan

May 16, 2006 22:00	#1
MONICA218 Points: 24 Join Date: Apr 18, 2006 Status: Offline	Hi, I suggest you come to xinjiang ,because xinjiang has the diffferent scene from the southern of China ,xinjiang will give you some amazing ,especially the minority's customs and the life styles will attract you deeply. wish you have a good journey!

May 16, 2006 23:16

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If this is your first time to China, would suggest visit the main cities first. In this way u will have an idea of how modern & historical China is. It will erase any mindset/misconception of "backward" China. Places to go may incl Shanghai, HK, Xian, GZ, Dalian, Qingdao.
After u have visited some of the above, u may then wish to visit the rest of China incl XinJiang, Mongolia, Tibet & the Dongbei. These are very different from the normal Han areas. U will then appreciate the variety/colours of this mass land that houses arguably the most cultured/intelligent people in the world !!

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