18 Days in China. Critique my itinerary (long)

18 Days in China. Critique my itinerary (long)
Jul 6, 2007 17:29
JJASC Points: Join Date: Jun 19, 2007 Status: offline	I'm going on a 18 day trip to china with about 9 relatives (1 baby, the rest adults). I spent alot of time doing research (travel guides, internet, etc). I haven't mapped out exactly what we will do each day, but I selected the more interesting sights in each location. Could you "experts" look over this and tell me how it looks and offer suggestions (interesting places to see, locations, etc), if needed. Thanks! ----------- China Trip (Plan) Day 1 (Thurs): Board Plane at 6:15 pm -11 hour Flight Day 2 (Fri): Arrival Hong Kong @ 10:15 pm, HK time -Check in Hotel/Sleep/Eat Day 3: (Sat) Hong Kong Main Attractions -Victoria Peak Peak Circuit The View The Peak Train -Stanley Market -Hong Kong Museum of Art -Wong Tai Sin Temple -Temple Street & Jade Market -Symphony of Lights - Tsim Tsa Tsui Waterfront -Ocean Park Restaurants City Maxim’s Palace (Best Dim Sum) ($250 per person) Hong Kong Luk Yu Tea House (dim Sum) Hong Kong Yung Kee (Chinese cuisine) Sichuan Cuisne Da Ping Huo ($250 per person), Book ahead Hotels Still Figuring this out Day 4: (Sunday Afternoon/Night) Hong Kong to Guangzhou (via train. 1.5 hours, 450 rmb www.kcrc.com) Main Attractions -Quingping Market -Nan Yue Palace Gardens -Orchid Garden -Nan Yue Tomb -Yuexiu Gongyuan Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall Five Rams Statue Munincipal Musem -Art Museum -Shamian Island -Pear River (night stroll) Eating -Guangzhou Resturant -Toa Tao Ju Resturant -Tao Hueng Seafood Hotpot -Moslem Resturant -Chuanguo Yani Shopping -Haizhu Square -Beijin Lu -Xia Jillu/Shanf Jiuli -Huale Lu -Xiguan Antique Street -Team plaza Day 5: (Mon) Guangzhou See above Day 6: (Tues) Guangzhou See above Day 7: (Wed) Guangzhou See above places Day 8: (Thursday Morning) Guangzhou to Guilin via Plane (45 minutes). Main Attractions -Jinjiang Prince’s Palace* -Duxiu Feng ( the Peak of Lonely Beauty) -Qixing Gongyuan Park -Xiangbi Shan (rock formation) Ludi Yan *Reed Flute Cave -Longsheng Terrace Eateries Guilin is noted for its snake soup, wild cat, and snake bile wine (yum!). -Shengfa Fandian (wok on your table!) -Shiji Mifen (cheap!) -Yiyuan Fandian (English menu here!) Shopping -Night Market

Jul 6, 2007 17:29

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I'm going on a 18 day trip to china with about 9 relatives (1 baby, the rest adults). I spent alot of time doing research (travel guides, internet, etc). I haven't mapped out exactly what we will do each day, but I selected the more interesting sights in each location. Could you "experts" look over this and tell me how it looks and offer suggestions (interesting places to see, locations, etc), if needed.

Thanks!

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China Trip (Plan)

Day 1 (Thurs): Board Plane at 6:15 pm

-11 hour Flight

Day 2 (Fri): Arrival Hong Kong @ 10:15 pm, HK time

-Check in Hotel/Sleep/Eat

Day 3: (Sat) Hong Kong

Main Attractions

-Victoria Peak

*Peak Circuit

*The View

*The Peak Train

-Stanley Market

-Hong Kong Museum of Art

-Wong Tai Sin Temple

-Temple Street & Jade Market

-Symphony of Lights - Tsim Tsa Tsui Waterfront

-Ocean Park

Restaurants

City Maxim’s Palace (Best Dim Sum) ($250 per person)

Hong Kong Luk Yu Tea House (dim Sum)

Hong Kong Yung Kee (Chinese cuisine)

Sichuan Cuisne Da Ping Huo ($250 per person), Book ahead

Hotels

Still Figuring this out

Day 4: (Sunday Afternoon/Night) Hong Kong to Guangzhou (via train. 1.5 hours, 450 rmb www.kcrc.com)

Main Attractions

-Quingping Market

-Nan Yue Palace Gardens

-Orchid Garden

-Nan Yue Tomb

-Yuexiu Gongyuan

*Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall

*Five Rams Statue

*Munincipal Musem

-Art Museum

-Shamian Island

-Pear River (night stroll)

Eating

-Guangzhou Resturant

-Toa Tao Ju Resturant

-Tao Hueng Seafood Hotpot

-Moslem Resturant

-Chuanguo Yani

Shopping

-Haizhu Square

-Beijin Lu

-Xia Jillu/Shanf Jiuli

-Huale Lu

-Xiguan Antique Street

-Team plaza

Day 5: (Mon) Guangzhou

See above

Day 6: (Tues) Guangzhou

See above

Day 7: (Wed) Guangzhou

See above places

Day 8: (Thursday Morning) Guangzhou to Guilin via Plane (45 minutes).

Main Attractions

-Jinjiang Prince’s Palace*

-Duxiu Feng ( the Peak of Lonely Beauty)**

-Qixing Gongyuan Park**

-Xiangbi Shan (rock formation)

Ludi Yan

*Reed Flute Cave

-Longsheng Terrace

Eateries

Guilin is noted for its snake soup, wild cat, and snake bile wine (yum!).

-Shengfa Fandian (wok on your table!)

-Shiji Mifen (cheap!)

-Yiyuan Fandian (English menu here!)

Shopping

-Night Market

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Day 9 (Friday Morning): Guilin to Yangshuo via Li River Cruise, 6 hours (bus for aunty & uncle L) )

- Li River cruise to Yangshuo (6 hours)

Main Attractions

-Xi Jie (820 foot long cobbled street with unique architecture)

-Bilian Feng & Yangshua Gongyuan (100m climbable peak)

-Yueliang Shan (arch shaped rock)

-The scenery (bicycle around!) around yangasho

Eateries

Yangasho’s specialty is beer fish

-Dynasty of Dumplings

-Farmers Trading Market

Hotel

Still working on this

Day 10 (Sat) : Yangshuo

Sight See, see above.

Day 11 (Sun Morning): Yangsho to Gulin to Shanghai (Flight, 1.5 hours, 159 USD)

Main Attractions

-Jinmao Tower (88th floor to see all of shanghai)***

- Oriental Pearl TV Tower (be at the top at night to see spectacular view of city)**

*Shanghai Museum inside tower

*stunning view (especially at night)

- Old Town**

*Yuyan Gardens

*Huxinting Teahouse

*Temple of the Town Gods

-The Bund **

- Bazaar

- Rojam Disco

-Nanjin Lu (shopping district)

- Hanzou (2 hours outside of Shanghai)

* West Lake gardens in

Eateries

-Megabit (food court stalls—chiefs cook in front of you--$25)

-Number 5 ($50)

-M on the Bund (scenic views of shanghai, good food, go at night—$100-200)

-Nanxiang Steam Bun Resturant (ham bows!!—$10-20)

-Bi Feng Tang (Popular Cantonese place-$8-25 renbi)

-Lulu Restaurant (good for group—$18-35 renbi))

-T8 (high class, best--$200 renbi)

-Jean Georges (high class, reserve ahead-$250 renbi)

Day 12: (Mon): Shanghai

See Above

Day 13: (Tues): Shanghai to Hanzou OR Suzhou via bus or charter (2 hour drive) OPTIONAL

- If in Hanzou (2 hours outside of Shanghai)

* West Lake garden

-If in Souhou

*Humble Administrator’s Garden

*Suzhou Silk Musem

Day 14 (Wed Morning): Shanghai to Bejing via flight(40 USD)

Main Attractions

-Tiananmen Square**

*Mao’s Mausoleum

*Qian Men

*Tian’an Men

-Forbidden City**

*Golden Water

*Marble Carirageway

*Hall of Supreme Harmony

-Great Wall**

-Temple of Heaven

*Caisson Ceiling

*Dragon Well Pillars

-Summer Palace

*Longevity Hill

*Garden of Virtue

*Long Corridor

-Under Ground City

-Qian Men

Eateries

-Street Stalls

-Huang Ting (Peking Duck$150)

-Working on more (so many places…trying to find the best)

Day 15 (Thurs): Beijing

See Above

Day 16 (Fri):

See Above

Day 17 (Sat): Bejing to Guangzhou to Hong Kong

-Fly from Bejing to Guangzhou. Pick up stored stuff we bought earlier.

-Bus or fly from Guangzhou to Hong Kong. Overnight in Hong Kong.

-Sight See Hong Kong (see Hong Kong part for ideas)

Day 18 (Sun) : 6 pm flight from Hong Kong to Vancouver

-Last minute HK shopping, exploration. Be at airport by 3:00 pm

Jul 7, 2007 01:04	#2
KSWONG Points: Join Date: Oct 23, 2006 Status: Offline	U seem to have your itinerary all worked out. Nothing to add except u may have to make some contingency plans in case it rains... which is quite often nowadays.

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