1st time to China - itinerary help please!

1st time to China - itinerary help please!
Nov 26, 2007 10:23
guest42148	In a few weeks I'm off to China to spend the winter holidays (yay!). A friend and I are taking the ferry from Shimonoseki in Japan to Qingdao. We'll be traveling together for 11 days, after which he has to return to Qingdao to catch the ferry back to Japan. I'll be doing the last week on my own. I think I've managed to come up with an itinerary that allows us to see a lot, yet not be too rushed. But then again, maybe I have tried to squeeze too much in. Please give any comments and/or advice. Thank you! 23 Dec. - Arrive Qingdao 4 pm. 24 Dec. - Qufu 25 Dec. - Morning train to Beijing 26 Dec. - Beijing 27 Dec. - Beijing - Great Wall 28 Dec. - Morning train to Chengde 29 Dec. - Back to Beijing in morning, sleeper to Taiyuan/Pingyao 30 Dec. - Pingyao 31 Dec. - Pingyao (or Xi'an) 1 Jan. - Xi'an 2 Jan. - Xi'an, friend will fly back to Qingdao in the evening and stay the night there. 3 Jan. - Luoyang 4 Jan. - Luoyang 5 Jan. - Zhengzhou 6 Jan. - Zhengzhou, sleeper to Shanghai 7, 8, 9 Jan. - Shanghai. Maybe day trip to Suzhou. Fly back to Qingdao in the evening 10 Jan. - Ferry departs at 8 pm

Nov 26, 2007 10:23

guest42148

In a few weeks I'm off to China to spend the winter holidays (yay!). A friend and I are taking the ferry from Shimonoseki in Japan to Qingdao. We'll be traveling together for 11 days, after which he has to return to Qingdao to catch the ferry back to Japan. I'll be doing the last week on my own. I think I've managed to come up with an itinerary that allows us to see a lot, yet not be too rushed. But then again, maybe I have tried to squeeze too much in. Please give any comments and/or advice. Thank you!

23 Dec. - Arrive Qingdao 4 pm.
24 Dec. - Qufu
25 Dec. - Morning train to Beijing
26 Dec. - Beijing
27 Dec. - Beijing - Great Wall
28 Dec. - Morning train to Chengde
29 Dec. - Back to Beijing in morning, sleeper to Taiyuan/Pingyao
30 Dec. - Pingyao
31 Dec. - Pingyao (or Xi'an)
1 Jan. - Xi'an
2 Jan. - Xi'an, friend will fly back to Qingdao in the evening and stay the night there.
3 Jan. - Luoyang
4 Jan. - Luoyang
5 Jan. - Zhengzhou
6 Jan. - Zhengzhou, sleeper to Shanghai
7, 8, 9 Jan. - Shanghai. Maybe day trip to Suzhou. Fly back to Qingdao in the evening
10 Jan. - Ferry departs at 8 pm

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