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[quote=GRIZ326,229339]I found quite a few maps, but as detailed as they were, they didn't do the trick just yet.  ...and my next trick will be trying to figure out how much each train ride is going to cost.....

...of course, the final trick will be to realize that I am not Superman and cannot leap tall pagodas in a single bound...that I need to sleep...and that sleeping on the train doesn't give a guy my age good sleep.

Just for fun....my current itinary goes:

Hong Kong->Shenzhen->Guangzhou
Guangzhou->Nanning->Kunming
Nanning->Kunming
Kunming->Guiyang
Guiyang->Changsha
Changsha->Chengdu
Chengdu->Beijing

The reality:

500 hours in China
147 hours of sleep (7 hrs/day)
60 hours on trains (5 major segments around 10hrs)
4 hour flight Chendu-Beijing including security

These rough numbers leave me just 289 hours/12 days to enjoy China.

...but I would really like to squeeze in Xian too....;)

Stay tuned as I try to bring this into something resembling a realistic, wanderer's trip.

*hehehehe* should be entertaining....[/quote]

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