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[quote=CHYNAGYRL ,34048]Maybe I can give you some advice. I traveled to China during the Spring Festival (February) and stayed for three weeks. For the first week, I stayed in Beijing and climbed the Great Wall (Shimatai-Jinshanling, great section), visited the Forbidden City, and explored Beihai Park, and different temples. I also enjoyed exploring the Qianmen area, which is a good place to buy Chinese art and name seals.During the second week, we took the overnight train (8:30pm-7:15am) to Xian. Xian is noted for the Qin Mausoleums and those are very impressive, and Xian in some ways a cooler place than Beijing since it was the original capital of China. I visited two nice temples -- Big Goose and Little Goose Pagoda (really cool), and you could also try the Muslim mutton-noodles there. The city is pretty grimy though (black snow in winter) so I didn't stay there too long.After that we flew to southern China, directly to Guilin, and took the river cruise to Yangshuo, which is in the heart of the famous karst hills. The cruise is nice, but bring your earplugs. Yangshuo was my favourite part of China. You can eat well, even French restaurants there, although it is a little pricey compared to non-tourist areas. You could rent a bike and go explore the hills, its very peaceful out there. I got lost on my bike, and was rafted back near Guilin by a local villager.Well, if you would like any other information, please write a private message. In total, I spent in-China about $1,000 including airfare. We stayed in hotels. In Beijing I stayed at HujiaLou, where they have hot spring water pumped into the bathtubs, that was about 180RMB an evening (double bed). Train ticket, soft sleeper to Xian was about 400 RMB, then flight to Guilin around 1200 RMB. The accomodations were generally spacious. My friends and I got a private two bedroom, living room suite with a nice view, and it was about 200RMB a night. It was not expensive shared three ways. After my friends left, the hotel let me keep my bedroom, still in the three-bedroom suite for 80RMB a night. The food can be expensive though, mind you, particularly in Beijing. The Peking Duck dinners are a classy affair, so make sure you budget for that, unless you want to eat fast food every day. We tried a lot of different foods and ended up paying about 80RMB each for really nice dinners. I hope this helps you.[/quote]
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