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[quote=APAULT,356160]Yes, you will need a double entry visa which is not usually any more difficult to obtain than a single entry.

If you check out past threads on travel, you will see that you can choose train travel and bus.  I mostly use buses as they are easier to book at short notice.  There are difficulties, like multiple bus stations in each city (there are 18 in Guangzhou, for example) and often little knowledge in one bus station about what runs from the others.  There is also little information on the internet in English about buses.  To get off the beaten track is not always easy if you don't speak Chinese.  If you can't get local info in advamce, try looking for older, smaller buses, sometimes just behingd the main bus station. Failing that, head out of town on a road heading in the right direction and wave down buses that come by.

I suggest looking for established off the road routes that are documented in various books and websites.  As you mentioned Guilin, take buses from Guilin to Sanjiang and then the locally famous wooden bridges at Chengyang bridge, then continue through the mountains to Kaili.   All this journey is thrrough excellent scenery and Dong and Miao villages.

Number one advice, don't try to do too much too quickly - it takes time to gather info, you will not find the right roads or buses, and so on.  Even when I travel with Chinese we meet a few problems.[/quote]

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