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[quote=ALBINOFAWN              ,4335]Thank you all for respoding! I will try to address each of your responses and offer my own questions as well.PEPPER MINT SAID:"In China, where there is no railway, there will be long-distance buses though it is not that safe for foreigners."- I am interested in know how dangerous these long distance bus rides are. I have just been reading about the Silk Road and I was hoping to travel along it West. I wonder if independent travel in Western China is safe enough, even though I am very adventurous!PEPPER MINT SAID:"It seems Guilin is quite a keypoint on your way.however, remember, Guilin is not a terminal but only a stop, which means train ticket would be very difficult to buy."- DEE0228 mentioned the train times and I looked them up myself. Is it really true that I can not stop in Guilin?Thank you for the Tibet information, but I meant to say NEPAL. It was my error in saying Tibet, when the people I know live in Nepal.I do not know Mandarin. I can only speak English. Thank you fro Anthea for your help. You wrote:"How about your transportation in each city? I presume you should prepare a lot before your departure:)"- I assumed that I would take the train, or taxi/bus for short distances. The main reason why we want to do independent travel is so we can stay in one place for a long time. I would like to spend a week in Guilin. Lots of tours only spend a few days there. DEE0228 said:"You said you would like to travel independently, but i'm afraid if you do not have firends or any guide here, you will feel inconvenient especially for the communication." - What would you recommend, since the price of the tours is sort of expensive and we would like to live very inexpensively. Should I take a city tour, or obtain the whole package so that my trip is more convenient? In past trips, we have lived very cheaply and explored on our own. I understand, though, that China is very big and we need to be smart about our plans. DEE0228 - THANK YOU for your itinerary! In order for you to understand our trip more, we are interested in seeing mostly the countryside and natural beauty, not the populated place. We are filming a 16mm movie of the Chinese landscape and we are looking for the most visually interesting places in China. Is our itinerary already a travel package that we can book? It seems from your comments that it is best to plan a tour - providing that we can stay in selected place for longer periods of time. [/quote]

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