New Reply

Post a Reply

Thread: Travel from central Beijing south by train (to Xian)

Title: (100 characters at most)

Content: ( 3,000 characters at most, please )

You can add emoticons below to your post by clicking them.

[quote=GUEST16144,44024]Hello...
I have been planning an extrnsive trip to China for myself and my 7 year old daughter for two years now. We will be arriving in Beijing in mid-July, and travelling the country for three weeks.

We are both well travelled - I have travelled alone with her since she was three months old. We have not used tours, but travelled with maps and public transportation.

I would like to make sure that our first journey will be a smooth one as we get used to the differences in travel in China as opposed to Afirca and Europe.

After a few days in Beijing, our first major move will be by train to Xian. It seems that overnight train will be our best bet to this area.

Then after 2 days max in Xian, we will head by bus to Chengdu  to spend a day going to the Panda sanctuary and then off to Leshan for a day or two, again by bus.

Do these modes of transportation seem reasonable for this partof our trip?
Please advise if you have travelled a similar path with a small child. Her comfort is my main objective.

Side question: How does hiring a driver from Xian to Chengdu/Leshan compare in price from bus costs??

Please advise if possible.

From Leshan, we will head back (by bus) to Chongquin for a few days on Yangtze River ending up in Wuhan area, spend a day, head down to Guilin, flight up to Shanghai, few days, flight to Hong Kong, few days and then home from Hong Kong.

Am I missing any key areas along those paths that I should look at??

Thanks.[/quote]

characters left

Name:

Get a new code