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[quote=ADRIANRJ,291193]Hi, 
in the middle of November I'll finish my present contract and go back to Europe for up to 1 year until my Australian permanent residence visa is, hopefuly, granted... on the way back to Poland I would like to vistit China and I'm thinking about 1 month backpackers type trip, starting around 15-20 of November 2008...

My plan includes:
->Shanghai: 5 days
->by train (1 day) to Xian: 5 days
->by bus (1 day) to Chengdu: 5 days
->by plane to Lhasa: 6 days
->by train (2 days) to Beijing 5 days.
Probably it'll change to accomodate to the situation after the earthquake in Sichuan but maybe not...

I have a friend from Shanghai living currently in Beijing, and a friend from Chengdu currently in Canberra so with their help I should be able to organize the most of the trip as well as possible... However, I still need some advice on the Tibetan part of the trip, specially since individual travelling is not permitted there... and I wouldn't mind if some English speaking locals (preferably female) would like to be my guides... I don't know a single phrase in Chinese so I can imagine that outside Shanghai and Beijing I can have some problems with the communication...

If you are familiar with the way Tibet tours operate, if you know how much freedom of traveling do they give and what is the best and the cheapest option to go there and to see as much as possible in 5-6 days, or if you would like to be my companion during the whole trip or just some part of it, please do write to me (adrianrj@poczta.onet.pl).

I'm a 33 year young Polish man, and as you can see in my profile here - a freethinker loving hiking, traveling, motorbike riding and TOOL:) So far, besides Poland and Australia, I have visited Czech Republik, Slovakia, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, France, Spain, UK, Turkey, US, India and Nepal.
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