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[quote=HKFOOEY ,8349]I am an Aussie living in Beijing. I think you should be okay - exhausted by the end, but that's part of it right. As the others said you might have difficulty doing it independently only because of the language barrier in taxis, everywhere else most people speak enough to get by. You might wanna by a phrasebook. But grab a hotel card from reception, on the back should be all the major sites in Beijing plus the airport, in Chinese characters so you can just show it to the taxi driver, or ask someone in the hotel to write down on a piece of paper the places you intend to go if not on the card. Depending on your budget and physical condition I highly recommend spending a day walking the Great Wall from Jinshanling to Simatai - for an authentic wall experience anyway. Check out CNAdventure's website - www.cnadventure.com for details of their one day trek for very cheap, and they don't take you on any sidetrips, however it is a very long day. I think hiring a taxi for the day to go there and back costs is supposed to cost around 400yuan. We are going to Xi'an in a couple of weeks and there is supposed to be a green public bus 306 and 307 that you can catch to and from the Terracotta Warriors which is located near the central railway station, a return ticket is supposed to be 8yuan. By travelling this way rather than with a tour group you avoid being taken to extra sights that aren't so interesting - more tourist traps, and you don't waste time, leaving you more time to do as you please. Mt Huashan is also about 1 1/2-2 hours out of Xi'an and we have booked a taxi for the day for 700yuan (maybe a little pricey) but he will take us there and back, and wait for the entire day. Check out www.taxitour.com you can arrange car hire through Clarence Guo. Anyway hope that helps, have fun![/quote]
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