Shanghai

I had a friend staying in Shanghai. So things were pretty easy for me.
Metro was very conventient though he stayed far from main station and I had to change subway.
People’s Square metro station is like a central station where you can change subway from one line to another and also accessible to the downtown and other hot spots in shanghai.
I went to E Nanjing Road in the afternoon. It is similar to Times Square, with many shops, signboards, lots of people shopping around. There were 6 Mc Donalds on this one road.
Walking to the end of Nanjing Road you come to the river / bund area which gives a nice view of the Skyline and the downtown.
The other side of the river has the oriental tower. The view from the top is very beautiful. The entry prices are high (200 rmb) to go up.
XujiaHui is the technical market back in the city which has a lot of shops selling Electronics, DVD players, TVs, Cameras etc and you can bargain the price. Theres a Pizza Hut nearby.

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Cheap hotels in Dali

Yeah well especially during spring festival it can be a little hard to find really cheap accommadation. And I’m talking cheap, not the 100-150 yuan accommadation that most farangs go for. The place that I found is really close to the old town and quite clean and comfortable. It consists of 2 single beds and a TV, but hey how many travellers can understand Chinese, especially on the idiot box! The only downfall I can tell you is that the toilet is VERY Chinese and there are no showers, but if you are only spending a couple of nights a shower won’t matter too much ( my girlfriend and I rode through Thailand to Malaysia and hardly had any showers!) .This place is only 60 yuan a night. Also if you don’t want to pay for a cable car ticket, just walk up the mountain. You can get to the cloud road path just by walking through the cemetery which is behind the University looking building still under construction. The cemetery is about a 15 min walk from the old town. Be aware the track could be very diffcult for people with any physical problems ( heart problems, asthmatics etc…) If you want to catch a cheap cable car, go to a booking agent called “Micheals”. He is located about a 5 min walk from the Youth Hostelling and charges 60 yuan for a return trip, better than the 82 that everyone else sells.Shanghai Beijing toursXian toursYunnan toursChina Gulin tours Yunnan Lijiang toursChina Suzhou toursYangtze River Cruise toursWuzhen tours

an amazing city i have ever been

have been to Xi’an twice. the first time is to see the famous Emperor Qin’s Terra-cotta warriors and horses, the second time is to climb Huashan. it is really stunning for Chinese ancints to make those terra-cotta warriors and horses with very low productivity. every warrior is different. every warrior’s dressing is different. it is said the craftmen made the warriors according to their own looking. so every warrior is different. just image such a big undergroud military group is just a small part of Emperor Qin’s mausoleum! according to the ancient history book, in order to build the mausoleum, three layers of underground water had been through, and flowing mercury forms the shape of Chinese big rivers, seas. so many things to tell………

mountain resort and temples

4 hours by train from Beijing to see MORE imperial sights? After Forbidden City Summer Palace the Great Wall etc. honestly the 90RMB entrace for foreigners isn’t necessary on your itinerary. But if you want out of the city heat the temples aound the mountain resort are varied and impressive. Entrance fees between 20 and 60RMB. They certainly were alive with Buddhist pilgrims, Llamas,and endless vendors. Weekday departures are quiet on the train. Sunday return was packed. The downhill route was also much more remote (saw some HWY building) Chengde makes a nice not essential side trip from Beijing. Especially if not seeing Tibet (Potala Palace likeness!) 1overnight plenty of time. China Tours from ShanghaiShanghai Beijing ToursShanghai Car Rental ServiceShanghai China ToursShanghai Guilin ToursShanghai Hangzhou ToursShanghai Huangshan ToursShanghai Nanjing Tours Shanghai newsShanghai Ningbo ToursShanghai Side TripsShanghai Suzhou ToursShanghai ToursShanghai Travel GuideShanghai Xian ToursShanghai Yangzhou ToursTailor Made Shanghai ToursWater Town Tours China toursShanghai toursTibet toursSilk Road tours Shanghai Beijing toursXian toursYunnan toursChina Gulin tours Yunnan Lijiang toursChina Suzhou toursYangtze River Cruise toursWuzhen tours Shanghai Huangshan toursMountain Huangshan toursChina Nanjing toursChina travel guide China Mountain Huangshan toursChina Hangzhou toursShanghai car rental serviceChina Tour Packages

Dali Bai Guesthouse – Fu Chun He

Situated inside the foreigner’s path of Dali outdated city, it is largely an unbelievably cosy, friendly and family people sort of guesthouse. if you actually will be the buying type, you can go in and out like twenty occasions every morning if you dont desire to lugg your products for the whole day. Also finding for the cafes at evening is convenient.
The space are pleasant with probably the most uinque bathing room in dali. You will require to go and see to shock yourself. They have broadband internet link all through the space if you actually occur to deliver your individual notebook computer computer. all through the compound there is largely a 100 many years outdated nicely and smiple garden.
At the moment in time they nonetheless possess the regular space for 30 yuan a evening but shortly they are steering to renovate to alter that to remarkable rooms at 100 yuans a space a night. So go and try it out, you will like it. if you actually mention my name, Mr Lim, you may even obtain a discount.
I would ordinarily stay inside the 2nd ground as there may be extra privacy, and yes, tis may be the place for privacy. however the consuming water stress is a good offer better for the rooms inside the soil floor. I personally advise this joint. if you actually possess a group, you can literally blocked out the whole place, they only have 9 rooms!

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Crossing the Nujiang

In Nujiang, which could possibly be the western element of Yunnan sheng, there is river telephone call Nu Jiang. the folks near to another element using the river crosses the river every individual evening for errands and goes to hold out as well as to purchase stuff. although at some point using the river there are considerable suspension bridges, in some area, the regional people have their individual approach to crossing the river. they stringed two powerful cable tv throughout the river. The originating finish off is whatsoever occasions increased compared to destination, on this way the pulleys which performs the transportation will slide the individuals across. everyone consists of a individual pulley which consists of a massive rope looped below it especially where the somebody crossing will seat on. by hooking the pulley onto the cable, the somebody just allow his/her unwanted weight slide it over. It is relatively exciting, specifically in October once the consuming water level using the river is genuine high. You can listen to the rushing using the currents and be good you possess a hard ideas and powerful center to over the dread using the powerful currents below. relatively exciting. You people may try.

Baotou

I live in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, a city with over 2.5 million people, yet I feel like I inhabit a small town! Sounds odd, but thats the feeling I get here. For one, it’s built on the far-reaches of a desert, so no buildings can be over 7 stories high. With no high-rises like other Chinese cities, you just feel like you’re in a suburb. The people are extremely friendly as well. I work as an English teacher at a senior middle school Shanghai tours and the staff are supportive, and the students are wonderful! The people of the town are also quite friendly. There’s usually always a smiling face whenever I go to one of the many markets, or to the shops. People are always willing to lend a hand to help out the foreigner in their midst. Many people stare at me, though, because there are not many foreigners in town. (8, I believe) So, I am both an attraction to be gawked at, and entertainment to some. (especially that time I fell off my bike…) I really don’t mind the stares anymore, though. One really does get used to them after a bit. Feel free to travel to Baotou. People here are very welcoming!

Chengdu

I arrived Chengdu at about 0200 p.m. with the great sense of excitement. After getting off from the plane, I started feeling the sense of challenging by signs written in Chinese around me. It felt really good not to be able to read those signs as what I had missed the most was the sense of unknown. I surely knew this trip would be hard, tough and most importantly challenging due to the fact that I couldn’t speak the language. All I had is only Easy Chinese book, and some Chinese phrases I got out from Lonely Planet book I bought. 

After picking up my backpack, we tried to catch the bus taking us to downtown where we planned to stay on the first night. It was our first time testing whether or not what we had practiced would work. We right on started asking people questions in Chinese. We didn’t even bother talking to them in English as we knew most people barely spoke English. It was fun talking to people in Chinese since most people got what we tried to say after we had said that 3-4 times, at least. Finally, we were physically on the bus that costed only RMB 10 each after 45 minutes of trying, getting frustrated, and laughing at ourselves. 
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10 hours on the bus from Chengdu-Jiuzhaigou

0 hours on the bus from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou seems like a pain in the ass (Sorry if I don’t appropriately use the words), and it is, in fact, really a pain in the ass. 

But, guess what?, there’re what you will miss if you decide to directly fly from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou.

The advantage of taking a bus from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou are opportunities to see mountain views along the way. You’ll have fun trying to figure out how many mountains this bus has already climbed up and down, down and up for last five hours. Those views are GREAT, guys. Especially some of you living in big cities always, I’m certain you’ll find yourself really enjoy those scenes.

Another advantage is the chances to see how people live their lives on mountains. You’ll learn that when bus drivers stop for a break along the way!

It’s not just being on the bus for ten hours. If you’re one of people who are interested in learning people’s different cultures and life styles, here we go, your chance comes.

I had no clue how people on mountains did or lived their lives. But, by being on a bus for about ten hours, my understanding had been drafted more clearly. 

If you look for it, observe it, and think about it, you’ll truly learn from what you have seen and experienced without bothering to look for books that can well describe the differences of Chinese people living in cities versus the ones living on mountains.
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Jiuzhaigou

It’s strongly recommended to spend couple days at Jiuzhaigou, at least. You’re probably able to cover every single site within a day, but you definitely can’t spend much time at each site.

I was in rush walking, chasing buses, and shooting photos. Those incredibly fascinating views are much more worth it than just to be photo shot. It’s nice to just sit still, slowly look at the views, and live with them for a while. 

Once you get there and buy tickets, you can hop on the buses provided by the park officers to explore around the park. 

For those of you who can’t speak the language, be there on your owns, and don’t have much time, try to learn basic Chinese you nescessarily need to ask people for directions. Otherwise, you’ll end up taking wrong buses that don’t take you to where you plan to go. 

For those of you who plan to spend many days at the park, slowly enjoy the scenes, take any buses you like, and stop by every single site then. My travel Blog|Shanghai tours| Shanghai Expo My Blog|Shanghai travel

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