You are zigzagging. You should save Xian after Hangzhou and before Guilin.
Don't get any guide. Most guides are useless at best, taking you to all the shopping places at worst. Just get a driver.
Since you're planning to visit Macau, might as well stay there for a night, even two nights since hotel there is much cheaper. For the cost of a reflgular room at the IC in HK, you can get a room with own swimming pool at the Banyan Tree, for example.
Last edited by rkkwan; Jul 12, 2012 at 4:32 am