Interesting places near Beijing?
Hi,
I'm going to BJS tomorrow for a week. I do not want to spend much time in BJS as I have been there before, so I'm looking for places not too far away from BJS. SHA, CAN, HKG, Kunming are no options as I think I go by (over night) train. Tianjin, Dalian, Qingdao (the two latter for their beaches) comes to mind, but there may be other places that are worth visting for a first timer tourist (outside BJS/Great Wall etc). Please enlighten me!
Are there any places where temperature and humidity are lower during summer?
I will go to China again in late Sept for 3 weeks holiday. The plan is travel around Xian, Chengdu and perhabs take the new train to Lhasa. I'm however a little concerned that apparently 1 Oct is a public holiday and it goes on for a week! I suppose that many Chinese people will be travelling and it may be difficult to get availability on trains, flights and hotels. Please correct me if I'm wrong, because I'm actually considering postponing the trip until mid Oct. What would you do?