Side Trip Advice
Nov 5, 2017 | 3:09 pm
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Side Trip Advice
Hello! We will be heading to China from Dec 8-18. After a quick overnight we will take the high speed train from Beijing West to Xi'an spending three nights there. Then stopping in Pingyao for one night before returning to Beijing. That leaves me with about 4 days to burn before returning to the USA.
I have been to Beijing twice and have seen what I want to see, so I am trying to figure out a good place to visit to burn 2-3 days.
Any advice?
ETA we are looking at Datong...
I have been to Beijing twice and have seen what I want to see, so I am trying to figure out a good place to visit to burn 2-3 days.
Any advice?
ETA we are looking at Datong...
Last edited by golfingboy; Nov 5, 2017 at 4:11 pm
Nov 8, 2017 | 11:39 am
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I visited Shanghai last year and its awesome - fully intend to go to PVG again and visit the 2-3 towns around Shanghai in the near future
Want to stay relatively close to Beijing and do a city that is close to Beijing or between Xi'an and Beijing.
I was tempted by Chengdu but decided it's best to go in the warmer months and explore all the parks in the Sichuan region.
It's looking like we will do 2 days in Datong visiting the grottoes and Hanging Monastery.
Question - for the train ride my friend thinks there is no point paying $10 more for soft sleeper over a hard sleeper. He's even considering hard seat on the day train
any advice on which class we should use?
Want to stay relatively close to Beijing and do a city that is close to Beijing or between Xi'an and Beijing.
I was tempted by Chengdu but decided it's best to go in the warmer months and explore all the parks in the Sichuan region.
It's looking like we will do 2 days in Datong visiting the grottoes and Hanging Monastery.
Question - for the train ride my friend thinks there is no point paying $10 more for soft sleeper over a hard sleeper. He's even considering hard seat on the day train
any advice on which class we should use?
Nov 18, 2017 | 9:14 am
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My bad
We decided on Datong and found a tour guide to take us to the hanging monastery and the Grottoes. My friend who will be staying an extra week after I leave is looking into Qingdao so thanks for the advice!
We decided on Datong and found a tour guide to take us to the hanging monastery and the Grottoes. My friend who will be staying an extra week after I leave is looking into Qingdao so thanks for the advice!