Tomorrow morning I am flying off to China for 12 days.
At the moment, my itinerary is pretty up in the air. I am leaving almost immediately after arriving in Beijing to head to Xi'an. There I plan on seeing the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (with the Terracotta Warriors) and (what I am actually more excited for) the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor. I also want to go to Banpo, Mount Hua, the Zhao Mausoleum, and Yan'an.
Beyond that, I don't really have any specific plans or destinations. I need to be back in Beijing by the 28th.
Anybody have any advice on what to do/where to go? I don't think anyone on these forums lives there (at least not that I've noticed). I know I can just look in a guidebook and see all the standard stuff on the tourist route, so I was mostly interested in knowing if people had ideas as to interesting off-the-beaten-track kinds of places (especially historical sites) that aren't as well visited or advertised.
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Ziggy Stardust
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Re: China
Oh yeah? Maybe I can arrange something, or at least get some good advice.
In any case, I now know a little more about my itinerary (I am meeting an old family friend in Beijing who will be showing me around, I was waiting for him to e-mail me with his plan).
It looks like I fly into Beijing, then the next day take the train to Jinan. From there, we will be driving out to Zhengzhou and then Xi'an; stops at the Juye incident site, Heze, Kaifeng, the White Horse Temple, and other places.
In any case, I now know a little more about my itinerary (I am meeting an old family friend in Beijing who will be showing me around, I was waiting for him to e-mail me with his plan).
It looks like I fly into Beijing, then the next day take the train to Jinan. From there, we will be driving out to Zhengzhou and then Xi'an; stops at the Juye incident site, Heze, Kaifeng, the White Horse Temple, and other places.
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Re: China
I'll be in Dalian for the next two weeks, but that's a little out of your way, I think.
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Re: China
I would go to Guilin In Guangxi province which is well known as a tourist place. You might get a feel for the cultures of the ethnic minorities who live there, and it has really nice scenery.
Other places of note, that James Cameron's Avatar created those floating mountains based on some Chinese mountains, notably Huasan and Zhangjiajie (?sp). Been to the latter, and its beautiful, but they don't seem to have much skill in managing long lines.
Also Lusankanya would recommend Luoyang - she certainly recommended it to me when we caught up earlier this year.
Other places of note, that James Cameron's Avatar created those floating mountains based on some Chinese mountains, notably Huasan and Zhangjiajie (?sp). Been to the latter, and its beautiful, but they don't seem to have much skill in managing long lines.
Also Lusankanya would recommend Luoyang - she certainly recommended it to me when we caught up earlier this year.
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Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, USA.
Always on the lookout for more nice places to visit.
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Re: China
I actually did manage to see both Huasan and Luoyang on my trip.
At some point I am going to post something about my trip, because some of the more obscure historical sites I visited will be of some interest to people here, I think. Anyway, thanks for the advice!
At some point I am going to post something about my trip, because some of the more obscure historical sites I visited will be of some interest to people here, I think. Anyway, thanks for the advice!
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mr friendly guy
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Did you get any good pictures? If so please post them.
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Countries I have been to - 14.
Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, USA.
Always on the lookout for more nice places to visit.
Countries I have been to - 14.
Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, USA.
Always on the lookout for more nice places to visit.
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Re: China
I took approximately 1200 pictures. At the moment, I only have 200 (for various reasons, the rest of them ended up on my sister's laptop, I am still waiting for her to send them to me). But, yes, I will at some point in the next couple of weeks have a big photo thread (honestly, I might even do multiple separate ones for different places I went, depending on how many good shots I have ... though if a mod thinks that is too obnoxious I won't).