| Jian Shuo, I need your help!!! My husband and I will be travelling to China in November, but we need more information on trains and flights between cities (specifically, the times and prices). We only have 2 weeks to visit, so we need to travel as effciently as possible. We will be visiting my Spanish friends who will also be in Shanghai on November 12th to the 17th when we take a flight to Beijing. While in Shanghai, we plan to make a small trip to Suzhou for a few hours, and then possibly another to Huangshan. Do you think Huangshan is definitely worth the visit (I understand that it is 3 hours outside of Shanghai)? Of course, we would like to invite you and Wendy to join us for dinner on one of our nights in your city :) Don't worry, we are a fun group of people - all in our 20's. Also, could you tell me the place in Shanghai to buy tailored shirts and suits for the best price? From Shanghai, we will take the earliest flight to Beijing and stay until November 19. That leaves only 2 days to visit the Great Wall and the Hutongs. Then, we will take the last flight of the day to Xi'an. We plan to rent bicycles to ride along the city wall early in the morning, visit the terracotta warriors and the Shanxi Lìshi Bówùguan museum, and then take an overnight train (16 hours or so) to Yichang. In Yichang, we plan to take a "peapod" boat along the Shénnóng Stream (off the Yángzi River) for the 2-hour journey through a long, narrow canyon past the famous suspended coffins of the Ba people, howler monkeys, waterfalls, the Dàníng and Shénnóng gorges, and the Three Gorges Dam. After that small excursion, we plan to take another overnight train to Changsha, where we will take an early morning bus for 2.5 hours to Nan Yue Heng Shan mountain to take a cable car to the top and visit the monasteries. Following that, we plan to return to Changsha during the late afternoon in order to board a plane to either Lhasa or Hong Kong. This is where I most need your help. In mid-November, will it be too cold to visit Tibet? Are there daily flights to Lhasa from Changsha? How much do these flights cost? The alternative is Hong Kong. Are there daily flights to Hong Kong from Changsha in November? How much do these flights cost? Finally, we will need a return flight to Shanghai to catch our 17:00 flight back to the USA on the 26th. I plan to purchase our airplane tickets once we arrive in China (as you have advised in your blog). Where is the best place to do so in Shanghai? Will it be possible to make all of our flight arrangements at the same place in Shanghai (although some will be between other cities outside of Shanghai)? I appreciate any help you may be able to offer as well as any additional pointers you may think of! Thank you, Amber |
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