Finally home from our trip! We had a great time, saw a lot of interesting things and just enjoyed it all. I missed Beijing though, and I`m glad we made it home :)
We encountered a lot of problems with trains because of the Chinese New Year celebration. When we started on our travel, everyone was going back home, and when we wanted to get back to Beijing, the celebration was over so everyone was also on their way back to work. Almost in every city, we had problems with trains or buses. In Xian there were no train tickets back to Beijing so we had to fly. (We had to get home before the 9th). We flew to Tianjin, and wanted to take a bus or train to Beijing. However, there were no tickets left!! So we spent half the night waiting for the next train which had a few hard seats left. We finally arrived in Beijing 6am.
My tip is to not to go travel in China during Chinese New Year. Everything is more expensive and you think its warmer in the south, but its not because the coldest days in a year is actually during new year!
Also, almost every taxi driver wants double the price, e.g normal price is 7, but they want 20!
The good part is that there is almost no tourists wherever we go. Not as crowded as during summer, and that we like :)
Now I have been to 4 of the places I wanted to travel to, without counting the cities from Guangdong province. Altogether we visited 9 cities :)
(My post about where I wanted to travel:
Travel in China)
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| Shanghai |
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| 88 floors down! |
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| Meeting my friends in Shanghai :D |
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| Guangzhou, pearl river |
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| Eating chicken feet in Shenzhen |
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| and bird head.. |
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| Sunny and warm in Shenzhen! |
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| Eating Japanese food |
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| Shenzhen nightscene |
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| We went to a bar on the 100th floor |
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| Chillin in a bar on the 100th floor in Shenzhen |
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| Spa/Karaoke/Restaurant |
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| Chinese new year flower street market |
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| Its only open once a year; a few days before the Chinese New Year |
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| Turtles |
