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Buy your ticket in advance, whether it's the cheap non-flexible one (mentioned by 1) or the more expensive one you can change (as 2 says)....

Thank you - exactly what I need.

How do I get to Mulan Shan from downtown Wuhan (it's about 50kms)? I can't find ANY info on transportation: buses or trains. Ta.

My mate who works at an embassy in Beijing sent me this. He says for goodness' sake carry your passport with you at all times....

Solohobo: the bus doesn't actually cross any mountains as such to get to Datong, but about an hour out of Beijing it goes right "through"...

I took a plane in April - really simple, & cost 200Y!...

try hostelworld.com & hostelbookers.com They have accommodation for most budgets. I've also used agoda.com, as #2 recommends, without a...

Check out travelchinaguide.com/china-trains (http://www.lonelyplanet.com) for train times: there are 5 a day from Yinchuan to Hohhot....

If it's sightseeing you want, stay in Bayonne....

You'll have to drop something. I agree with 10 to drop Tibet (& Zhongdian) which is worth a trip of its own of 17 days.........

Base yourself in St. Jean de Luz for the 5 days & do little side trips from there. Although the 4 towns you mention are on the sea, the...

#3: for info my mate in Beijing said this year the May holiday is back to being a whole week...........

There are actually quite a lot of places to stay in Guoliangcun - I got the impression that most of the village is now homestay or...

Europe. Typo.

25 June - Arrive Beijing...