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Re: Daocheng - Yading... The "last Shangri La"? A short report
in Departure Lounge » Asia - North-East Asia, Mar 2, 2013
I was just in Yading at the end of October and this was the most beautiful place I've been to in ...

Re: Checking into hotel with a passport receipt (without a passport)
in Departure Lounge » Asia - North-East Asia, Mar 3, 2013
I know someone who used this recently to check into 5 or 6 different hotels/hostels and it was ab...

Re: Haila'er / Hulunbuir Grasslands
in Departure Lounge » Asia - North-East Asia, Mar 3, 2013
zhuzhu22:

4-5 days is not going to be enough if you take the train, as Hailar is 26-30 hours b...

Re: Haila'er / Hulunbuir Grasslands
in Departure Lounge » Asia - North-East Asia, Mar 3, 2013
Thanks everyone for your very helpful replies on this. Here is an update on my trip. I spent 10-1...

Re: Qinghai - october holidays 2012
in Departure Lounge » Asia - North-East Asia, Mar 3, 2013
I went to Qinghai in the Oct holidays of 2008, and there were a few travellers around (mainly for...

RE: Zhangjiajie
in Departure Lounge » Asia - North-East Asia, Mar 3, 2013
Xia Ping is the name of the village (several roads) in which Ding Ding Inn is located. You reach ...

RE: Haila'er / Hulunbuir Grasslands
in Departure Lounge » Asia - North-East Asia, Mar 2, 2013
Hi Glora -

Many thanks for your reply! If I have four days in and around Haila'er, do you thi...

Haila'er / Hulunbuir Grasslands
in Departure Lounge » Asia - North-East Asia, Mar 3, 2013
Has anyone been here recently and have any recommendations for accommodation or getting around in...

RE: Wuyuan county
in Departure Lounge » Asia - North-East Asia, Mar 3, 2013
I went with a friend some years ago and we got two motorbike guides for 2.5 days / 2 nights. I wo...

RE: Zhangjiajie
in Departure Lounge » Asia - North-East Asia, Mar 3, 2013
Maggah -

If you want to stay in Zhangjiajie City, I stayed at Zhongtian YH and it was fine. I...

RE: IPHONE 4S
in Departure Lounge » Asia - North-East Asia, Mar 16, 2013
I think so. I saw a lot of Koreans using iPhone 4.

On a different, but slightly related point...

Re: Jeju-do: 2D/3N
in Departure Lounge » Asia - North-East Asia, Mar 16, 2013
We stayed at Little France Hotel, which was ...

Re: Is there an "Old China" city near Beijing?
in Departure Lounge » Asia - North-East Asia, Mar 16, 2013
We stayed in Pingyao three nights (arriving Sunday evening, so avoiding the weekend) about a mont...

Re: Zhangjiajie
in Departure Lounge » Asia - North-East Asia, Mar 18, 2013
Glad to hear that!

The shuttle bus was a minibus parked right outside the doors from the airpo...