Where to go in winter?
Replies: 11 - Last Post: Nov 13, 2012 10:45 PM Last Post By: yaktraveller
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Where to go in winter?
Hi all,I am currently in Hong Kong and will have one week of holidays (9 days) over christmas and I would love to go somewhere to China. I have, however, been to most of the classic things (Beijing, Harbin, Shanghai, Guilin, Sichuan and Yunnan and some more). So I wondered whether there are some nice spots to go to experience some nature, possibly with snow and some hiking (I am physically fit and hiked before) or even camping. I do have warm clothes, I am prepared to spend money on a flight or two (train and bus are equally good, though). I speak some mandarin and I am pretty much open to anything. Does anyone have nice or better even weird ideas what to do?
Thank so much in advance,
FCM
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I've read reports that Jiuzhaigou (in northeastern Sichuan) is striking in the winter (have not been myself.)6
Depending on your passport, you might not need a visa for short stays in Vietnam.How about Zhangjiajie?
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Zhangjiajie is at much lower altitudes than Jiuzhaiguo, I guess the chances of snow are much better in Jiuzhaiguo. I visited Z. in February last year just after a snowfall. Pretty. But even without the snow it is beautifull. Jiuzhaiguo is high on my todo list.I hold a Danish passport, and do not need a visa for Vietnam. But, I'd get only a limited number of days without the visa - maybe 7, I do not remember.
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Maybe it is easier to stay in China. Take a tour to Zhangjiajie-Jiuzhaigou-Huanglong and then maybe Chengdu or Hailuogou NP and then back to HK.11
There have direct flight Between Hongkong and LiJiang (YunNan), so you come to LiJiang,Xiangri-la and Deqin, also you can do some soft trekking around Tiger leaping gorge and YuBeng in Meili snow mountain.Edited by: theyaktraveller
