Raymond and Kimberly Bergeron
We are planning our 1st visit to China in April, 10 days on a guided tour, Beijing Xi'an Shanghai. Then we will be in Shangai for 10 by ourselves. We intend upon staying in Hostels and possibly train ride to see more of country.CajunmanTNwoman
BTW, we have extensive travel experience in Europe, but no Asian travel experience. We travel with backpacks, no checked luggage and enjoy interacting with people everywhere we go.
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February 8th 2012
MY wife and I will be doing a guided 10-day tour starting in Beijing then Xi'sn then Shanghai (2 days each). Then, after the guided tour ends we are staying in Shanghai area for another 10 days. We are backpacking and enjoy learning new cultures, eating new foods, and exchaning ideas and socializing with locals and other travelers (preferably over several beers). We have traveled Europe extensivly, now onto China in APRIL (2012) and future years Tailand etc. My questions: 1: How ESSENTIAL is knowing Chinese (Manderin) in Shanghai area? 2: WE are looking forward to staying in hostels, and want an 'active' social area and easy to things to do and travel access.. Paying a few dollars more is worth it to us over being bored. Please provide any/all advice. 3: While on the guided ... read more
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