Some basic tips for booking your trip to China: 1. Hotels can be securely arranged through the website - www.sinohotel.com (these guys have the best rates around) 2. Website for booking train & flight tickets - http://www.chinatripadvisor.com/english/ (excellent service) Day 1: Beijing We landed in Beijing around 10 PM. The first thing that hit us as soon as we got out of the airport was the heat & dust! We were met by our cab driver (pre-arranged via a local travel agent) and were transferred to our city hotel (Chong Wen Men hotel) that took us around 1 hr from the airport. The roads in Beijing looked great! It must be the effect of Beijing Olympics due in Aug'08. The hotel was as we'd expected. Small but neat - value for money. Sixteen hours, two flights
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