Traveling!
We leave tomorrow at 11am!
here's the plan:
Train to Xi'an. hanging out in that area for a total of about 4 days. seeing the Terracotta Warriors, biking on the old city walls, checking out museums, the pagodas, the mosque and Muslim district. whatever we find time and energy for.
while there we'll take 1-2 days when it's not too awful hot or raining or a weekend, and go climb Hua Shan. which I've heard is lovely.
Then train on to Xining, in Qinghai province. Don't know too much about this city, other than that there's a really cool monastery nearby, and that it's a really interesting city culturally, since it's beyond the main Chinese culture area and near Tibet and Xinjiang. It'll be an interesting place to explore.
Then from Xining, taking either a bus or train (hopefully the scenic route through the mountains and gorges) up and over to Dunhuang, which has a ton of Buddhist art, spanning several centuries.
Then flying back to Beijing.
We get in on the 2nd in the afternoon. I leave on the 5th around noon. Hoping to see friends who are in Beijing before leaving. email me sometime and we can work out details.
Also: who's up for a party on the 4th. I hear there's lots of stuff going around near bars and other places americans frequent. perhaps we should all meet up and go to Sanlitun, drink, eat, set off fireworks, etc.
here's the plan:
Train to Xi'an. hanging out in that area for a total of about 4 days. seeing the Terracotta Warriors, biking on the old city walls, checking out museums, the pagodas, the mosque and Muslim district. whatever we find time and energy for.
while there we'll take 1-2 days when it's not too awful hot or raining or a weekend, and go climb Hua Shan. which I've heard is lovely.
Then train on to Xining, in Qinghai province. Don't know too much about this city, other than that there's a really cool monastery nearby, and that it's a really interesting city culturally, since it's beyond the main Chinese culture area and near Tibet and Xinjiang. It'll be an interesting place to explore.
Then from Xining, taking either a bus or train (hopefully the scenic route through the mountains and gorges) up and over to Dunhuang, which has a ton of Buddhist art, spanning several centuries.
Then flying back to Beijing.
We get in on the 2nd in the afternoon. I leave on the 5th around noon. Hoping to see friends who are in Beijing before leaving. email me sometime and we can work out details.
Also: who's up for a party on the 4th. I hear there's lots of stuff going around near bars and other places americans frequent. perhaps we should all meet up and go to Sanlitun, drink, eat, set off fireworks, etc.