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COSTS: FLIGHTS - BUS - TAXI - TRAIN - BOAT - BIKES - LODGING - SEEING
HOTELS - MISCELLANEOUS      
NOTE: 1USD = 8 Y or 1Y = 4 BEF

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TRANSPORT

  • FLIGHTS
    Brussels – Paris – Beijing with Air France and back : Hong Kong – Paris – Brussels : ~25 000 BEF/p. If, we aggreed for a flight back from Beijing : ~20 000 BEF. But we prefered from H.K..Travel agent : TAXISTOP Brugge Belgium.
    Xi’an to Chengdu, Travel agent Taxistop Brugge ~2800 BEF/p
    Kunming to Guilin, Travel agent Jinghua Hotel Beijing ~2800 BEF/p. Not possible through TAXISTOP
  • BUS
    Minibustour Datong Yungang Caves and Hanging Monastery 100 Y/p., paid to Mr Gao Jin Wu, CITS railwaystation Datong
    Minibustransport Xi’an May First Hotel to the airport 100 Y + 50 Y toll. Paid to Mrs Stefanie M.F.Hotel
    Minibustour Terracotta Warriors, Lintong musem, Qin Mauseleum …300 Y + 100 Y guide/4p + 10 Y toll. Arranged by Mrs Stefanie M.F.Hotel 
    Minibus Traffic Hotel - Leshan 500 Y
    Sleeperbus Jinjiang – Lijiang 50 Y/p
    Bus Lijiang – Dali 28,50 Y/p in the longdistance busstation
    Expressbus Dali – Kunming 100 Y/p in the busstation + lunch included
    Bus Nat. Village – Kunming town center 2Y/p
    Airportbus Guilin 20 Y/p
    Sleeperbus Yangshuo – Guangzhou (Canton) and catamaran Guangzhou – Hong Kong : 280 Y/p
    Anne Black Guesthouse – starferry bus Nr 7, 2 HKD/p
    Bus nr 2 Ferry Lantau Island to Buddha 16 HKD/p
    Airportbus A 21 on Nathan Rd to airport 33 HKD/p
  • TAXI
    Airport to Jinghua Hotel Beijing : 121 Y
    Taxi hotel –airport Xi’an – 100 Y + 50 Y toll
    Busstation Lijiang – Dragon Pool 20 Y
    Busstop Kunming – Camellia Hotel 11,60 Y
    Camellia Hotel – Daguan Park 17 Y. Daguan Park – Western Hills 25 Y – there was no boat early this year
    Taxi to Bampoo Temple and back 80 Y.
    Hotel Camellia – Kunming airport 15 Y
    Guangzhou busstation – White Swan Hotel 50 Y, normally 30 Y, due to heavy traffic
    Hong Kong Catamaran Terminal Kowloon – Anne Black Guesthouse 5 HKD. Need to pay extra for our backpacks.
  • TRAIN
    Hardsleepertrain Beijing West Railwaystation - Datong: 110 Y/p, paid in the Jinghua Hotel. Hardsleepertrain Datong – Xi’an: 180 Y/p, paid to CITS Datong Railwaystation
    Hardsleepertrain Chengdu – Pantzihua (Jinjiang) : 180 Y/p – paid in the Traffic Hotel.
    HK Peaktram : 18 HKD/p one way
  • BOAT
    Leshan, crossing the river to the Grand Buddha 40Y/p – much too expensive
    Erhai Lake : Dali – Wase market and back 20 Y/p
    Li River Guilin – Yangshuo luxery boat and own VIP cabin : 225 Y/p. No meal included.
    Xinping – Yangshuo 50 Y/p
    Catamaran Guangzhou (Canton) – Hong Kong, price included in the cost sleeperbus to Guangzhou
    Starferry HK 1,70 HKD/p. Ferry to Lantau Island 20 HKD/p. Ferry to Lamma Island 20 HKD/p
  • BIKES
    Hotel Jinhua bike : 10 Y/b. Outside : 20 Y/b
    Traffic Hotel bike : 10 Y/b
    MCI Dali : 10 Y/b
    Yangshuo biketrip 4 persons, with woman – guide to moonhill, included lunch : 300 Y. Bikes hotel 10 Y/b
    Email opposite the hotel.

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 LODGING

Always without breakfast, except for the Traffic Hotel Chengdu
Beijing Jing Hua Hotel : double room + shower + toilet : 140 Y/2p, internet cafe. To recommend
Datong Feitian Hotel : 160 Y/room – 4p, clean room, but miserable common sanitary 
Xi’an May First Hotel : nice double room + shower : 240 Y/2p. To recommend
Chengdu Traffic Hotel : double room + bath 200 Y. Internet.To recommend.
Lijiang Shanhe Hotel : beautiful double room + bath + toilet 200 Y/2p. To recommend
Dali MCI Guesthouse : Quiet, nice place with swimming pool, friendly people. Email, but more expensive than in other places in China. Room could been cleaner. Double room + shower + toilet 150 Y
Kunming Camellia Hotel : beautiful double room + shower + toilet 220 Y/2p. To recommend. Email in the Telecom, same street as the hotel, a few hundred meters away.
Guilin Hong Kong Hotel : 165 Y/2p nicedouble room, but shower + toilet could improve
Yangshuo Xi Lang Hotel 150 Y/2p, double room + shower + toilet. Showerplace a bit rundown. Internet across the hotel
YWCA Anne Black Guesthouse Kowloon HK twin room + shower + toilet 341 HKD, certainly to recommend. Cheap, easy, fast busconnections . Breakfast extra 22,5 HKD/p

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SEEING

Forbidden City Beijing : 50 Y/p
Zhongshan Park Beijing : 4 Y/p 
Chinese opera Liyuan Theatre Qianmen Hotel Beijing : 40 Y/p
Beijing Acrobatics Chaoyang Theatre + transport from hotel Jinghua: 60 Y/p
Great Wall Simatai : entrance 20 Y/p. Minibus : 100 Y/p. Arranged by Jinghua Hotel
Beijing Summer Palace : 25 Y/p, Lama Temple : 30 Y/p
Datong Yungang Caves : 20 Y / p ; Monastery : 17 Y / p.
Lintong museum 15 Y/p ; Qin Mauseleum 20 Y/p ; Qin Tomb 15 Y/p ; Warriors : 65 Y/p.
Wuyou Temple Leshan 5 Y/p, Grand Buddha 40 Y/p,
Lijiang Dragon Pool 20 Y/p
Dali Three Pagodas 20 Y/p and park + pool : 2 Y/p
Kunming Daguan Park 17 Y/p, Dragon Gates 15 Y/p, cable car to Dragon Gates 15 Y/p, cable car western Hills to Haigeng Park ? Y, Nationalities Village 45 Y/p not worth the price
Bampoo Temple 3 Y/p
Yangshuo Moonhill 9 Y/p ; Green Lotus park 18 Y/p
HK Lantau Island visits Buddha and monastery free. Flagstaff museum free

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USEFUL ADRESSES

HOTEL/GUESTHOUSE

Jing Hua Hotel, Xiluoyan Nanli Yongdingmen Wai, Beijing 100077 – tel :67222211, fax : 67211455, internet
May First Hotel, 351 Dongda street, Xi’an 710001 – tel : 029.7210804, fax : 029.7213824
Traffic Hotel / Jiao Tong Hotel, 77 Lingjiang Rd, Xin Nan Men, Chengdu 610041 – tel : 5551017, fax : 028.5582777 internet
Shanhe Hotel, 4 Jishan road XingYi, 674100 Lijiang Yunnan, - tel : 08891.20891, Fax: 08891.23281
MCA Guesthouse, 7000 Wen Xiang Rd Dali 671003 Yunnan – 86.0872.2673666, fax : 2671999, info@yunnanhotels.com or saels@yunnanhotels.com , hppt://www.yunnanhotels.com
Camellia Hotel, 96 East Dongfeng Rd Kunming 650041 Yunnan – tel : 0871.3163000 or 3147033, chbg@public.km.yn.cn
Hong Kong Hotel Guilin, 8 Xihuan Yi Rd Guilin 541002 – tel : 0773.3833889, fax : 3832752
YWCA Anne Black Guest House, 5 Man Fuk Road Kowloon Hong Kong – tel : 852.2713 9211, fax : 852.2761 1269, annblack@ywca.org.hk , http://www.ywca.org.hk

 

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MISCELLANEOUS - CHINA LINKS

Chinese embassy Belgium: Tervurenlaan 445 - 1150 Woluwe Brussels. Tel: 02.771 33 09
Teacher Deng’s Cafe, Mishi Alley 52 Lijiang – Restaurant/breakfast, internet
Mr Gao Jin Wu, CITS manager Datong, office railwaystatio, tel/fax : 0352.5101326, dtcits@public.dt.sx.cn , english speaking. Very helpful.
Ms Stefanie, May First Hotel and Mum’s Homecooking, tel : 029.6266152, english speaking. To recommend.
Qin Qin, tourguide Yangshuo. Ask for her in M.C.Blues Cafe, 18 Pan Tao Rd, Yangshuo, Guangxi – tel : 0086.773.8820095, english speaking. Warmly to recommend
Our belgium mobilephone worked perfectly between China and Belgium. The connection was much better there than at home.

Interesting websites: www.flychina.com - www.chinesebusinessworld.com/tourism/airline - www.sturm.to/china
www.beijing.chinats.com - www.lonelyplanet.com - www.kasbah.com - www.china.com -  www.excite.com

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