October 1st travel holiday plans

by **lifestrongnow** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 2:19 pm

It's that time of year again to start planning for what to do on October 1st holidays. Anyone interested in forming a group travel either within or outside of China?

by **ShanghaiLily8** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:40 pm

Yes, I'd love to find people wanting to travel................! Any ideas?

by **butterfly333** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:28 pm

i am interested! inform me if any plan...

by **lifestrongnow** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:07 pm

Well, I guess this depends on everyones budget. The closer to Shanhai the lower the costs. And considering if we can get more people we can share on some of the costs like transporation, foods, etc.. Places that I've been that were pretty cool and wouldn't mind going again are: Qing Dao, Dalian, Xiamen, Zhu Hai, Hong Kong, Macau, Beijing. I was thinking about Xi An or maybe somewhere more inland. So what cities are you all thinking about and ideas on budget expectations?

by **Christinegzh** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:44 am

Count me in, i am open and flexible to budget and spots but prefer some more nature ones like some Yunan, t¡bet, Xinjiang, Guizhou...when coming to travel ppl always matters so gotta make sure the travel partners r fun...

by **Anniboodk** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:02 am

Skip Hong Kong for this holiday. It's going to be crazy busy and expensive during that week. Firstly because it's the October holiday and a lot of mainland Chinese like to go to HK for the week, but secondly, Disneyland will have just opened and even more people will be in Hong Kong for that. Just my two cents.

by **donne** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:59 am

I dont understand, sorry, what holiday?

by **carrol** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:18 pm

Disneyland in HONG KONG ?

by **adrenochrome** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 2:10 pm

Yep, Disneyland will open in HK mid of Sept. this year.

Cheers,

Adreno

by **Anniboodk** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:25 pm

carrol wrote:Disneyland in HONG KONG ?

Carrol, honey, where have you been that you haven't heard about this??

Donne, there is a public 7 day holiday starting October 1st in China.

by **ShanghaiLily8** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 2:20 am

I agree about HK being crowded & expensive over the holiday. Maybe the same for Beijing? For me, Xi'an, Qingdao, Yunnan, JiuZaiGuo (sic?), Xinjiang sound great. Maybe Xiamen or Dalian next. What about Yellow Mtn - don't know too much about it? Or Sichuan? I'm pretty open.............

by **Ababay** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:52 am

ShanghaiLily8 wrote:I agree about HK being crowded & expensive over the holiday. Maybe the same for Beijing? For me, Xi'an, Qingdao, Yunnan, JiuZaiGuo (sic?), Xinjiang sound great. Maybe Xiamen or Dalian next. What about Yellow Mtn - don't know too much about it? Or Sichuan? I'm pretty open.............

Sichuan province chengdu is cool :wink:

by **wildstar** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:51 pm

I'd like to go inland.. Xi'an, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunan, etc... I don't care if we go cheap or not, I'm always up for an interesting adventure.

by **Christinegzh** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:17 am

we always need someone to take the initiative to get things started rolling...like some detailed plan...or we could get a group there...i will check it out and post it here soon later...but def we dont wanna head somewhere too crowded right?

by **lifestrongnow** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:15 pm

I was in Beijing last holiday and well basically this is China and everywhere is going to be crowded. I did find an interesting combo travel plan. Fly to Xiamen and then from Xiamen to Bangkok on AirAsia. Airasia from Xiamen to Bangkok is around $150USD. If you add another $100USD from Shanghai to Xiamen it's the best value that I've found. Even if you book Shanghai to Bangkok during the holidays its going to be at least double that costs. So a few days in Bangkok and a few days in Xiamen. How does that sound?

by **lifestrongnow** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:05 pm

Considering that most people's budget seems to be around the $500USD or less for a weeks travel. I would like to do a poll on where we should go. Please send your votes for the following (or add to with more cities):

Beijing
Dalian
Guizhou
Hong Kong
Huang Shan
Macau
Qing Dao
t¡bet
Xiamen
Xi An
Xinjiang
Yunan
Zhu Hai

by **Christinegzh** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:28 pm

Yunan

by **ansering** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:05 am

Dalian

by **Shak** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:25 am

I'd vote for the Bangkok route

by **Christinegzh** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:53 pm

anybody else??? holiday is approaching soon...
Lifestrongnow: More details about the Bangkok route?

by **Rio** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:50 am

Disneyland opens today!

by **adania** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:31 am

Is it cheaper to travel in a group than to just go in a pair?
My boyfriend is coming to Shanghai for a month to visit me, just as the holiday starts. I want to go with him somewhere culturally interesting or naturally beautiful while he's here, but i'm not sure where we can go that will be inexpensive enough during the holiday. Unfortunately, it's my only long vacation...
I was thinking of Xi'an, or maybe Luoyang. Will less famous places be less crowded, or do you think everywhere will be just as bad?

by **Christinegzh** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:48 am

everywhere will be crazily crowded...i guess...except your own home but it makes no sense to stay at home as u only have this long vacation...so basically i dunno know either...

adania wrote:Is it cheaper to travel in a group than to just go in a pair?
My boyfriend is coming to Shanghai for a month to visit me, just as the holiday starts. I want to go with him somewhere culturally interesting or naturally beautiful while he's here, but i'm not sure where we can go that will be inexpensive enough during the holiday. Unfortunately, it's my only long vacation...
I was thinking of Xi'an, or maybe Luoyang. Will less famous places be less crowded, or do you think everywhere will be just as bad?

by **Icay** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:04 pm

WOW, i had plan almost early this year, haha. I will go to malaysia, and the poor thing is the price of the air ticket is increasing so much. I hope I will take as many pics as I can, and probably I can pass by singapore. XIXI!

by **bleucheese** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:29 pm

the price of airtickets to singapore is dirt cheap. check out elong.net.

id head there but there doesnt seem to be to much to do. still waiting for a reasonably priced ticket to Cambodia, Vietnam, or Myanmar.

by **adania** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:30 pm

I don't think i have the right visa to travel outside the country yet, so I'm stuck in China. But i refuse to be stuck in Shanghai the whole time!

by **shan_trekker** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 2:13 am

Hoping to climb Mount Huashan this October.
Train from Shanghai via Xi'an.
Still working out details though with other backpackers.
JiuZhaiGou could be back-up plan.

by **VOLCANO2** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:41 am

I'm local, and want to jion you. I was thinking of zhedong a canyon in zhejiang. It's less famous and less crowds. but we must take tent by ourself.

by **antonrr** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:00 pm

Jiu Zhaigou

by **VOLCANO2** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:18 pm

antonrr wrote:Jiu Zhaigou

Good idea¡£

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