China Travel Forum

[Nicholas]

Hello!

I'm an English teacher in Japan. I have an amazing adventure planned for this summer! I will take the ferry from Osaka to Shanghai next friday. I have a week to travel in China, although I have to be in Beijing on the following thursday to collect train tickets (I'm starting my journey on the transiberian route through mongolia and Russia 2 days after that..).

Gosh.. sorry.. I get a bit long winded when I type..

So anyway, I went to the book shop today hoping to buy a lonely planet China book.. Low and behold.. there wasn't one..

Now I'm worried that I'll be so busy getting lost in China, I won't see what I want to see, or other things that I don't know are there..

Basically.. there are a few things I want to see. Shanghai (as I arrive there), The Terracotta warriors (Xian?), the Great Wall (what's the best bit you'd reccommend??), and the forbidden city/tianamen square.

Will I be able to do all that in under a week? Would I be able to visit anywhere else on my journey? (I heard that Suzhou is beautiful..) Will I be able to navigate myself fairly easily without a guide book, only speaking in English?

Mental note.. Plan things more in advance in the future..

Advice please?? Nicholas

[Aynur]

This 6 days tour of the east coast cities of China takes you to Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou. Visit these bustling cities as you visit their most famous spots, monuments, museums and gardens. The major highlights are Shanghai Museum, the TV Tower of Oriental Pearl, the Jade Buddha Temple , the Yuyuan Garden, Hanshan Temple (Cold Mountain Temple), the Tiger Hill, the Humble Administrator's Garden, Six Harmonies Pagoda, the Lingyin Temple, West Lake and the Red Carp Pond.