Peter L
September 16th, 2003, 05:05 PM
"Hallvard Tangeraas" > wrote in message
...
> I'll be visiting Hong Kong, and I was wondering about taking a short
> trip over to mainland China, mainly only to see (and walk a bit around)
> the great wall of China.
>
> If I don't have money to burn, how do I get there (and back), and is it
> a short or long trip? In case it'll take more than a day's trip, are
> there cheap backpacker places there where I could stay the night?
>
Fly to Beijing, take a bus to the wall. It'll take you at least two days.
One day to get there and see the wall, the next day to get back. You'll
probably need a visa for China.
>
> Hallvard
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...
> I'll be visiting Hong Kong, and I was wondering about taking a short
> trip over to mainland China, mainly only to see (and walk a bit around)
> the great wall of China.
>
> If I don't have money to burn, how do I get there (and back), and is it
> a short or long trip? In case it'll take more than a day's trip, are
> there cheap backpacker places there where I could stay the night?
>
Fly to Beijing, take a bus to the wall. It'll take you at least two days.
One day to get there and see the wall, the next day to get back. You'll
probably need a visa for China.
>
> Hallvard
> --
> Atari Launchpad : <http://launchpad.atari.org>
> Notator/Creator SL : <http://www.notator.org>