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Train travel around China?

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hk_wil Joined: Mar 06 Points: 16 Posts: 4 Posted: 2006-05-12 12:51:00    hello wonderful people... just a quick question, about travelling by train in china. I will be travelling between the big cities shanghai, beijing xiaan....is it difficult to get tickets there and then or would it be better to book them in advance? Also how hard would it be to get to nepal from chengdu? If anyone can help id be so greatful... Thanks ;) Wil Reply    Reply with quote    Contact hk_wil   daniserralta Premium account Joined: Aug 02 Points: 11491 Posts: 124 Posted: 2006-06-09 15:53:00    Hi! When I was in China I was travelling a lot by train and I had no problems buying the ticket the same day, specially between cities like nanning and kunming or like that. I had problems gettin the ticke btween cities like Xi'an and Beijing ... it was impossible to find it for the same or the next day ... so finally I bought the Xi'an-Tianjin. Getting out of Hong Kong (To Shenzen or Canton) it was dificult too. For the very big cities is better to book it a couple of days before. Hope it helps. Dani! --- The journey is the reward. -- Tao saying Reply    Reply with quote    Contact daniserralta   wojtekd Premium account Joined: Oct 02 Points: 74900 Posts: 411 Posted: 2006-06-10 06:27:00    Hi It depends if you travel on holiday period (busy trains!) - see the list of holidays in LP book... The second problem: which class you want to travel... Hard sleepers seems to be full first - it pays to buy ticket the day before... I was forced to pay for expensive soft sleeper three hours before departure because hard class was full. Good luck! Wojtek --- You can lose everything, but nobody will take away what you saw and what you experienced... W.D. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact wojtekd   bootlegga Premium account Joined: Jul 04 Points: 15194 Posts: 124 Posted: 2006-06-11 21:47:00    When I was there, it was faster and easier (and not much more expensive) to fly between Shanghai and Beijing. China has several domestic airlines that fly very inexpensively. Odds are, someone at your hotel can help you book it while you are in either city. [ This Message was edited by: bootlegga on 2006-06-11 21:47 ] --- "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." – Mark Twain Reply    Reply with quote    Contact bootlegga   belleli Joined: Mar 05 Points: 2121 Posts: 21 Posted: 2006-06-16 06:10:00    That would be easy to buy tickets at your departure date. Take it easy! --- Do what i like, happiness is the most important thing for me. www.chinasanya.com Reply    Reply with quote    Contact belleli   hk_wil Joined: Mar 06 Points: 16 Posts: 4 Posted: 2006-06-25 13:24:00    Wow...... Thanks, so much for your advice......just got back a few days ago....what an eye opener...was really nervous about a day before takin the train from hong kong to Shanghai, but it all just falls together...was my first time travelling alone...have to go back planning to teach english over there...got the bug and cant stop now...will try and write a report about my experiances and put up some photos.....but i dont have enough words to describe the experience....thx again.....;) Will.... Reply    Reply with quote    Contact hk_wil