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Trip: Helen's Hong Kong Return

There are [32] stories from my trip: Helen's Hong Kong Return

The Luxury of a driver for the day！

CHINA | Friday, 11 Mar 2011 | Views [799] | Comments [2]

Wednesday 9th March Last night we organised a driver for the day-we decided against paying extra for a guide and asked for a driver with English。 We worked out our itinerary （with the help of Bin Bin - staff）for a full day。After breakfast，（5 dollars ... Read more >

OUR FIRST DAY IN YANGSHUO

CHINA | Friday, 11 Mar 2011 | Views [442]

Our tour boat guide organised us a "taxi" (probably friend) to take us out to Yangshuo Mountain Retreat. Upon arriving at the pier and seeing the tourists being swamped by touts, hawkers etc, our taxi driver took us through a maze of old back ... Read more >

OUR CHINA EXPLORATION BEGINS - Guilin To Yangshuo

CHINA | Friday, 11 Mar 2011 | Views [945] | Comments [2]

After a 4am rise, we took a shuttle bus from the Tune Hotel back to the LCCT airport for our flight to China. All went smoothly- fairly easy to navigate around the airport having been there before though there seems to be many more steps in getting ... Read more >

ＵＰＤＡＴＥ　ＮＯＴＩＣＥ

CHINA | Thursday, 10 Mar 2011 | Views [531] | Comments [1]

Ｓｏｒｒｙ，　ｈａｖｉｎｇ　ｐｒｏｂｌｅｍｓ　ｈｅｒｅ　ｉｎ　ｂｅａｕｔｉｆｕｌ　ｍｏｕｎｔａｉｎｓ　偶发　Ｙａｎｇｓｈｕｏ　鸥鸟ｓｌｏｗ　ｃｏｍｐｕｔｅｒ　＆　ｔｙｐｉｎｇ　ｓｔｕｆｆ　ｉｎ　ｅａｓｉｌｙ　ｓｏ　ｙｏｕ＇ｌｌ　ｈａｖｅ　ｔｏ　ｗａｉｔ　ｆｏｒ　ｔｈｅ　ｅｘｃｉｔｉｎｇ　ｎｅｗｓ！　Ｈａｔｅｄ　Ｇｕｉｌｉｎ　ｂｕｔ　Ｙａｎｇｓｈｕｏ　ｉｓ　ｍａｇｉｃａｌ　（俺的ｖｅｒｙｃｏｌｄ）！　Ｈｏｐｅ　ｙｏｕ　ｃａｎ　ｔｒａｎｓｌａｔｅ　ｔｈｏｓｅ　ｂｉｔｓ　ｏｆ　Ｃｈｉｎｅｓｅ！ ... Read more >

Deagon to KL

CHINA | Sunday, 6 Mar 2011 | Views [408] | Comments [1]

SATURDAY 5/3/11 Set out from Deagon Railway Station expecting a smooth journey but....... the train was held up for a while so we arrived late at Robina for the bus connection in torrential rain. After missing the 671 bus, we waited 1/2 hour for the ... Read more >

"Bags are packed ...

AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 24 Feb 2011 | Views [511] | Comments [1]

and we're ready to go..." There's always a Beatles' song appropriate to quote. Here's a bit of fun - our budget overview - which we'll re-do at the end of the trip to see the differences. Hopefully it's helpful for those planning a similar trip.... Read more >

Tags: china & hong kong budget for 3 week trip