After much deliberation (and comparing plane ticket prices), we've agreed to go to Inner Mongolia this coming holiday (May 1-3). Susy changed her mind (yet again) about coming with us so it'll just be the three original "Da Stupids".
We originally planned to go to Huangguoshu Falls in Anshun, Guizhou province but I found out that it would take 30 hours to reach it by train and the plane ticket costs an arm and a leg. LuShan in Jiangxi province was also considered (Raindy's hometown) but we were afraid that we won't be able to get return train tickets because of the holidays. So Inner Mongolia it is.
We originally planned to go to Huangguoshu Falls in Anshun, Guizhou province but I found out that it would take 30 hours to reach it by train and the plane ticket costs an arm and a leg. LuShan in Jiangxi province was also considered (Raindy's hometown) but we were afraid that we won't be able to get return train tickets because of the holidays. So Inner Mongolia it is.
Our plane tickets were delivered last Friday. We were fortunate to get 260 kuai tickets to Hohhot (China Southern) and 380 kuai tickets going back to Beijing (Hainan Airlines). The tickets were booked from e-long.net and they were paid upon delivery. The tickets were at a bargain - we only paid 740 kuai each for the round trip tickets plus the tax.
The plan was to handle everything ourselves and not go with a travel agent. We planned to go to the grasslands and stay in a Mongolian yurt overnight, visit the Gobi desert (ride some camels), visit Genghis Khan's tomb and check out all the sights in Hohhot. We checked the distances of all these places and we're overwhelmed of how vast Inner Mongolia is, so we decided to check out travel agencies in Hohhot.
Mel found this one, Inner Mongolia China International Travel Service (ww.citsim.com) . The website is kinda hard to understand but you can e-mail them about their packages, they can also tailor one for you. They offered us a very good package for 350 RMB and found us a hotel for 138 RMB per night. We're hoping we won't get screwed or scammed too much during this trip.
The plan was to handle everything ourselves and not go with a travel agent. We planned to go to the grasslands and stay in a Mongolian yurt overnight, visit the Gobi desert (ride some camels), visit Genghis Khan's tomb and check out all the sights in Hohhot. We checked the distances of all these places and we're overwhelmed of how vast Inner Mongolia is, so we decided to check out travel agencies in Hohhot.
Mel found this one, Inner Mongolia China International Travel Service (ww.citsim.com) . The website is kinda hard to understand but you can e-mail them about their packages, they can also tailor one for you. They offered us a very good package for 350 RMB and found us a hotel for 138 RMB per night. We're hoping we won't get screwed or scammed too much during this trip.
I'm very excited to go - I haven't been out of Beijing for a month! My last trip was with Liza last March (Luoyang Trip).
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