Going from ShenZen to Guilin / YangShuo ?

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Ernst K. Locker - 29 Apr 2006 04:01 GMT

Hi,

on my first China trip I wanna spend time in ShenZen and YangShuo (near
Guilin), so please excuse my many newbie questions:

What is a good way to travel from Shenzen to YangShuo?

I know there is a direct night bus, but I am quite tall and really need a bit
of space to feel comfortable on long bus journeys. (Recently I was on a
heavily airconned night bus with no legroom in Laos and it was pure hell for
me).

So anybody knows whether the ShenZen - YangShuo bus is comfortable and how
long the journey takes?

Otherwise I could break the journey - any tips where?

Or how much would a flight ShenZen - Guilin be?

Cheers, Ernie.

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Alfred Molon - 29 Apr 2006 20:11 GMT

> Or how much would a flight ShenZen - Guilin be?

Not much, see here for some prices of flights within China:
http://www.molon.de/travelogues/China/2005/
http://www.molon.de/travelogues/China/2004/

Just fly, unless you are on a very tight budget or enjoy spending hours
in a bus.

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Ken - 30 Apr 2006 02:42 GMT

> on my first China trip I wanna spend time in ShenZen and YangShuo (near
> Guilin), so please excuse my many newbie questions:
>
> What is a good way to travel from Shenzen to YangShuo?

One of my all time favorite vacations was riding a bicycle from Hong Kong to
Yangshuo. Lots of beautiful small towns and scenic views along the way that
you will miss if you travel by airplane.

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Ernst K. Locker - 30 Apr 2006 03:43 GMT

>One of my all time favorite vacations was riding a bicycle from Hong Kong to
>Yangshuo. Lots of beautiful small towns and scenic views along the way that
>you will miss if you travel by airplane.

That sounds good.

How long did it take you?

And weren't the roads too busy?

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Ken - 30 Apr 2006 19:50 GMT

>>One of my all time favorite vacations was riding a bicycle from Hong Kong
> to
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> And weren't the roads too busy?

Took about 10 days. Distance was about 600km total. The new paved highways
do get a lot of traffic, but the old dirt roads are pretty empty. We used
mountain bikes. If you don't speak Cantonese, you would be wise to hire a
professional guide. The road system is changing quickly and maps are not
reliable.

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Kurt Muellauer - 30 Apr 2006 03:27 GMT

For the flight schedule Shenzhen to Guilin check

http://english.yoee.com/default.asp?uid=zuquuagzzuwyopquqgguqsgmq

From Guilin which is the the closed airport take a bus. It's a one hour
bus ride.
Have fun!
Kurt

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