reliefaswas asked:
Iner: to train costs, length of trip, terrain covered, length of train ride…availability of tickets ? Anything would be helpful…! I hear that the Gov. there doesn`t want travelers to “wing it’…is this so? Or is traveling freely easily done?
Iner: to train costs, length of trip, terrain covered, length of train ride…availability of tickets ? Anything would be helpful…! I hear that the Gov. there doesn`t want travelers to “wing it’…is this so? Or is traveling freely easily done?
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there will be 3 train to changsha ,hunan from shanghai ..the train costs is diffient..the seat ,it is 131yuan (about 20 dollar)..the bed ,it is 220yuan (about 35 dollar) becouse china is very big,it will be cost 14 hours from shanghai to changsha…but,the new train is speediness ..it will be cost 7 hours…
now ,changsha and shanghai are very hot……
china is freely ….
welcome to china …..
i can answer on last question.this is my 5th year i’m in china-every year i come for two months.
after so many times i still wouldnt dear to come to china on my own.i dont want to scare you but if you dont speek lenguage you are in truble.i went to New Zealand-traveling was fun-you can rent a car,sleep in backpackers,or by the river,go to youth place…but non of this in china.china is huge.
for first time i would do it with agency.china is no joke to travel alone.take pils for diharea though
I am a local Shanghainese. Why take train to Changsha? A flight won’t cost you 1.5 hour to get there from Shanghai. But the train is gonna take you around 14~16 hours and the railway service is not what you will have in the western countries. Plus, it’s not cheap, and not easy for you to buy tickets if you don’t speak Chinese.
Being a foreigner, you can move in China(except Tibet, Taiwan, Hongkong and Macao, where may require special ‘visas’) freely as long as you don’t have language problem. In those major cities, like Shanghai, Changsha, Beijing, Chongqing, Wuhan…, you can always meet Chinese who speak English, not very native but mostly ok, in the airports and 3-star-above hotels. The government is trying to fix the oversea tourists into their “routes” but not so successful in cities like Shanghai, Beijing, where some ten thousands foreigners stay.
you can travel freely in mainland China
By the way, I’m in Changsha, if you need any help, feel free to let me know~