[Leica] China Travel Advice

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

try contacting Lugger and FOM2 member Adrian Bradshaw. He is a very 
nice and talented lad and would doubtless have some good info:

apbbeijing@yahoo.com

Cheers
On 23/08/2005, at 6:49 AM, Tina Manley wrote:

> LUG:
>
> My husband and I are going to China in October to use up our frequent 
> flier points and take a few photos ;-)  We've rented a condo in 
> Beijing from October 19th-26th and plan to do several side trips with 
> a guide from there.  We leave from Shanghai on November 8th.  What 
> should we do from October 26th until November 8th?  I would love some 
> rural countryside trips, but we can't do what we usually do and rent a 
> car and roam around.  Everything has to be planned in advance with a 
> guide and/or driver.  My husband thinks the Yangtze River cruise would 
> be nice but the web sites with those huge cruise ships give me 
> claustrophobia.  I'm afraid I would be photographing other tourists 
> :-(
>
> Who has been to China?  What would you suggest?
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice!!
>
> Leically,
>
> Tina
> Since this is vacation and not work, I'll probably be taking my M7 ;-)
>
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>
>
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