Comments | bookaddict88: I Need a Travel Icon!

bookaddict88

I Need a Travel Icon!

Mar 18, 2011 17:50

So, you know how I asked for travel ideas? Well, I posted something up on Facebook asking for travel buddies and ideas. My mom saw it, and asked if I wanted to go to China with her. As if she had to ask! I've wanted to go to China forever (I've been to the airport in Hong Kong, and that's it), especially since my mom's side of the family is ( Read more... )

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ghost_light March 18 2011, 23:29:55 UTC

Holy crap that is so awesome!!!

My friends PoisonDartFrog and MonkofSilence traveled to China a few years ago, I'd ask them.

This is one of my travel icons.

bookaddict88 March 19 2011, 02:28:44 UTC

Thanks; I think I will!

I've used this as a travel icon before, but mainly only when people are trying to decide whether or not to travel. XD

ghost_light March 19 2011, 06:18:39 UTC

I really like that icon

ghost_light March 18 2011, 23:31:14 UTC

This is my other travel icons.

sartorias March 19 2011, 00:03:17 UTC

Breathingbooks is currently living in China as a teacher--she could give you great advice.

bookaddict88 March 19 2011, 02:32:11 UTC

Thanks for the suggestion! I've got at least one LJ friend teaching in China as well. I'm going to go poke her if she doesn't see this and respond on her own. :P

chiana606 March 19 2011, 03:42:13 UTC

My biggest advice would be to not just do the Beijing/Shanghai/Hong Kong route that a lot of tourists do. Shanghai in particular just isn't that exciting, and if you go, I wouldn't say to book too many days there. I liked it the first time I went, but my friends and I booked a week there, and at the end of three days had literally done everything. Beijing, on the other hand, I booked five days in, and ended up wishing I'd chosen to spend more time there. I was only in Hong Kong for a day. It was cool, but ridiculously expensive compared to the rest of China. I'll also admit that I was there after having been in China for a year, and the thing I liked most about Hong Kong was the western influence (Hamburgers! Coffee!! English books ( ... )

bookaddict88 March 19 2011, 04:08:18 UTC

Thanks so much! I was hoping you'd drop by and give advice. There is A LOT of helpful info here, and in fact, I think I'm going to just copy and paste this into an e-mail to my mom. (She and I are both doing research for the trip, but she gets the final say on things.)

Expect me to bug you if I have more questions. XD