A backpacking travel guide to China !

<body> <h1 align="center"> <font color="#000000"> A backpacking travel guide to China !</font></h1> <h2 align="center"><font color="#000000">Passplanet is a free practical travel guide that offers the latest backpacking information about China : budget accommodation, itineraries, visa, tips, surveys, photos, essay,… 60 places covered !</font></h2> <p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="152"> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" height="25"><img border="0" src="images/web.gif" alt="Backpacking China" width="15" height="15"></td> <td height="26"> <p align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><i><span style="background-color: #FFFF66">CHINA</span></i><span style="background-color: #FFFF66"><i>'S NEWS</i></span><br> </b></font><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><i>Travel site still in development...<br> New asian countries soon...<br> </i></font></b></td> <td width="34%" align="center" height="25"><img border="0" src="images/web.gif" alt="The backpacking travel guide to China" width="15" height="15"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" height="25"><b><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial" size="3">About Backpacking</font></b></td> <td height="150" align="center" rowspan="6"></td> <td width="34%" align="center" height="25"><b><font color="#FF0000" face="Arial" size="3">About <i>Passplanet</i></font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" height="25"><b><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">Asia Presentation</font></b></td> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><a href="frame_why_go.htm" target="_top"><font color="#FF0000">Why go to China ?</font></a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" height="25"><b><font color="#0000FF">Backpacking Forum</font></b></td> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><a href="frame_how_to_go.htm" target="_top"><font color="#FF0000">How to go to China ?</font></a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" height="25"><b><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">Participate !</font></b></td> <td align="center"><b><a href="frame_where_china.htm" target="_top"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#FF0000">Where to go in China ?</font></a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" height="26"><b><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">Buy Guidebook about Asia</font></b></td> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><a href="frame_travel_tips.htm" target="_top"><font color="#FF0000">Travel Tips for China</font></a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" height="26"><b><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">Links to travel guide</font></b></td> <td align="center" height="26"><b><font color="#FF0000" size="2" face="Arial">Backpackers' Contributors</font></b></td> </tr> </table> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="6" cellpadding="3" width="100%"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF" align="center" rowspan="4"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF">"</font><a href="frame_during_china.htm" target="_top"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF">DURING</font></a><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF">"<br> </font> </b></td> <td bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>China made easy with the best scenery and lots of minorities</b></font></td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000" align="center"><b><a href="sw/frame_south_west.htm" target="_top"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF">South-West China</font></a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Natural wilderness plus Tibetan & Muslim cultures</font></b></td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000" align="center"><b><a href="cw/index.htm" target="_top"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF">Center-West China</font></a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>The most impressive cultural relics and monuments of China</b></font></td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000" align="center"><b><a href="cn/index.htm" target="_top"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF">Center-North China</font></a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Modern cities with a past and some lovely gardens</font></b></td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000" align="center"><b><a href="ec/index.htm" target="_top"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF">East Coast of China</font></a></b></td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"><b><i><font color="#FF0000" size="3">Free as a backpacker ! </font></i></b></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial">You will find in this <b> free travel guide</b> lots of tips and <b> most of the budget info</b> you need to prepare your trip to China on a shoestring ("before"), live your backpacking adventure in the best conditions ("during") and share your experience with other backpackers ("after") plus a photos gallery, a backpacking forum, surveys on the localities in China (backpacker 's ratings), travelogues, an essay in French, <b> links to other travel guidebook</b> on China or related budget information etc. All in one convenient stop ! Go for it : <b> backpack China with pass planet !</b><br> <br> If you know what you are looking for in China, use the Search Form to find backpacking info. Otherwise, have a look at the backpacker's Index or <b> let Passplanet be your free guidebook to China</b><br> <br> <b>The original features of this free backpacking travel guide to China include :<br> </b><br> - Budget & practical travel information about chinese localities only.<br> - Ratings of the localities by the backpackers themselves : more than 60 localities precisely covered in China<br> - What to do there & what you may not like while you backpack China<br> - The cheapest budget accommodations (guesthouse or hostel on a shoestring ) for backpackers<br> - The various transportations' options for easy backpacking<br> - Travel information on how to save money<br> - Lots of backpacker's photos in special sections<br> - A guidebook with frequent updates<br> <br> But Passplanet will, hopefully, be more than a free backpacking travel guide to China & Asia. My ambition is to make it a place where backpackers can freely exchange the latest info from "on the road" of the asian countries and communicate with each others. In the world of backpacking, information indeed changes with the blowing of the winds. But while a guidebook is out of date by the time it reaches the shelves, a web site can be updated daily. <b> Pass planet will strive to keep the budget information about China warm !</b>  <br> <br> But to achieve the above, we need your help & support. Passplanet is not supposed to be a single backpacker's journey and travel guide. There are too many trips ahead. China, Asia and the world are too vast to be covered by one individual. Let's share ! <b> Everyone is welcome to join the backpacking adventure and submit travel information ! </b> Passplanet is looking for new backpackers, budget writers, partners and ideas on a shoestring. And Passplanet also counts on you for its promotion. If you find it useful, please give the direction to other backpackers. <b> The more traffic, the more updated info in the future to backpack China !</b> <br> <br> Passplanet is also a place of exchange related to China. Beside all the forms which allow you to share your budget info about asian countries, experiences about a place, Passplanet also hosts a forum and a links section to other travel guide. You are welcome to submit your own travel web site in the latter and benefit from Passplanet's growing popularity in the world of backpacking on a shoestring. </font> </p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial"> <br> <b>Together, let's keep Passplanet as free & independent as a backpacker</b> so more and more people can use this free travel guide to backpack China !<br> <br> I wish you a good backpacking experience, on the site and around China !<br> <br> <b>Ben.<br> </b>Founder. </font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="4"><b><font color="#0000FF">@ @ @ CHINA</font></b> <font color="#0000FF">@ @ @</font></font> <p align="center"><b><i><font color="#FF0000" size="3">The other Planet !</font></i> </b> <p><font face="Arial"><b><font color="#0000FF">>> </font></b><font color="#FF0000"><b>Description of China ?</b></font> : An impressive country with a unique culture to match and the most diverse scenery of Asia</font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b><font color="#0000FF">>> </font><font color="#FF0000">Why go to China ?</font></b> Submerge yourself in a different world and relativate your own culture / Graduate as an Asian backpacker / Keep busy for a couple of months / Eventually make your own opinion about all the media fuss / Visit before the crowd / Test all the cheap local beers / </font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b><font color="#0000FF">>> </font></b><font color="#FF0000"><b>Drawback of China ? </b></font> The language barrier / The relative higher cost / The size of the place and time it takes to visit thoroughly / The apparent ruddiness of the Chinese people / The lack of good cheap beaches / </font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b><font color="#0000FF">>> </font><font color="#FF0000">Cultural Highlights of China ?</font></b> Great Wall & Forbidden City (Beijing) / Buddhist Caves (Datong) / Terracotta warriors (Xi'an) / Minorities villages & traditions (Lijiang, Langmusi,...) / </font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b><font color="#0000FF">>> </font><font color="#FF0000">Natural Highlights of China ?</font></b> Karsts Peaks (Yangshuo) / Rice Terraces (Guangxi & Yunnan) / Tiger Leaping Gorge (Yunnan Province) / Sacred Mountains / Sand dunes (Dunhuang) / </font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b><font color="#0000FF">>> </font><font color="#FF0000">How long in China ?</font></b> You would need 5 months to see it all but a good tour can also be done in 2 months. </font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b><font color="#0000FF">>> </font></b><font color="#FF0000"><b>Budget for China ?</b></font> $20 per day (room) if traveling all around. But as low as $5 per day if retiring in a minority village...</font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b><font color="#0000FF">>> </font><font color="#FF0000">Chinese Visa ?</font> </b> Required. 3 months tourist visa for about US$16 in Hong Kong. </font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b><font color="#0000FF">>> </font></b><font color="#FF0000"><b>When to go in China ?</b></font> Any time as it is big enough to find suitable weather in one part. Temperatures dip well below zero during winter in the north.  Very hot during summer. 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