Dragonboat Festival is coming up at the end of the month and we get a 3-day 4-day weekend, Thursday to Sunday. the original plan–concocted yesterday and changed yesterday–was to travel to Beijing with Avril. It looks like some of the other teachers are planning a trip just west of Wuhan, I just forgot the name of the city. It’s a city with a West Lake (西湖 xīhú). I think I’ll be joining them if they decide to go.

If I did decide to go to Beijing, seeing as time is limited, I think going by plane would be my best bet. It’s a choice between a 10- to 16-hour train ride for about 262元 to 429元 (one-way) or a 2-hour plane ride for about 650元 to 910元 (round-trip). Plane sounds like a good idea to me.

…or maybe I should spend my days in a 5-star resort in Sanya. I will do the lazy tourist thing where you lay on the beach instead of seeing the sights.

Resources:
If you’re looking to travel in China, here’s some places you should visit.

• Seat61: Train travel in China – a beginner’s guide
  Links to all the useful sites for train travel.
• China Travel Guide: Train times in English
  Where are you coming from, where are you going? You’ll get all the train times for your O-D.
• Ctrip: Chinese Expedia
  Buy all your plane tickets online. Think Expedia in Chinese (they do have an English site).