Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Hostels

From what I have read so far, it looks like staying primarily in hostels for the trip will be the best idea. There are several sites dedicated to booking hostels worldwide:
HostelWorld - The Japan-Guide website forwards their hostel search to this website.
Hostelling International - Recommended to me by the international studies advisor at my university.

Japan
Kyoto
Tokyo

China
Beijing
Both very close to the Forbidden City:
http://www.hostelworld.com/availability.php/Sitting-On-The-City-Walls-Courtyard-House/Beijing/24225 - I think this is Beijing City Walls, which is a hostel I mentioned in my last post.
Hong Kong

Other Thoughts
I had a chance to talk to the international studies advisor at my university today. He pointed me towards a local travel agent he recommends and gave me a couple of things to think about. I'm glad I got to talk to him, he told me a couple stories about his traveling experiences and gave me a bit more confidence about this whole trip.
If I can afford it, I think I would like to stop in Hong Kong as my last stop. Flights from China to Hong Kong are considered international, so it's cheaper to get a flight to Shenzhen or Zhuhai (right across from Hong Kong), and then make my way from there.
While in Japan, Tokyo and Kyoto seem like the obvious cities to visit (though the advisor I talked to today also highly recommended Hokkaido, saying it was like Wisconsin, haha). In China, I definitely want to go to Beijing, though I'm not sure where else I want to go after that. There are so many places to see! Next post will probably be about that.
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