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China travel plan: Cyberpunk & Pandas (8 days)
The two biggest cities of western China and a sacred mountain in eight days. You start in Chongqing, a city built on hills above the Yangtze, where a monorail runs straight through an apartment block and Hongyadong lights up at night. A bullet train takes you to Chengdu for pandas, teahouses and hotpot, and from there you head to the Leshan Giant Buddha and Mount Emei. Fly into Chongqing and out of Chengdu – a good option when that's where the cheaper tickets are. What surprised us most was how technologically advanced China is – and in Chongqing, with its multi-level flyovers and skyscrapers rising from the slopes, you feel like you're in a science-fiction film.
- 8 daystrip length
- 4 placeson the route
- Chongqingstart
- Departure from ChengduTianfu Airport (TFU)
- Best time to go March–May, September–November (hot in summer) Hot in summer
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Day-by-day route
A route summary. In the PDF every day is covered in detail: what to see, times, getting there, tickets and addresses in Chinese.
- Day 1Arrival in Chongqing
- Day 2Chongqing
- Day 3Chongqing → Chengdu
- Day 4Chengdu
- Day 5Chengdu → Leshan → Emei
- Day 6Mount Emei
- Day 7Emei → Chengdu / Dujiangyan
- Day 8Chengdu → departure
On this route
- Starts in Chongqing: the hillside city and Hongyadong by night
- Bullet train to Chengdu: pandas, teahouses and hotpot
- The Leshan Giant Buddha and sunrise on Mount Emei
- Back to Chengdu and departure from Tianfu Airport
What's in the PDF plan
- A day-by-day schedule describing each day
- A map of the whole route
- Place names and addresses in Chinese
- Before you go: visa, apps, internet, money, trains and plugs
- Connections between cities
- Booking a train ticket step by step
- Getting around the city
- What and where to eat
- How much it costs on the ground (per person, excluding flights to China)
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