Polyglot Trip to Yunnan, China

Thanks Erbs for the info



and welcome to POLYGLOT !!

Hey guys,



  Funny that this would be my first post (newbie here), but I figured it's something I could answer.



  Chinese New Year is on Feb 7th 2008. That's the first day of CNY. I'm not from China so I can't say their travel habits during that period. But my impression is that China "shuts down" (like how Europe "shuts down" in August) for 2 weeks starting on that day. Blocking out any travel to China 3 weeks before and after that day is probably a good idea.

Anybody knows WHEN is the chinese New Year ? chun jie ?

so we do not choose that period ...

I think it would be best to go end of january to have low prices

I know a good Chinese travel agency with very low prices



we could go in the south towards Yunan because of the weather : not too hot (like in guanzhou), nor too cold



si ji ru chun

Keep me informed Vincent, I may be interested in your project , I miss China too much ! specially the countryside  and the beautiful landscapes of Yunnan ... (but I don't know if I'll be able to travel with a group.. I never did that before...  !!).

Anyway great idea ...

Pascale

I would like to go to China in 2008, but i still have to decide where and when

The idea would be to go with polyglot members from Paris and meet Polyglot members there in China