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Thanks for that. will try him, but you can't hold your breath with CITS. We plan to start in April-May 2010 and have an itinerary for China but will default to Vladivostok if we don't get a reasonable price.
Hi Simon,

Please keep in touch as your dates match my RTW plan and if China works then I'd like to throw my hat in with your group. I had Vietnam included in that run, but now plan to do both countries another time and instead freight from Bankok to Dhaka.

I've traveled to China a few times, had a good itinerary and have reasonable language skills, the thing about CITS and CTS is they are both 'part of the system", so when they put their name on a booking, it should be good.

Over the years I've seen some others that were anything but !.

Cheers and hope it works-out !

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6 of us, in cars, have just crossed China using:

China Adventure Tour, trekking, overland, festivals, special travel – NAVO

Tracy our guide was excellent! Between mine & my mates car being dumped in Kazakhstan and her having to organise a long distance taxi driver, writing a contract which could be tested, delays, sickness and me leaving in Kunming and her organising flights.....

The price was good and they can be flexible with the import duties for small groups.

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Hi Simon,

Please keep in touch as your dates match my RTW plan and if China works then I'd like to throw my hat in with your group. I had Vietnam included in that run, but now plan to do both countries another time and instead freight from Bankok to Dhaka.

I've traveled to China a few times, had a good itinerary and have reasonable language skills, the thing about CITS and CTS is they are both 'part of the system", so when they put their name on a booking, it should be good.

Over the years I've seen some others that were anything but !.

Cheers and hope it works-out !

Frank
Hi Frank

Tried the CITS people in Beijing after they were recommended by the Chinese Aust. Ambassador. Good for about 5 Emails but when it got down to the nitty gritty of organising things he just stopped responding to my Emails. I guess the Government employees do not really have to work if they do not want to as they get paid regardless. We have decided not to bother with China which is a pity but easier. We are going to ship to Japan instead and make our way across via Russia and Mongolia. We did alot of working out itineraries etc. with "Echo" from Plateau Tours who was good but just could not get the price for paper work within reasonable range. At one stage we looked at crossing into China from Laos, instead of Shanghai Thus cutting our planned time in China in half but this was still going to be over US$4000 p.p.

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Hello everyone from Spain!

I'm planning on travelling though China next year as well for my RW project. My ideal itinerary would be entering the country (sept 5th - 10th) through Mongolia (Shainshan) and doing Beijing, Xian, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Bhutan and Katmandhu, and then heading South o India.
Please let me know your thoughts and itinerary, I think it could be really interesting to organize a trip together, departuring, for example, from Ulanbataar.
Please write to yo (at) saliadarunavuelta (dot) com for details.
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Transit china
Hi I would like to transit China ...my ideal route and dates would be Khazakstan in Laos out or Mongolia in Loas out. Dates would be July 2010. I tried 2 years ago to get together a group to share costs but it never happened. Anyone initially intereted?.

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Hi from Spain

I am extremely interested in joining a group to share guide expenses.
Please see bellow my suggested itineraries for the summe of 2010. I prefer itinerary one. I can take care of the organization. Please feel free to comment or suggest a new itinerary.

summer 2010 - Google Maps

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Re Getting a small group together...
Hmm Well this is where the decisions start. Since we will be paying by the day for a guide we have to decide what budget is affordable. I have no idea how much per day ... The minimum time to transit is 2 weeks I would have thought....If going for minimum time in China I would try to avoid big cities. There is a tour company see link Driving in China, from Erenhot to Laos, North to South China Offeringa similar route to your route 2. They schedule 21 days I have not mailed them re price..I will do now, and ask the minimum numbers and max and if they will run to the groups timetable. Anyone else interested?.

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jimmy46, please let me know as soon as you have a budget.

Just a thought: We could simply try to cross the border in a truck or something, and if that doesn't work, ship the bikes in Mongolia to India(?) and cross China by bus and train. If guide prizes get too serious, that'll be my best shot.
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