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How did you plan (or not plan) for China?

Assuming I can get past the increasing number of barriers to getting a visa to visit China, I'll be going in September for (hopefully) a few months. I'm not planning on having a complete itinerary before I go; just a rough idea of the provinces i would... ...full story at Boots n All

from Boots n All on Tue, May 27 2008

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