Friendship Tour to Mainland China Part 1
The route we took... Travel with friends resumed, this time with Annette and Jea from Singapore. The triplet: Me, Gea and Anneth Considering that we, Filipinos, have to apply for Tourist Visa. So on my part, I booked my own flight and my hotel reservation. I availed of promo rates from Cebu Pacific Air for Manila-Shanghai flight, and from AirAsia Philippines for the return flight. To avoid complications in my application, I initially reserved a guesthouse in Shanghai for five nights, the whole duration of my trip to China. When my visa was approved, I canceled that booking and looked for room accommodations from the targeted destinations based on actual itinerary. As I was assigned to do this for the group, I booked 3 nights at FantasyLand Hotel in Zhangjiaje and 2 nights in Shanghai Chi Chen Boutique Hotel. Then I made reservations for the train tickets from Zhangjiaje to Changsa and bullet train from Changsa to Shanghai. Anneth on the other hand took care of bu...