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Originally Posted by Kybosh
Honestly, I'm leaning toward flying to Beijing and doing a smallish circuit. Relatively cheap, yet direct flights are a plus.
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We went to Beijing without any sort of tour or organized itinerary and it was superb, and relatively cheap, aside from the flight. We stayed at a fancy hotel near Forbidden City and I think the whole thing was $3200 for flights and 9 nights. We just wandered around the city and took a whole day to go to the Wall (make sure you go to Simatai, not one of the more touristy spots closer by). We just called up a hostel and hooked up with one of their tours, instead of one of the more "official" ones being offered by the major hotels.