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Guide to Hiking China's Old Road to Shu

Local Buses

Transportation
Because the old road only survives in bits and pieces, the 19 hikes are
spread out between Chengdu and Xi'an. A large number of them are
concentrated in Puan and Jianmenguan, but to reach the others you
will be taking local buses. I am a great fan of local buses and much of
the 25-page section on transportation is devoted to their idiosyncrasies
(click on the local bus link top left for more info).  You can also travel by
train when traveling longer distances on the Baoji-Chengdu train line
which runs through some beautiful mountain scenery (left top). The
various classes of train travel are described in detail, including soft sleep,
hard sleep (below left), and hard seat (left middle). Transport by taxi,
three-wheel taxi (below right), pedicabs (left bottom), and motorcycle is
described as well. Nobody will be speaking English, so there are also
detailed directions on buying tickets and negotiating prices. In addition,
the 28 destination listings in the guide all have the times and prices of
local transport in and out of town.

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                                         İHope Lindsey Justman