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Expense Report: 6 Days in Guizhou

by Jessica Marsden on August 12, 2010

This is the second in an occasional series of “Expense Reports”  where I use my recent trips to examine the highly variable costs of travel in China. The first report covered the costs of Sichuan travel. In a Nutshell Trip Length: 6 days/7 nights Total Cost: 679 RMB ($100) Per Day: 113 RMB ($17) Starting [...]

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Expense Report: Ten Days in Sichuan

by Jessica Marsden on June 16, 2010

This is the first in an occasional series of “Expense Reports”  where I use my recent trips to examine the highly variable costs of travel in China. In a Nutshell Trip Length: 10 days Total Cost: 2667 RMB ($390) Per Day: 267 RMB ($39) Starting Point: Chengdu Ending Point: Chengdu After a year of blogging [...]

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Japan Rail Pass: To Buy or Not to Buy?

by Jessica Marsden on March 10, 2010

This is the last of three posts on traveling in Japan on a budget. In previous posts, I wrote about the cost of a trip to Japan and the Shanghai-Osaka Ferry. Dan and I set off for Japan last month armed with very little in the way of research under our belts. We had a [...]

Tagged as: budget travel, Japan, Japan budget, Japan Rail Pass, trains

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Japan: How Much Does It Really Cost?

by Jessica Marsden on March 8, 2010

This is the first of three posts on traveling in Japan on a budget. Come back tomorrow and Wednesday for parts two and three. One of my biggest concerns before leaving for Japan last month was how much it would cost. The country is famously expensive, and since I make my living teaching in China, [...]

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