Finding a guide in China - Synotrip rocks
Trip Start
Jan 30, 2007
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Trip End
Dec 31, 2011
Lijiang City, Yunnan, China
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
You can visit the site at www.synotrip.com for listings, as well as articles and upcoming trips.
One of the great things about Synotrip is that it lists guides all over China, now just the touristy places. And by dealing direct with the guides you avoid the middle-men, and also ensure that guides get the full amount you pay. Because in China, guides only receive a fraction of the price you pay the travel agency.
It is common for guides who are guiding a group of foreigners who are paying around US$150 a day to get less than US$10 a day!
So check out Synotrip, not just because you can find me, but also to get ideas about trips across China.
BTW, I've got a trip coming up to celebrate Miao New Year - http://www.synotrip.com/tours/china/miao-new-year
Details below:
Colourful
Guizhou
Miao
New Year
Tuesday
8th – Saturday 12th November 2011
5
days/4 nights
Lijiang
Guides
Join
the Miao nationality in their special welcome of their New Year in
the mountains of Guizhou. Take part in the festivities of China's
most fascinating minority as they celebrate the harvest and look
forward to the New Year – and celebrate their identity.
Highlights:
Be
one of the few foreigners to take part in the Black Miao New Year in
Guizhou
Stunning
scenery of rice terraces and limestone hills
Wonderful
(and spicy) food and delicacies – enjoy banquets in Miao family
houses
Witness
parades of Miao in their finest costumes – embroider and silver
Experience
music, singing, dancing, courting of Miao people
Meet
Miao people and learn more about their unique culture
http://www.synotrip.com/tours/china/miao-new-year
