My first backpack trip ever took me to China, back in 1997. Here’s my route travelled back then. I remember those wonderful long distance train trip very well. signage was only done in Mandarin characters. So knowing when to get off was one happy adventure.

China 1 t/m 22 augustus 1997:
1-8 Amsterdam – Beijing
2-8 Beijing (Novotel)
3-8 Beijing (Novotel)
4-8 Beijing – Xi’an
5-8 Xi’an (University Hotel)
6-8 Xi’an (University Hotel)
7-8 Xi’an – Lanzhou
8-8 Lanzhou (Heping Hotel)
9-8 Lanzhou (Heping Hotel)
10-8 Lanzhou – Xiahe (Labrang Hotel)
11-8 Xiahe (Labrang Hotel)
12-8 Xiahe (Labrang Hotel)
13-8 Xiahe – Lanzhou (Lanzhou Hotel)
14-8 Lanzhou – Hohhot
15-8 Hohhot (Xiang Yuan Hotel)
16-8 Hohhot (Xiang Yuan Hotel)
17-8 Hohhot – Beijing
18-8 Beijing (Jinghua Hotel)
19-8 Beijing (Jinghua Hotel)
20-8 Beijing (Jinghua Hotel)
21-8 Beijing (Jinghua Hotel)
22-8 Beijing – Amsterdam