Hi! So I'm looking at travelling round China at some point over the coming weeks. Places I've been recommended to go to include: Guilin, Yunnan province, Xi'an, possibly Xiamen. Might leave Shanghai/Beijing for another trip.
At this stage I think it'll just be me. I don't speak any Mandarin. Anyone got any experience of lone-travel in China, or got any recommendation of a decent tour company?
ALSO, how tricky is it to get a tourist visa for China? I'm from UK (but living in HK at the mo); so far I'm just on a tourist visa for HK which runs out next Feb.