Grrr… Chinese New Year and The Year of the Tiger

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Quick report from me on how to travel economically during the Chinese New Year celebrations and what has been dubbed the world’s largest annual migration…

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tiger mouth me

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…no, this does not entail riding around the country inside a giant tiger’s mouth. The solution? Simply get signed up to Couch Surfing. Click on the link below for the full report:

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As China enters its peak holiday season and millions take the opportunity to travel, hotel owners across the country will be rubbing their hands together with glee at this annual opportunity to bump up prices to an often unfeasibly high level. But fear not! There is one way the budget traveler can avoid such expenditure, namely by becoming a “couch surfer”.

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http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/02/12/2041s550005.htm

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