Living in China is not expensive, it's even cheaper if one chooses to spend days in a comparatelively small place. Like Baoji. If you have discovered the shopping excitment provided by Jing 2 Lu, and clubbing in Jing 1 Lu, it's a fine start, but not at all everything this city has to offer.
1.) Transportation. God bless China for the cheap Taxi rides and convienent Busses waiting for the potential passangers everywhere. All you have to do on a lazy Saturday's morning is to go to a bus station, figure out which county would you like to see and get on the bus. Bus fare will be anything from 15 - 50 yuan. Getting around the city itself is even easier. Taxi fare starts here with 5 yuan and rarely reaches the mark of 10 yuan. If your budget is very tight or you just prefer being on a bus, ticket costs 1 yuan. As well, the center of Shaanxi province, Xi'an is just 200 km away. There is a speed train connecting Baoji with Xian and the whole journey lasts just 72 minutes.
2.) Shopping. Baoji develops with a speed of light. There are more than enough shopping malls, with most of goods you might think to search for. One of the most popular supermarkets are on Jing 2 Lu corner, called Bao shang. If you miss your country's food, you might get a little dissapointed, since there are goodies impossible to find here, as well - in China, for example, sour cream, black bread and many kinds of cheese. You will pay 20 yuan for a bad quality cheese, only kind they have, 4 yuan for a loaf of bread, 3 yuan for a pack of instant noodles and 15 yuan per little package of butter.
3.) Eating out. There are loads of options here suitable to any kind of budget. Mcdonalds and KFCs have conquered this place by having cafe's on Jing 2 Lu and on QingJiang Lu. Eating here will take away from you good 35 yuan.
The most expensive places are usually called Western Restaurants and their pricing can reach 80 yuan and up per person. My favorite Western places are '10th floor' located on Jing 2 Lu/Hanzhong Lu crossing point. There's a hotel you go in and just take an elevator up to the 10th floor. It's real name is Jazz Cafe. There are loads of places like this and not hard to find. Hanzhong Lu has Victory coffee, loads of small pubs and there's a King's coffee on the corner of Jing 2 Lu.
The cheapest options are any humble looking Chinese indoor or outdoor cafe's. They are everywhere and offer some of the best food I have eaten in China. You can get anything, starting from dumplings (around 5 yuan per portion), rice and vegetables (5-20 yuan), 'street burgers' (4 yuan) and noodles (my favorites are called che mian and costs 3.5 yuan).
1.) Transportation. God bless China for the cheap Taxi rides and convienent Busses waiting for the potential passangers everywhere. All you have to do on a lazy Saturday's morning is to go to a bus station, figure out which county would you like to see and get on the bus. Bus fare will be anything from 15 - 50 yuan. Getting around the city itself is even easier. Taxi fare starts here with 5 yuan and rarely reaches the mark of 10 yuan. If your budget is very tight or you just prefer being on a bus, ticket costs 1 yuan. As well, the center of Shaanxi province, Xi'an is just 200 km away. There is a speed train connecting Baoji with Xian and the whole journey lasts just 72 minutes.
2.) Shopping. Baoji develops with a speed of light. There are more than enough shopping malls, with most of goods you might think to search for. One of the most popular supermarkets are on Jing 2 Lu corner, called Bao shang. If you miss your country's food, you might get a little dissapointed, since there are goodies impossible to find here, as well - in China, for example, sour cream, black bread and many kinds of cheese. You will pay 20 yuan for a bad quality cheese, only kind they have, 4 yuan for a loaf of bread, 3 yuan for a pack of instant noodles and 15 yuan per little package of butter.
3.) Eating out. There are loads of options here suitable to any kind of budget. Mcdonalds and KFCs have conquered this place by having cafe's on Jing 2 Lu and on QingJiang Lu. Eating here will take away from you good 35 yuan.
The most expensive places are usually called Western Restaurants and their pricing can reach 80 yuan and up per person. My favorite Western places are '10th floor' located on Jing 2 Lu/Hanzhong Lu crossing point. There's a hotel you go in and just take an elevator up to the 10th floor. It's real name is Jazz Cafe. There are loads of places like this and not hard to find. Hanzhong Lu has Victory coffee, loads of small pubs and there's a King's coffee on the corner of Jing 2 Lu.
The cheapest options are any humble looking Chinese indoor or outdoor cafe's. They are everywhere and offer some of the best food I have eaten in China. You can get anything, starting from dumplings (around 5 yuan per portion), rice and vegetables (5-20 yuan), 'street burgers' (4 yuan) and noodles (my favorites are called che mian and costs 3.5 yuan).
