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Information collected by Tony Williams during his 1999 journey through Sichuan, Qinghai, and Yunnan (reproduced here with permission).
ACCOMMODATION COSTS
Public bathrooms unless otherwise noted.
Chengdu: Jiaotong Hotel - bed in good 3-bed room, Y40.
Kangding: Binguan (turn right from bus station, follow road to right at nearby Y-junction, hotel very approximately 300m from
bus station, same side) - bed in 3-bed room, others empty, Y15.
Luhuo: hotel near main intersection (on cross-arm of T-junction whose vertical member goes down across bridge to monastery)
- bed in 3-bed room, new hotel, Y23.
Dege: main Dege hotel: bed in 3-bed room in main building Y42; in 3-bed room in old wing by river, Y16.
Baiyu: main hotel - bed in 3-bed room, Y20.
Garze: "Post Office Hotel" - bed in 3-bed room, others empty, Y35.
Manigango: Manigango Guest House at bus station - bed in 3-bed room, others empty, Y10.
Shiju (Sershul): Guesthouse on left-hand side of main street/road to Xiewu, near northern edge of town, above row of shops,
NO toilets - bed in 4-bed room, Y10.
Yushu: Tibetan guesthouse on first floor of building on south-east corner cross-arm main T-junction, entrance a few metres
towards Xining - bed in 3-bed room, others empty, Y20.
Huashixia: multi-storey hotel (north side of road, just before checkpoint near Xining end of town) - bed in 8-bed bunk room,
others empty, Y30.
Xining: excellent hotel (when facing station, go to far left of rear corner of station forecourt along a short lane at right angles to
railway line; turn left down lane for 195m, 95m past tall chimney on left, to hotel on right) - bed in 2-bed room, Y20. Yunfu
hotel, a favourite with backpackers on the "round corner" on the west side of Jianguo Lu, just south of the river and diagonally
opposite the railway station, which was closed during 1998, is open again, but renamed the Kunlun hotel).
Lanzhou: Lan Shan Binguan (east side of Tianshui Lu, entrance a few metres from corner of T-junction opposite the station
forecourt) - bed in 3-bed room, others empty, Y28. (Yingbing Fandian now charges minimum Y100).
Litang: Bei Ta Binguan (from bus station on left-hand side of Kangding and Xiangcheng approach to town, turn left on leaving
bus station; hotel on the right, several hundred metres from bus station, just before first corner to right) - bed in 3-bed room,
others empty, clean hotel, Y20.*
Xiangcheng: 3-storey green-tiled hotel almost opposite buse station near Litang end of town, NO toilets (!) or bathroom - bed
in 3-bed room, others empty, Y25.
Derong: Derong Binguan (from Xiangcheng-Zhongdian road, cross main bridge to main part of town, turn right at end of bridge
into main street, find hotel on left a couple of hundred metres from bridge) - bed in 3-bed room, others empty, excellent hotel
with 24-hour hotwater, Y16.
Zhongdian: Tibet Hotel (turn right on leaving bus station, walk several hundred metres before turning left to hotel on right,
perhaps 1 km from bus station; there may be direction signs), backpacker-style hotel with restaurant - bed in cramped 4-bed
room, Y20.
Lijiang: Old Town Square Hotel (leaving CC's restaurant in square, turn left, follow lane a few metres before turning 90 degrees
left along very narrow pedestrian alley to find hotel entrance after a few metres), beautiful rooms in a beautiful hotel, set around
courtyard; clean bathroom - Y30 for bed in 2-bed room (but hotel may be reluctant to sell on bed basis unless it is clear that
the other bed may be occupied).
Walnut Grove (in Tiger-Leaping Gorge): Sean's Guesthouse - single room Y15.
Kunming: Camellia Hotel, hotel with several wings offering different classes of accommodation, but all good, including cheap
Building No. 3 - bed in multi-bed room, Y30.