I am a retired teacher, and I like traveling. Retired 10 years, backpacked around most of China and Southeast Asian countries. At present, people are still traveling in Hainan Island. Although I am a retired teacher, my relative salary is relatively low. One is because of the early retirement time, and the other is because there is no corresponding senior title. Like me, the length of service began with the educated youth who went to the countryside on 1968, and my education was the first university graduate after the resumption of the college entrance examination on 1977. Compared with my classmates and colleagues with similar length of service and education, my salary after retirement is very different from theirs. Fortunately, my wife also has a retirement salary, and my retirement salary is spent by myself. Because I have been hospitalized for many times for a long time, I have been traveling and taking medicine (at the peak, I paid more than 10,000 yuan per year). So they basically belong to the moonlight old man and have no savings. According to my own travel experience over the years, I have limited economic conditions and want to travel all over the country. If I want to travel all over the country, my suggestions are as follows:
First of all, we should be psychologically prepared to travel to China. The so-called poor travel is to travel in the most frugal way. In the same route, the same destination, the cost is the most economical. There are many ways to save money on food, accommodation, transportation and play during travel. If a poor tour is suitable, it can save a lot of money compared with a luxury tour. But relatively speaking, poor travel can save money, and the living conditions on the journey will certainly be very difficult. In other words, it's hard to spend money on it. Although the pursuit of distant poetry is romantic, mode, which is restricted by economic conditions, will certainly have a hard time on the trip. As long as you have this psychological preparation, your economic conditions can support you to travel around China and realize your dream.
Second, the only way to overcome the difficulty of insufficient travel funds is to find ways to save money. Spend every penny on the key points. According to my 10 years of backpacking experience at home and abroad, I think more about living, eating, playing, scenic spots tickets, etc., and try to save all kinds of expenses. For example, in July 2008, I set out from Changsha backpack and visited Guizhou, Yunnan, Chongqing, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Henan, Beijing, Hainan, Guangdong and other provinces and cities. 202 1 1 It took more than half a year to return to China. I have several ways to save money by traveling badly: A. Accommodation. Find cheap hotels such as railway station, high-speed railway station and bus station. The price is controlled between 30 yuan and 50 yuan. For example, I backpacked around Hainan Island and found a single room in 50 yuan near Sanya Passenger Station in the peak season. I also found a guest house next to Wanning old bus station, a single room in 30 yuan every night. B, catering. Breakfast: eggs, cereal, steamed bread and porridge. The average standard is around 6 to 7 yuan. Lunch and dinner: fast food or buffet. Generally controlled in 10 yuan to 12 yuan. For example, a cafeteria in Longcheng Farmers' Market in Chenggong District of Kunming charges per person for a meal 12 yuan. Vegetarian food 14, delicious and affordable. My monthly living expenses do not exceed 100 yuan. C. travel. Long-distance travel tools generally choose green ordinary trains and cars, and rarely choose airplanes and high-speed rail. For example, I come from Yan 'an, Shaanxi, where the high-speed rail fare is more than 600 yuan, while the ordinary green leather train fare is only 124 yuan. There is a big difference between the two. I chose the ordinary green leather train and sat in a seat in Beijing, from Yan 'an. D. tickets. A few years ago, I was able to avoid scenic spots according to the national preferential policies. When you have no free time, try to visit free red scenic spots and natural landscapes in one place. Some artificially created high-priced scenic spots are generally unattended. For example, when traveling
Third, plan one or two routes every year according to the season, and try not to travel out of season. When making a tourism strategy, we must make a tourist city or region according to the seasonal characteristics. For example, I choose southern cities such as Hainan in winter and Beijing and Northeast China in summer. Especially in winter, traveling to Hainan Island is the best season. When the winter in the north is still freezing for thousands of miles and the snow is drifting in Wan Li, I came to Sanya, where there are beautiful scenery of blue sky, white clouds, coast, beaches and coconut groves. I walk barefoot on the beach of Sanya Bay, and I can swim along the coast of Dadonghai. Unless you go to Harbin to see ice sculptures, winter in the north is generally not suitable for backpackers. Especially an old backpacker like me.
The above is my advice to backpackers.
Please pay attention. All the photos were taken during my recent visit to the motherland.
If you want to travel and play, you have to pay a lot of money for food, clothing, housing and transportation. There are also sightseeing spots, which is also a big expense. Many people have some savings to travel, but they don't have to travel all over the country. They only go to two or three places a year. Some people do have money. Buying an RV to travel around the world is really enviable.
But looking back, more people don't have much economic foundation, but they are eager to move and dream of traveling. It is difficult to travel around, but it is possible to be cautious. As a poor boy, I have been having this dream. Maybe I'll put it into action in a few years.
This is my plan. First of all, I need a little deposit, estimated at 40 thousand to 50 thousand, but this is the most basic. Then, I will buy a second-hand commercial car, about 20 thousand to 30 thousand. The condition of the vehicle must be ok, so don't modify it too much. I just put some daily necessities for cooking, and then I slept in the car. Before departure, you should also plan your route, know well and make all the preparations before departure. I-I calculated that after deducting the cost of buying a car, there was more than 10 thousand left in the deposit. If you eat and live in the car, you can travel to seven or eight provinces. With perseverance, such a national tour won at a very low price.
I wanted to do this many years ago, but I never dared. Maybe not now, but I will do it one day. Everyone has their own dreams. My dream is to travel all over the country and feel the local customs. I am too old to run, and I still have many memories.
Friends, do you think this is reliable? Welcome to discuss.