Hard Traveling

I've been havin' some hard travelin', I thought you knowed
I've been havin' some hard travelin', way down the road
I've been havin' some hard travelin', hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
I've been havin' some hard travelin', lord
-Woody Guthrie

Beijing to Nanning- 27 hours (train, hard seats)
Nanning to Beihai- 3 hours (bus, no leg room)
Beihai to Weizhou- 3 hours (slow Boat)
Weizhou to Beihai- 1.5 hours (fast boat)
Beihai to Guilin- 7 hours (midnight bus)
Guilin to Yangshuo- 3 hours (small boat plus small bus)
Yangshuo to Longsheng to Yangshuo- 8 hours round trip (small bus)
Yangshuo to Guilin- 1.5 hours (bus)
Guilin to Beijing- 27 hours (train, hard sleeper)

Total time in transportation over the last week= 81 hours
Total hours of vacation= 216
Hours spent asleep= 72
Hours spent asleep in transportation= 20

Time not spent in transportation or sleeping= 83

In other words, in one week off I had 3 and a half days of vacation. Trains and buses are cheap and they get you where you want to go, but I think that planes are really the way to travel.