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There aren't that many good boards for travel in China - I find general searches on Lonely Planet and Wiki-travel are often enough.

For places to stay there are loads of good hostels in most major destinations in China (Guilin, Yangshou, Kunming, Dali, Lijiang) and any place without will have plenty of accommodations available for cheap - sometimes local squat toilet-hot-shower rooms can be cheaper than the hostels (like in Jinhong, Yunnan).

As long as you know where the local bus station is you won't have much trouble getting around either - as a considerable number of people rely on public transportation in Southwestern China so there are often several buses a day.

One site offers some suggestions but it is getting more and more out of date as the years go by. Still good to see what people recommended doing but not good for prices and detailed travel plans - most of the bus schedules would probably be expanded at this point:

http://www.passplanet.com/china/index.htm

I have the same question for finding good travel-fish style info for Burma and the Philippines!