chinatravel - [Dorri te Boekhorst]

Hi,

Coming spring I want to travel through China, looking for natural areas (birdwatching and planthunting) together with a friend. We want to hire a car but everybody's been telling us not to. Is there anyone with some expierience to this who can give us information on where to go and mainly how to go there?

Please give an answer if you have information of use!
regards, Dorri