Hi. This is my first post in reddit and i am a little nervous so do pardon me. I'm posting this in hopes of hearing from any kind and adventurous souls on their experience/ plan to backpack around China.

I will start the post with a short and brief introduction of myself, so here goes: I am 19 years old this year, I hold a dual citizenship (China and Singapore) currently and would have to make a choice between the both when I turn 21, which is also why I would like to backpack China to learn more about the nation. I will graduate with a Singapore Diploma next year April. I will then have been through 13 years of English based education and I have also studied the Chinese language as my mother tongue for 10 years, so I am pretty fluent in it- both spoken and fluent. I have been to China a couple of times and been solo travelling since I was 16. I grow up as an independent kid, and am quite knowledgeable and versatile. I am also adventurous and physically fit.

I am looking to spend about 3 months (~12 weeks) in China, starting September/October 2018 and the primarily purpose of this trip is to learn more about the Chinese culture and traditions, something like going back to my roots as a Chinese.

I intent to start travelling from:

1.Yunnan, I am not sure yet on what I would do there but mainly looking to hike. I plan to stay there for about 2 weeks.

2.Sichuan I am considering then taking a train to Chengdu to visit Jiuzhaigou and spend a couple of days there, join the Panda Volunteer Program at Dujiangyan panda base and volunteer in a farm in exchange for accommodation before heading to Nanchong via a taxi. I plan to stay in Sichuan for about 3 week in total.

3.Guilin, I am planning to travel here via train as the website i use to look up routes within China suggest that i would pass through many other cities. I would like to mainly to visit Moon Hill, Reed Flute Cave and Longsheng here. And if possible, join a camping/climbing trip. I am intending to stay here for 2 weeks.

4.Beijing, visit some of the museums and go on a camping trip at the Great Wall of China, Jiankou. (I have been to the Great Wall of China before recently actually but only visited and climbed the Badaling section due to time constraint.) I am planning on staying in Beijing for a week.

5.Harbin, I am looking to volunteer there as a English teacher and I would like to do skiing there since it would be winter during my trip there am I am sure the place is going to be beautifully covered in snow. I am planning to stay for a good 2 weeks.

6.Anhui,Tunxi, I would like to go there and learn more about the old China as well as to visit the Huangshan if my budget and time allows. I am planning to stay for about a week here.

I then will travel to Fujian to visit some of my relatives and end my trip here before i return back home.

My budget is not alot for this whole trip, as I am only able to work part time from now till i embark on to this journey. My budget is about Singapore Dollar 10,000+ =~50,000 RMB.

Will that be enough? I am looking into volunteering in exchange for accommodation, being a stand-in English tutor for some side income and I am not looking to do shopping or indulge into luxurious food. I am fine with street foods and do not mind cooking my own meals. I am also fit enough to cover a solid distance (15-20KM) by foot and aware that bike sharing is available in China.

Some of my other concern will be,

-Is a diploma sufficient enough for me to volunteer as a English teacher or maybe get a ad-hoc paid stand in English teacher?

-Does A Singapore passport holder require to apply for Visa for a trip like this and if yes, what are the procedures?

-Is Sept/Oct a good time to go? I am aware that China's National Day will run through the first week of October annually.

-I have been to Beijing recently and notice that there is alot of cashless transaction payment there, how safe/convenient is it for me to be carrying that amount of cash or what are the alternative methods i can manage my finances there?

Here is the website i used to gauge transportation methods in China: http://ift.tt/1yiS238

I know and heard from many that China is a pretty daunting country to travel in so it would be nice if anyone could share with me their experience, address my concerns and give me some tips/ place of interest before i start travelling through China.

Thank you for reading my post! :-)