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Fujian Province. The South - Eastern province of Fujian is little known as a tourist destination for foreigners and a great place to escape the hordes of tour groups that swarm many of China's other coastal provinces ... Tibetan Sichuan. Tibetan Sichuan offers the adventurous traveller a unique opportunity to enjoy some of the most stunning mountain scenery in the world, while at the same time ... Guiyang - Chisui - Zigong - Yibin. This triangle linking the south of Sichuan province with the north of Guizhou is a great combination of lush subtropical scenery, traditional villages and impressive architectural monuments. Sichuan Teahouses. There are few pleasures more enjoyable in China, than reclining in a bamboo chair sipping freshly brewed tea from a porcelain cup in an traditional, old teahouse ... Xinjiang. The immense region of Xinjiang, situated in the far West of China, is its largest province. Xinjiang shares international borders with no less than 8 different countries ... Lanzhou - Pingliang - Tianshui Triangle. If you are in Lanzhou and have a couple of days to spare, then this little round trip, which takes in the Taoist Mountain Kongdong Shan and the Buddhist grottoes of Maiji Shan, might just be the thing for you. ... Guizhou Province. Guizhou Province is one of our favourites: here you can find lush scenery, beautiful natural sights such as waterfalls and caves, as well as a wide variety of colourful ethnic groups, all with their own festivals, celebrations and markets ... Tibet. We flew to Lhasa from Zhongdian with China Southern Airlines for around 2,500 Yuan, including Tibet permit, valid for entering the country and travelling in the Lhasa region ... Beijing 「北京」, 1990 & 2001 to 2008: A City In Upheaval. Stepping out onto the concourse outside Beijing railway station into the sharp winter sunlight we saw the number 20 bus pulling in. "That's the one!" I shouted to Margie. We stormed it with the rest of Beijing ... Xishuangbanna. The region of Xishuangbanna is located in the deep south of Yunnan Province and shares its borders with Myanmar and Laos. In the local Dai language, the area is known as Sip Sawng Panna, meaning twelve districts. It is a mountainous area encompassing some of China’s last remaining and fast dwindling tropical rain forests ... Shangri-la Special. Shangri-La, the mythical Paradise-on-Earth, exists! At least according to the Chinese tourist board, who have firmly situated this magical land in the North-West of Yunnan, in particular the area around Lijiang, Zhongdian and Deqin ... Hidden Gems Langzhong. This small town, with a big history, is situated on the banks of the Jialing River, some 225 kilometres from Chengdu ... Tonghai & Jianshui. These two towns to the south of Kunming make for great stopovers on the way to the stunning rice terraces of Yuanyang and its rich minority culture, or Hekou, the border crossing for Vietnam ... Xizhou. Avoid Dali, the once mythical city and haven of back-packers, now not much more than a vulgar theme park. Only 33 kilometres away is the lovely village of Xizhou, with its impressive ... Tongren. The early morning bus, packed to bursting point with predominantly Tibetan passengers whose clothes exude a penetrating smell of yak butter, climbs cumbersomely out of the monastic town of Xiahe and up onto ... Fenghuang. It was one of those early evenings in small-town China in 2001; we'd already eaten and the after dinner entertainment options were conspicuous by their absence. The only fall-back ... YuanYang. During the first two or three months of every year, thousands of professional and would- be professional photographers descend upon this remote town in Yunnan province to take photos of one of nature's most beautiful phenomena ... Yangmei. Only 30 kilometres separate the modern, green and dynamic city of Nanning, capital of the Zhuang Autonomous Province of Guangxi, from the ancient village of Yangmei. However, the differences between the two places are so great that they might as well exist on other planets ... Dazu. When we first arrived in Dazu on a damp, cold day in January 1991, after a long but uneventful bus ride from Chongqing, we found ourselves in a small, grubby market town under a grey sky and a light drizzle. A couple of grotty, but overpriced hotels were the only evidence that Dazu might be home to something more than the abundant vegetables found in its markets... Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang is anything but a gem and should come with a government health warning. However, what's around Shijiazhuang is indeed hidden and very much a gem... Zhenyuan The pretty and interesting town of Zhenyuan lies in the far east of Guizhou, not too far from the Hunanese border and can be easily reached by train from the railhead town of Huaihua in that province, or by bus from Kaili and Taijiang in Guizhou... Wuyuan About 3 years ago while killing time between classes, I lazily typed into Google “the most beautiful village in China” and up came a few entries, one of which was written by a local girl from a place called Wuyuan ... Cizhong The Road from Feilai Si near Deqin winds its way to the bottom of the Langcang Valley (Mekong River Valley) in a series of dramatic hairpin bends. On the right the mystical mountain of Meili Xueshan teases and torments the traveller with rare glimpses of its summit and glaciers in a game of hide and seek in the monsoon summer months. ... The Tropical Botanical Gardens at Menglun An unlikely gem if ever there were one, Menglun’s dusty main road is a mishmash of small restaurants, cheap hotels and motorbike shops. Pretty it isn’t! But then one doesn’t come to Menglun to see the town, but rather the fabulous Tropical Botanical Gardens that begin after crossing a suspension bridge over the Luosuo River, only a few meters from the unglamorous main road ... Wuzhen The rusty old bus from Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province rumbled along the tree shaded road, swerving past frequent potholes and dodging wayward livestock. Rural scenes that hadn’t changed in a millennium flashed by the grime- incrusted windows ... Great Markets A trip to Wase Market. Getting to the Saturday market at the Bai village of Wase wasn't as easy as we had first thought ... Anshun sunday Market ... the receptionist looked at us with a puzzled expression and asked: "What market?". "The Sunday market", I replied, almost in despair, in my faltering Chinese ... Laomeng Market. The hotel owner in Yuanyang had told us to get there early, as many of the hill tribe people have to walk all the way back and the market starts breaking up at around noon ... Xiding Market We abandoned our driver, his car buried deep in the mud, and mounted a motorbike. Ironically, the previously treacherous mud bath soon became a reasonably smooth, semi-asphalted road. The drive was stunning: we passed Dai villages with their traditional raised wooden houses, thick jungle and vistas of mist-covered hills and valleys flashed by, and just when it seemed that the scenery couldn’t get better, we arrived in Xiding ... Chinese Cities Chengdu (成都).Chengdu is the capital of the province of Sichuan, an inland province located in the South-West of China, that shares its borders with Tibet, Yunnan Guizhou, Gansu, Shaanxi and Chongqing. The geographical diversity of Sichuan is immense, with rugged mountains - featuring some of the highest peaks in the world- and lush valleys, subtropical plains and huge rivers. It is also China’s most populated province. Travel Tips Travelling the trains (I). Travelling China by train is one of the highlights and a great way of getting to know this vast country. Chinese trains have always been exceedingly reliable, but in the last couple of years they have also ... |
This is our travel section; here you can find comprehensive descriptions and detailed information about a wide-ranging selection of fascinating places we have visited over the last 16 years. The information we provide is entirely based on our own observations and personal experience. It should be remembered that China is a rapidly changing country and that some of the places we mention may already have changed beyond all recognition and the information may have changed too.
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