Category: China
One of the highlights of a visit to China isthe83km/52 mile boat trip on the Li River from Guilin to Yangzhuo. The tourist boats travel through lovely karst scenery, …
The Dragon Boat Festival heralding the arrival of summer is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, around the end of May, and again is not …
The changes in climate and time zones and the unfamiliar food and drink can all combine to upset your metabolism when travelling in China so you would be well …
The province of Hubei lies north of Lake Dongting Hu (hence its name: Situation Hubei means “north of the lake”), along the middle course of the Chang-jiang, between 108°21-116°07’E …
Province: Fujian Altitude: 200m/656ft. Area: 530sq.km/204sq. miles Population: 120,000 (conurbation 400,000) Quanzhou lies at 118°35’E and 24°52’N in the south-east of the Fuijian province on the Jinjiang estuary. From …
To the east of the Kaiyuan Si temple is the Museum ofthe Flistory of Foreign Trade (founded 1959). It is divided into three sections: in the first section is …
Capital of Jiangxi Province Altitude: 20m/65ft. Area: 65sq.km/25sq. miles Population: 850,000 (conurbation 2,450,000) Nanchang lies at 115°53’E and 28°41’N, in the north of the province of Jiangxi, on the …
Autonomous region of Inner Mongolia Altitude: 1000m/3282ft Area: 2152sq.km/831sq. miles. Population: 1,500,000 Baotou lies in the centre of Inner Mongolia at 109°49’E and 40°42’N, some 140km/87 miles west of …
The land route to Tibet is still a difficult undertaking. The only option is to take an overland bus from Katmandu which involves an exhausting journey lasting several days …
Capital of Zhejiang Province Altitude: 5m/16ft. Area: 429sq.km/166sq. miles Population: 1,220,000 (conurbation 5,440,000) Hangzhou (Hangchow) lies in the north of Zhejiang province, in the Qian-tangjiang delta, about 40km/25 miles …