Daguan Lou Gongyuan Park Map
Lake Dianchi has a surface area of 297sq.km/115sq. miles and an average depth of 5.5m/18ft. Now known as Lake Kunming, it lies about 4km/2’/2 miles south-west of the city …
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Ningxia Map
Autonomous region Area: 66,400sq.km/25,600sq. miles Population: 4,800,000. Capital: Yinchuan Ningxia is the smallest of the five autonomous regions of China. It lies Situation between 104°17′-107°40’E and 35°14′-39°22’N, in the …
Chinese travel warnings
This park in the south-west of the city covers 200ha/500 acres and is a popular place for a day’s outing. Three lakes with thirteen islands in all take up …
Mao Ta Pagoda
The Pagoda of Longevity was erected in 1743 by the occupants ofthe town of Qingpu, 31 km/19 miles to the west of Shanghai, to wish the emperor Qianlong a …
Baedeker Special Giant Panda
Da Xiong Mao” (giant bear cat), as the Chinese describe the giant panda (ailuropoda melanoleuca), has been regarded for many hundreds of years as a bringer of good luck. …
Beijing Travel Guide
The Hall of Middle Harmony is situated behind the Hall of Supreme Harmony. This was where the emperor rested, and received homage from the officials and masters of ceremony …
Public Transport for China
You can make phone calls abroad in most of the large city hotels. Waiting times are not too long and the lines are usually quite good. It is not …
Chinese rail travel
It goes without saying that travel can sometimes prove frustrating and wearing in a country such as China where contact with foreign tourists is still a relatively new experience …
Taiwan Travel
The nearby Tapeng Academy of Chinese Opera is one of the best educational establishments of its kind on Taiwan and has already produced a number of star performers. Here …
Bryn Mawr Book Sale US Map & Phone & Address
Bryn Mawr Book Sale US Map & Phone & Address 373 Huron Ave. Cambridge; (617) 661-1770 Here’s a great place to snap up inexpensive used books, and feel like …