Category: Vacations
A shop not far from Qufu’s Confucius Mansions (Kong Fu) sells craft wares and some interesting antiques. Much of the business life of Shanghai, China’s most densely populated city, …
Kaohsiung (pop. 1,400,000), on Taiwan’s south-west coast, is the capital of Kaohsiung province and the country’s largest port. It is the site of the largest breaker’s yard for ships, …
Zhuhai lies to the west of the mouth of the Xijiang river, just north of Macau, at 113°29’E and22°14’N. It is linked by motorway and shipping line with the …
The cosmopolitan city of Canton has an enormous market where you can buy just about anything, including foreign goods, and which is particularly famous for its oddities. In any …
Climate Extending as it does for more than 1800 km (1100 miles) from north to south, Scandinavia shows great climatic variations. Denmark and southern Sweden, with their cool, temperate …
Travellers’ cheques and international credit cards – but not Eurocheques -are accepted in banks, tourist hotels, Friendship Stores and antique shops. Money can be exchanged in various branches of …
Cinemas Open until 11.30 or midnight (information from hotel reception or the daily press). Markets Find out about dates and times from the local CITS offices (see Information) or …
Having completed two-thirds of theclimjD and arrived at the junction ofthe east and west routes, the climber will now reach the Halfway Gate to Heaven, a stone edifice from …
Spoken Chinese breaks down into a number of dialects with a basic difference between those of the north and the south. There are eight main dialects in total with …
The beer is very good and comparable with lager and German-style beers, with Qingdao and Beijing the best known brands. Wine made from grapes tends to be very sweet, …