China Travel Stories

Trip report: Beijing, Xian, Datong and Chengde(3)by walter_ba21

Date: 2008-11-26 3:00:00 by amanda Tags: Beijing Xian Datong Chengde

13 June - Datong

We waked up very early and in less than an hour of flight we arrived in Datong. Datong is a city of 3 million inhabitants, important for its coalmines and therefore a polluted city, but it is famous above all for the Yungang Grottoes (literally "Cloud Ridge Caves"), a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In airport we met our likeable guide, Joan and the driver with a

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Trip report: Beijing, Xian, Datong and Chengde(2) by walter_ba21

Date: 2008-11-20 21:25:00 by amanda Tags: Beijing Xian Datong and Chengde

11 June - Xian

We waked up very early because we had to catch the flight to Xian at 7.20 a.m.. The departure was from the new Terminal 3, constructed for the Olympic Games and planned by the English architect Foster. The terminal is spectacular and efficient. It’s enormous, but spaces are well organized and you can’t get lost inside. Our flight leaved nearly 10 minutes befor

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Trip report: Beijing, Xian, Datong and Chengde(1) by walter_ba21

Date: 2008-11-20 21:09:00 by amanda Tags: Beijing Xian Datong and Chengde

Hallo! I wish tell you about my travel in China, It’s my way to repay the internet community, for all helpful information I have found in internet when I started to planning this travel.

Planning the travel

Why China? Travel to China has been from long time my dream and now I decided at last. My wife and my son (sixteen), obviously have been enthusiast. Having only 12 days

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Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City

Date: 2008-10-26 22:41:00 by catherine Tags: Beijing

Tiananmen Square and The Forbidden City are very important land marks of Beijing, without seeing which a visit to Beijing would be incomplete. A large road divides the two complexes, but there are underpasses to go from one to the other.

There are tours available for Tiananmen Square and The Forbidden City. One can see these two places on one’s own too. English speaking guides are

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Beijing Commuting and Traffic

Date: 2008-10-26 22:40:00 by catherine Tags: Beijing

Beijing is known for its heavy vehicular traffic. There are new and old buses, trucks, the latest private cars, two-wheelers and even bicycles on some roads. While the population is 17-18 million, the number of cars is 3 million; a very high number indeed. About 1000 new vehicles are added to the city roads every day!! Most drivers seem to follow the rules of the road. The traffic signs are

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