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If you don't find what you're looking for in these listings, try the Tourist Hotline 021 6252-0000 or inquire at your hotel desk. American Express Holders of an American Express card can make inquiries about currency exchange, emergency card replacement, personal check cashing, and 24-hour access to an ATM at Room 206, Shanghai Centre, Nanjing XT Lu 1376 021 6279-8082 fax 021 6279-7183 . An American Express Cash Dispenser is installed near the office in Shanghai Centre. The office is open...
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Banks, Foreign Exchange amp ATMs None available. Internet Access Immediately east of the entrance to the Telecom Hotel is the nonsmoking Huangnan Dianxin Fengdngsl Wangba amp 0941 872-4196 Post Office The main post office is located on Tuanjie Nan Lu, diagonally across from the Huangnan Dajiudian. The main Geluk monastery of the region, Rongpo Gompa Longwu Si 18 2.20 , is to the south of town. But the most popular outing for those interested in Tibetan art is a visit to the villages of Shang...
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Banks, Foreign Exchange amp ATMs The most effective Bank of China is the city branch at Jiefang Lu 157 029 742-8650 open 8am-8pm Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm weekends It's about 400m H mile south of the railway station, on the west side of Jiefang Lu, next to the Silk Road Hotel. The provincial branch is located in the center of town, on the corner ofJuhua Yuan at Dong Dajie 306 amp 029 726-1726 . Foreign exchange counters are located on the second floor windows 14 to 16 and ATMs downstairs accept foreign...
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Banks, Foreign Exchange amp ATMs The Bank of China open Mon-Fri 8 30am-noon and 2-6pm , Zhimin Lu 36 near the Traffic Hotel and Xin Nan Men Bus Station, has full foreign-exchange facilities and an ATM. The branch at Renmin Nan Lu opposite the Min Shan Fandian also has an ATM, and is open the same hours. Consulates The U.S. Consulate is at Lingshiguan Lu 4 amp 028 8558-9202 open Mon-Fri, 8 30am-5 30pm . Take bus no. 16, 61, 49, or 50 to Ling-shiguan Lu. Internet Access Try the Qilin Wangba and...
Out Of Town
Yungang Shiku Yungang Caves Influenced by the Buddhist site of Bamiyan in Afghanistan and the caves of Kizil and Kuqa in Xinjiang, p. 295 , the stone carvings of Yungang are the earliest of their kind in China. Hewn in three stages between 460 and 524, they show the movement from a heavy reliance on Indian and central Asian artistic models to an emergence of Chinese traditions. The caves numbered 16 to 20 the Five Caves of Tan Yao were carved between 460 and 465 under the supervision of a...
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Banks, Foreign Exchange amp ATMs The main branch of the Bank of China, west of the Potala Palace at Linkuo Xi Lu 28, accepts traveler's checks and credit cards at counters 5 and 6. Summer hours are weekdays from 9am to 1pm and 3 30 to 6pm weekends 10am to 5pm. Winter hours are weekdays from 9 30am to 1 30pm and 3 30 to 6pm weekends from 10 30am to 4 30pm. A branch of the bank on the northeast side of town, at Najin Lu 188, exchanges cash and traveler's checks at counter 1, open weekdays from...
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GETTING THERE From Lijiang's airport, 24km 15 miles and a 30-minute taxi ride around 80 10 southwest of town, there are daily flights to Kunming 50 min. as well as weekly flights to Guangzhou 3 hr. , Shanghai 4J 2 hr. , and Xishuangbanna 30 min. . Tickets can be bought at the CAAC Yunnan Airlines ticket office at Fuhui Lu, Minhang Zhan amp 0888 5161289 . CAAC airport buses for 10 1.25 depart from the office 90 minutes before scheduled departures. There is another CAAC office on the first floor...
Dalian After Dark
The majority of nightspots in Dalian are neon karaoke dives that cater to naughty Japanese businessmen, but there are a few pleasant exceptions. Resident foreigners favor the subterranean Makewei, known to English speakers as Dave's Bar south end of Qiyi Jie amp 0411 282-2345 open 1pm until late , a U.N. of watering holes just northeast of Zhongshan Guangchang. Americans, Russians, Europeans, Asians, and Africans mix and flirt at Dave's without prejudice over bottles of Tsingtao beer. There are...
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GETTING THERE At press time, there were no flights to Kuqa, but there are plans to open air routes to Kashgar and r mqi. Check with CAAC on W nhua Lu amp 0997 712-9390 or with the airport amp 0997 712-2051 . The railway station is on the southwest side of town. Taxis 10 1.25 and bus no. 6 1.50 204 take you into town. Heading west, the K887 train for Kashgar 11 hr. leaves at 5 18am the 8873 at 11 03am. Heading east, the K888 for r mqi 14 hr. leaves at 2 47am the 5808 at 11 22pm and the 8874 at 7...
China Calendar Of Events
China's festivals follow the traditional lunar calendar, and to increase confusion, some minority calendars operate according to different traditions. For conversion to solar Gregorian calendar dates, try the websites www.est-direct.com china lunarcal.php, or www.mandarintools.com. The Chinese tourism industry is increasingly inventing festivals to try to boost business. Unless indicated below, be wary of any festival with the word tourism in its name, for instance. Chinese New Year, is still...
By Ship
There are ferry connections from Incheon in South Korea and from Shi-monoseki and Kobe www.celkobe.co. jp in Japan to Tianjin from Incheon and Shimonoseki www.orientferry.co. jp to Qingdao from Incheon to Weihai from Incheon to Dalian from Osaka and Kobe in Japan to Shanghai www.fune.co.jp chinjif and www. shanghai-ferry.co.jp from Incheon and Busan in Korea to Yantai and from Hong Kong and Macau to various points around Guangzhou www. turbocat.com and www.cksp.com.hk and Fujian provinces,...
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GETTING THERE There are flights to the nearest airport on Zhou Shan, a neighboring island from major cities that include Beijing 4 weekly , Shanghai 2 or 3 daily , Xi'an 4 weekly , and Xiamen daily . Returning, departure tax for the short hop to Shanghai is only 10 1.25 . Buses take passengers to a ferry to Putuo Shan. For tickets out, try the Putuo Shan Jlchang Shoupiao Chu in the main square, across from Puji Si, near the exit to the bus station. The ferry bus link to the airport costs 12...
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Chasers One of several bars lining the narrow, alleylike Knutsford Terrace, which parallels Kimberley Road to the north, this is one of the most popular, filled with a mixed clientele that includes both the young and the not-so-young, expat and Chinese. It features a house Filipino band nightly from 10 30pm, playing rock, jazz, rhythm-and-blues, and everything in between, free of charge. Happy hour is from noon to 9pm Sunday and from 5 to 9pm the rest of the week. The bar is open daily from...
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The only thing recommending either of the hotels open to foreigners in Tashkurgan is their existence. Substantial discounts are always obtainable, as Tashkurgan is not a major destination for Chinese tourists. Jiaotdng Binguan Traffic Hotel Described by one travel guide as the worst hotel in the world, the hotel is still stung by this assessment. On those grounds, this establishment is entitled to a most-improved award. Rooms facing south are sunnier. The Muslim restaurant is often the site of...
Maos Roots
Mao's father was a poor peasant compelled out of poverty to join the army. Years later he returned to Shao Shan with ambitions of bettering his lot. When Mao was born, his father owned 15 hectares 37 acres of land and was a middle peasant. By the time Mao was a teenager, his father had 22 hectares 55 acres and the status of rich peasant. Mao spent his childhood in Shao Shan working in his father's rice paddies and, from age 8, studying the Confucian Analects and The Five Classics meaning the...
Tangkou
There's a bakery, Weitejia Mianbaofang, on Yin Shi Jie, the main street under the bridge. Next door is a mini-supermarket where you can stock up on snacks, groceries, and drinks for the climb. HongdashT Jiudian This relatively new 2001 two-star hotel just down the street from the Zhounan Hotel has unremarkable rooms with firm beds and forgettable furniture, but at least the rooms are very clean and the furniture is still new. Bathrooms are basic but clean and there's 24-hour hot water. The...
the leaning towers of kaipng
Much of southern Guangdong is a sprawl of untidy and often grim manufacturing, where sweated labor produces the world's toys. But Kaiping, 136km 85 miles southwest of Guangzhou, 164km 102 miles from the Macau border, and also reachable by sea directly from Hong Kong, is China at its most bucolic. Peasants in conical straw hats bend over their plants, and position hand-powered threshing machines on shoulder poles, much as in other provinces. But here they often toil beneath the gaze of...
side trip to a waterfall detian pubu
The world's second largest transnational waterfall next to Niagara Falls is 200km 124 miles west of Nanning on the Sino-Vietnamese border. The rainy season is from mid-June to early August, but any visit from May to early October will show you the pretty falls in their full glory. With a total drop of 60m 197 ft. , the waterfall actually comprises several layers of falls with the majority of its 200m 656-ft. span comfortably ensconced on the Chinese side. You can view them from 7am to 7pm for...
The Cruise Lines
The following liners have the best English-speaking guides and the best ships. And after years of experience with foreign passengers, most have removed from their itineraries excursions that require a thorough familiarity with characters and events of the Three Kingdoms in order to enjoy them. Take advantage of off-season rates book and buy in China compare prices bargain and ask what the excursions are. The prices quoted here are rack rates, but 50 discounts are standard even during high...