Preplanning your trip to China is essential to make your trip successful. This article discusses what items you´ll want to take care of before you leave your country, such as making sure your passport is up-to-date, getting a visa, and learning the culture.
Words: 800 Downloads: 0 Category: Asia By: PsharmonThis article tells of an ice-cold feast for the eyes that takes place every January in northern China. It is written specifically for English speaking ex-pats living in China but could easily be adapted for a more general readership.
Words: 850 Downloads: 1 Category: Asia By: jakWould you be excited about making a trip to China and Tibet if you could do it on a low budget? This article offers a perfect plan for the gap year traveler.
Words: 300 Downloads: 0 Category: Asia By: cspringAmerican travelers in Third World countries are often intimidated by the free-wheeling bargaining practices of the markets there. This article will give some hints and encouragement for bargaining neophytes to get out and dicker with the best of them.
Words: 575 Downloads: 0 Category: Asia By: Nancy Molin LongatanOnly a few of China´s walled towns survive intact. Pingyao is considered to be the best of them. In the Qing dynasty, the city became the home of Chinese banking, and many of the its traditional commercial buildings date from the 18t century. To visit Pingyao is to see history on the ground.
Words: 846 Downloads: 1 Category: Asia By: jakThe Chinese Lantern Festival described in rich prose. Feel, hear, smell taste and see the festival in all its magic. Ed, the ending intentionally trails off -- wrapping the story back to its beginning. Document contains sparce italics for effect. Also, I did my best to place it in the correct categories.
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