Let's Go China 5th Edition

Shelley Jiang

Macmillan, Dec 13, 2004 - Travel - 896 pages

Completely revised and updated, Let's Go: China is your comprehensive guide to Asia's most exciting destination. Let's Go's forty-five years of travel savvy deliver must-have practical information. This edition boasts more outdoors activities, expanded must-see historical sights, and brand-new coverage of trekking, ethnic villages, and daytrips. An extensive chapter on alternatives to tourism helps you find ways to extend your stay and make a difference, while a phrasebook in Mandarin, Cantonese, Tibetan, and Uighur will help you get there, get around, and get busy, no matter where you may be. So, whether you'd rather chat it up with monks or trek to alpine lakes and glacier-capped peaks, Let's Go's intrepid researchers can lead the way.

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Contents

• When to Go: 1
• ESSENTIALS: 9
• Safety and Health: 23
• Getting to China: 34
• Getting Around China: 43
• Keeping in Touch: 49
• Accommodations: 55
• Specific Concerns: 65
• LIFE AND TIMES: 73
• People: 84
• Culture: 93
• Additional Resources: 102
• Studying: 112
• BEIJING AND THE NORTH: 119
• TIANJIN A: 169
• HEBEI JqJfc: 176
• SHANDONG 0: 191
• Qufu 4: 203
• Yantai jte: 216
• THE NORTHEAST: 223
• Harbin fa22: 232
• JILIN i240: 240
• CENTRAL CHINA: 267
• Huashan 0: 279
• HENAN: 285
• Anyang jpq: 301
• 0: 309
• INNER MONGOLIA: 322
• Dongsheng Ji327: 329
• JIANGSU tl 357: 357
• Suzhou H: 373
• Yangzhou fl: 385
• Shaoxing A: 398
• Putuoshan Pi Jj: 406
• YANGZI BASIN: 412
• Tunxi i: 419
• Jiuhuashan fai Jj: 429
• Lushan Oi: 439
• ft: 444
• Changsha K SH47: 456
• Yichang S: 466
• SOUTH COAST: 476
• Wuyishan 0483: 483
• GUANGDONG f: 498
• Zhongshan f Jv: 511
• Shaoguan4s514: 517
• A: 524
• HAINAN 53S: 533
• HONG KONG AND MACAU: 542
• Hong Kong Island If ?: 566
• New Territories 8r 5575: 575
• MACAU: 583
• THE SOUTHWEST: 597
• Guilini605: 605
• Yangshuo W: 611
• Beihai it 619: 619
• KailifeS: 631
• Zunyi i4C638: 638
• Xishuangbanna: 652
• XINJIANG If: 783
• fe: 802
• The Karakorum Highway: 812
• QINGHAI: 819
• TIBET: 827
• Lhasa H j: 837
• Tsetang ti: 851
• Shigatse q 4 j: 858
• APPENDIX: 866
• INDEX: 880
• MAP INDEX: 896

Bibliographic information

• Title: Let's Go China 5th Edition; LET'S GO CHINA; Let's Go Series; Let's go travel guide
• Editor: Shelley Jiang
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Macmillan, 2004
• ISBN: 0312320051, 9780312320058
• Length: 896 pages
• Subjects: Travel / Asia / China