Let's Go China 5th EditionCompletely 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. |
Contents
Suggested Itineraries 5 | 4 |
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 |
Jingdezhen 景德镇436 | 433 |
Jinggangshan 井冈山 444 Baoshan 保山 and Dehong德宏662 | 664 |
HUBEI 湖北 459 Lijiang 丽江 674 Tiger Leaping Gorge虎跳峡 | 679 |
Deqin德钦686 | 689 |
Wuyishan 武夷山 483 Jiuzhaigou 九寨沟716 | 720 |
Xiamen 厦门 491 CHONGQING 重庆727 | 734 |
Guangzhou 广洲498 | 741 |
Zhuhai 珠海 517 Yinchuan 银川744 | 752 |
People | 84 |
Culture | 93 |
Additional Resources | 102 |
Studying | 112 |
Great Wall 长城 | 166 |
HEBEI 河北 | 176 |
Shanhaiguan 山海关187 | 187 |
Taian 泰安 | 196 |
Qufu 曲阜 | 203 |
Qingdao青岛207 | 216 |
YANGZI BASIN | 412 |
Meizhou 梅洲 529 Xiahe 夏河 | 760 |
Haikou 海口533 Zhangye 张掖 | 769 |
HONG KONG AND MACAU 542 XINJIANG 新疆782 | 807 |
Nanning 南宁 600 QINGHAI 青海 | 819 |
Guilin 桂林 605 Xining 西宁819 | 827 |
GUIZHOU 贵州 623 Lhasa 拉萨 | 837 |
Guiyang 贵阳 623 Tsetang 泽当 | 851 |
Kaili 凯里 631 Gyantse 江孜855 | 866 |
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Jinghong景洪 653 | |
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5min ACCOMMODATIONS Airport Bank of China Baotou bath Beijing binguăn Bridge Buddha buses Cave Chengdu Chinese Chongqing city center Dadao Dajie dishes Dong Jie Dong Lu dorms doubles Dynasty east entrance fare ferry Garden Gate Guangzhou Guesthouse Hangzhou Hankou hike Hong Kong Hotel Internet Access Internet Cafe intersection Island Jianguomen Jiefang Lu Jinghong Kunming Lake Long-Distance Bus Station Macau Ming Dynasty minibuses mountain Museum Nan Lu Nanjing noodles Open 24hr Open daily summer Open M-F Pagoda Park Pavilion Peak Postal Code Qianmen Qingdao Renmin Lu restaurants River road rooms runs Shanghai Sichuan sights SOUTHWEST stop street Suzhou Take bus taxi Temple Tianjin ticket office tour tourists Tower town train station TRANSPORTATION Travel Agency triples village visa visitors walk Xi Jie Xi Lu Xi'an Xiang Xinhua Yan'an Yangzi zhàn Zhong Lu Zhongdian Zhongshan Zhongshan Lu