2009年5月21日星期四

Tips for trekking in Tibet

Trekking in Tibet is possibly the only destination among the Himalayas that's not as known for its adventure circuits as the remainder are. Nevertheless doing not underestimate the destinations as just another trans-Himalayan sphere of the Himalayas. There's much more to Tibet than Buddhism, monasteries and cold desert-like coarsen.
Climate & Trekking Season In Tibet
Tibet's high elevation and the atmosphere tolerate the sun's solar radiation to attack the earth with atypical intensity. To shield your eyes and skin, you'd better to hand the sunscreen, which with a sun protection aspect of 15 and sunglasses are also expedient. And lip creams and balms are also sold with SPF ratings, zinc, oxide creams grant 100% chunk out. Generally from April to October is the best season for opting a Tibet tour. Nevertheless it sincerely depends on your direction and a typical frost Tibet tour schedule is entirely comfortable, because in iciness, the tourist hasten is not much and you can have the lovely scenery liberally.
Major Trekking Regions in Tibet !
Everest Region
Usually Everest is more known as a part of Nepal and trekkers have explored numeorus trek routes towards this world's record pike from Nepalese Himalayas. Still, if you like trekking in the unexplored zones then opt the routes to the Everest span from the Tibetan Himalayas fringe. One Everest trek tour selection from Tibet is from Kathmandu thrust across lovely Nepalese countryside to the Chinese resident urban of Zangmu before negotiating the boulevard up through the booming gorges of Sunkoshi River to Tingri. Trek preceding the antique village of Tingri to the station camp from where one can see the magnificent and gigantic dimensions of Mt. Everest.

Kailash Mansarovar Yatra
For well over a thousand years, pilgrims have journeyed Kailash Mansarovar to pay service to the mountain's mystery, circumambulating it is an ancient ritual of fondness that continues to this day. People have been visiting Kailash - Mansarovar for centuries. Almost all the major passes of Uttaranchal Himalayas manage to Kailash - Mansarovar. The important ones in the Kumaon state are Lipulekh, Lampiya Dhura, Nuwe Dhura, Lowe Dhura, Unta Dhura, Jayanti and Kungri Bingri. Under the administration of the Indian office of exterior affairs and with the cooperation of the Chinese government, Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam has been conducting trips to Kailash - Mansarovar through the Lipulekh throw.

Namchag Barwa Trek
Namchag Barwa is an excellent petite trek for nature lovers and amateur botanists. It includes the delightful Nyima La and the lushly woody Rong Valley. The itinerary begins in Pei, a small village that is also the enactment mail of treks to the great bend of the Tsangpo via Pelma Kochung and to Metog. Here a ferry crosses to Timpe on the north border of the brook, situate of a venerated Guru Rinpoche cave and monastery.

The splendid trail leads north to the Nyima La through some of the finest virgin forests and flower gardens in southeastern Tibet. The heavenly gait passes a migrant camp and groves of peak rhododendrons along the way. Many hide species abound on the open moorlands near the overstep. From the pass there are tremendous views of the Assam Himalayas, including adjoining Gyala Pelri and Namche Barwa. On the far part of the Nyima La is the Rong Valley, a deeply woody charming valley that is luxuriously carpeted with primulas and indigo irises from May to July. The best time for this trek is from May to October.
Trekking Permits in Tibet !
There are two requirements for external tourists tour in Tibet. One is the Chinese Visa, which you can pertain for in Chinese Embassy in your place. Another is the Alien' Travel Permit, which issued by Tibet Tourism Bureau. There are no independent trek tours allowable in Tibet. You should connect an ordered group or have the resident tour hand array a trek tour for you.
High Altitude Sickness !
High Altitude Sickness could happen to any guest in high altitude. The produce of HAS commonly remnants 2 time plow the body acclimatizes. Headache, nausea, vomiting and sharply breath are the common symptoms. To escape HAS take garlic soup, more water frequently. Diamox tabs are also recommended.

2009年5月15日星期五

5A and 4A Attractions in China-Lake Baiyangdian

Lake Baiyangdian

North China (华北) » Hebei (河北) » Baoding (保定) » Lake Baiyangdian (白洋淀景区)

Lake Baiyangdian (白洋淀景区)

Address:

Anxin County, Baoding City., Baoding, Hebei

Phone:

0312-5330211, 5355258

Web site:

http://www.517byd.net

Price Range:

Lotus Garden 50 per person, Baiyangdian Cultural Garden 50 per person, Window of Baiyangdian 20 per person, Fishermen’s Eden 20 per person, Yuanfei Lotus Garden 20 per person, Leisure Isle 20 per person, Mandarin Duck 20 per person, Wangjiazhai Folk Custom Village 100 per person (including food and board). All the above scenic spots must be visited on the boat. ~ 50RMB

Hours:

800-1800

Level:

AAAAA

Tourist Rating:

Short Description:

Baiyangdian is located 45 kilometers east of Baoding City, it is the largest fresh water lake of North China with a total area of 336 square kilometers.there are 36 villages, 8000 hectors of bulrush and 146 lakes. The lakes connect with one another, dotted with bulrushes, forming a unique natural water landscape. Every year, from May to August, the white and pink lotus blossom with fragrance spreading all over Baiyangdian. Baiyangdian produces lots of agriculture products such as rice, fish, shrimp, lotus root, etc.

 

Description

Baiyangdian is located 45 kilometers east of Baoding City, it is the largest fresh water lake of North China with a total area of 336 square kilometers.There are 36 villages, 8000 hectors of bulrush and 146 lakes. The lakes connect with one another, dotted with bulrushes, forming a unique natural water landscape.

 

Best Travel Time

Summer and Autumn.

 

 

Advice when traveling Tibet

Tibet people are religious people and visitor may find their customs and practices are very different to that in the countries they come from. Although Tibet people are among the easiest to get along with in China but there are still some points you should be sensitive about when you travel there. 1. Do not photograph them without permission. 2. Do not talk the sensitive issues like politics &, religion. 3. Take your hat off when entering a chapel. 4. Do not take photos during a prayer meeting and in some larger monastery, you may need to pay a small fee for the privilege of taking a photo. 5. Do not touch or remove anything on an altar. 6. Do not wear shorts or short shirts in a monastery and do not smoke in a monastery. 7. Do not eat horse, donkey and dog when in Tibet. 8. Always walk around monasteries, piles of Mani stones, pagodas and other religious structures in a clockwise direction. 9. Never touch Tibetan People on the head.

Why Choose Online Tour Operators in China

Nowadays, more and more people want to go China to explore its beautiful attractions and to experience the unique ethnic culture. Certainly almost all the visitors that have been there liked their travels very much.

 

Before a visiting plan, the biggest problem is how to make it valuable. That means, using the least money, enjoying the most beautiful places and also the best services. It's not that ideal if choose a local travel agency in USA or other cities outside of China. They usually cost you a big deal that you have to hesitate if it worth that so much. Out suggesting is to select a Chinese local travel agency or a tour operator that also belong to mainland China.

 

The reason is, they do know local customs better, and they will propose a much lower price that you can feel not that hurt with all your heart. And if you can make it as earlier like one month even half a year as you can, you can also be given a nice discount. The people there are always enthusiastic and helpful, willing to assistant you to make out the most comfortable and reasonable travel plan as you wish. The itineraries are personal designed and tailor made for each customer, which mostly access to their need.

 

The online tour operator will give you a bilingual tour guide that to accompany you all the way from your arrival on the airport until the departure time, a private driver, and a perfect travel itinerary. You would neither be bothered by the noisy and neither crowded big group nor stay with strangers, thus you will go with only your friend or the people you like to be with.

 

Whatsoever, the only thing you need to confirm is whether the tour operator company is a real one not a virtual. Be sure they do have an operator license and they are capable to do this business. Once it has been chosen, the last thing for you to do is just waiting for the departure day. And of course, you need to buy the international air ticket, for the price list usually doesn't include that. 

 

Wholesale market in Beijing

Since China is the world's biggest manufactory, many buyers know that if you have chased the right way, one can get a much lower price than the mall or common shop, which is wholesale buying. Compared with the retail in some big malls or specialty stores, the wholesale has a much lower more acceptable price, in addition that you usually have to buy a bulk of the same kind of products. But not always, sometimes you can also buy one with that by wholesale price.

 

Some big cities in china like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, etc, have their local wholesale market. Put Beijing for example, the famous wholesale market in Beijing was coined to be the Zoo, which is named as that because it situated beside the Beijing Zoo. Those are several buildings that constructed the Zoo wholesale market, inside there are numerous vendors with different kinds of products ranging from closing, handbag, shoes, hats, jewelry, cosmetics, etc. sellers of one kind always gathered in one floor, such as, the first floor often dose with foods and jewelry, the second and third floor is selling girls' clothes which is the main customer of those wholesale market, and the fourth floor is for shoes, the fifth is serving food for the hungry and tired buyers. Not every one of the buildings is set the same like this structure but similar.

 

There're two kinds of buyers in this wholesale market, the real wholesale buyers and the common consumers who intend to get a lower price pretend or not pretend to be a real wholesale buyer. As the Chinese saying goes, "early bird gets the worm." Usually the real wholesale buyers go to pick up their goods earlier in the morning, with big black bags in the hand, in which they can pad a bulk of stuffs. They often from different places even other countries, so they always have to take large amount of goods home. Therefore, the sellers would give a lower price or a discount if the quantity is big enough, but the price is much different from individual sale. So, if you want to get a lower price, you have to behavior like you are a constant wholesale buyer that had been there for many times.

What A Tour Package is

For most of the visitors, a travel is a leisure time to relax themselves, leaving the noising and annoying city life, finding a peaceful land for their heart. They want to spend the least energy but to feel the most beautiful scenery.

 

So what a tour package is? It is catering for those people, who want to save energy for appreciating the scenic spots, leaving the other thins to the travel agency. Thus a tour package is suitable for them, which is planned before. You can select one that satisfied you mostly depend on the different attractions it includes. It contains the hotel accommodation in twin shared room with daily breakfast, meals as specified in the itinerary, flights, trains or buses as specified in the itinerary, airport tax and fuel fee, private car/coach for transfers service and sightseeing program as indicated in the itinerary, local English-speaking tour guide for transfers and sightseeing program as indicated in each city, entrance fees to scenic spots, charge and government Taxes.

 

And what’s excluding as follows:

Enter or exit China international airfare or train tickets, air tickets or train tickets which are not specified in the itinerary on the first arrival day and last departure day, hotel room/Cruise cabin single supplement, personal expenses such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone call, optional activitiesetc, gratuities to the tour guide, driver, hotel bellboy, national tour guide accompany from the arrival city to the departure city in China, excess baggage charges, fees for entry visa to China, services not mentioned in the itinerary, and traveler insurance.

 

As mentioned below, the only thing you should do is to choose a certain line that fit you so well, and then, calculate your departure time because you have to buy an international air ticket by yourself. If everything is done, you are supposed to enjoin your lovely trip to find a gorgeous China.

 

 

 

Save Money in China Tour

With about 6.5% of the world's land and a population of more than a billion, China is consider to be one of the world's biggest country. It has numerous splendid scenic spots and attractions. The most popular cities are Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Gulin, Lhasa, Chengdu, Hongkang, Shigatse, etc. the travel agent usually have their tour packages that including several of them depending on the length of your schedule in China.

 

On the average, the local travel agencies and tour operators in China will cost less than agencies abroad. And there are also different price for the different agencies and different seasons. For example, the peak season in China usually goes from April to November, thus the price would be higher between those times, for the other months, it would be lower than high season. So does the quotation price by travel agency. So if your time are free and don't need in a hurry, I suppose you going in the low season, but be remember what the most attractions you want to see, because each of them have a best time to visit.

 

There's another way to save your money. Consult the tour online operator as earlier as you can, then make your private plan quite before the departure date. Then you will have a 50%-20% discount, it depends on the departure day you expected. Theoretically speaking, the more time you left, the big discount you will get.

And do remember don't change your plan, I mean, if you cancel your plan, your subscription will be gone; if you change your plan within 10days, you have to pay for the hotel room single supplement or other fees.

 

The last thing you should notice, don't buy anything the price is not list on the label, or the product that looks not worth the price. You can buy the souvenirs in certain shop certificated by government.   

2009年5月13日星期三

5A and 4A Attractions in China-Liuzhou Dragon Pool Scenery

Liuzhou Dragon Pool Scenery

South China (华南) » Guangxi (广西) » Liuzhou (柳州) » Liuzhou Dragon Pool Scenery (柳州龙潭)

Liuzhou Dragon Pool Scenery (柳州龙潭)

Address:

Liuzhou, Guangxi

Level:

AAAA

Tourist Rating:

Short Description:

The Thunder Pool and the Dragon Pool is of constant temperature. Every winter the vapor on the pool forms white fog, and the scenery is called “Fog and Rain on the Double Pool”. The famous litterateur and mayor of Liuzhou Liu Zongyuan in Tang Dynasty had prayed for rain here for the civilians, and written a article called Pray for Rain by the Thunder Pool and handed down

 

 

Description

Dragon Pool Park is located in the south of Liuzhou City. It is large touring scenery which has combined karst natural landscape, custom and culture of South Chinese minorities, sub-tropic karst plant researching, popular science and scenery all together. Dragon Pool Park is surrounded by flourishing forest and mountains. Those different-shaped 24 peaks such as Wohu Mountain, Meinv Peak and Kongque Mountain etc. are standing among the one lake (Mirror Lake), two pools (Dragon Pool and Thunder Pool) and four valleys. The limpid spring on the foot of Thunder Mountain pools Dragon Pool between Thunder Mountain and Dragon Mountain, and the nearby Thunder Pool is connected with it through an underground river. The limpid pool water flows through “Eight Dragon Spouting the Snow Dam” into Mirror Lake, and then flows through the park like a swimming dragon into the cave on the foot of Penghua Mountain out of the park. Take a touring in Dragon Pool Park, you will not only enjoy the wonderful landscape of sub-tropic karst area and different types of buildings of minorities, but also various performance of folk songs and dances in the local stockaded village and the delicious and unique dishes of minorities.

 

Best Travel Time

Liuzhou City is in sub-tropic with clear four seasons. The climate is warm and it rains a lot. The annual average temperature is 20.5 degree centigrade. Dragon Pool Park is a suitable place for travelling all the year around. In spring you can enjoy the flowers and spring-outing, in summer you can play in the water or swim here, in autumn you can have a picnic and enjoy the moon, and in winter you can enjoy the festive lanterns.

 

2009年5月7日星期四

Nine Dragon Amusement

Nine Dragon Amusement Park

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North China (华北) » Beijing (北京) » Changping (昌平) » Nine Dragon Amusement (九龙游乐园)

Nine Dragon Amusement (九龙游乐园)

Address:

South of Ming Tombs reservoir, Changping District, Beijing, Changping, Beijing, 102200

Phone:

010-60713460 60713399-3725

Fax:

60713399-3723

Price Range:

10, Underwater Dragon Palace: 30, Tetele 20, Aquarium: 15, jet stream raft: 20, F-1 race car 15, Pengpeng Boat: 15, Large Yatch: 15, Dinosaur Valley: 10.65 ticket: pick four items of all the items100 ticket: pick all the items and plus Speed Boat, Pili Cannon and Visual Magical World. Speed Boat: 25, Magical World: 20, Boat: 50 per 30 minutes, Quick Descend: 30, Quick Descend and Speed Boat: 40. ~ 100

Hours:

800——1700

Level:

AAAA

Tourist Rating:

Short Description:

Beijing Nine Dragon Amusement is the first American furniture Disney characteristics of large underwater viewing amusement parks in China, and also a unique catchments culture, the dragon culture, tourism, culture, as one of good taste, multifunctional tourist resort.

 

 

Description

Beijing Nine Dragon Amusement is a joint venture of the Beijing Ming Tombs Reservoir Integrated Development Co., Ltd. and the Japanese Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd., built in 1985. It's the first American furniture Disney characteristics of large underwater viewing amusement parks in China, and also a unique catchments culture, the dragon culture, tourism, culture, as one of good taste, multifunctional tourist resort.

 

Best Travel Time

Beijing has distinct seasons. The summer is hot and the winter is cold. The temperature is neither cold nor hot in spring and autumn, but there may be sandstorms in spring. May is the most colorful month in Beijing; many international performances will be shown at that time. The best travel season is from April to November.

 

2009年5月5日星期二

5A and 4A Attractions in China-Huangshan Xidi Ancient Dwellings

Huangshan Xidi Ancient Dwellings

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East China (华东) » Anhui (安徽) » Huangshan (黄山) » Huangshan Xidi Ancient Dwellings (黄山西递古民居景区)

Huangshan Xidi Ancient Dwellings (黄山西递古民居景区)

Address:

County Seat of Mo County, Huangshan City of Anhui., Huangshan, Anhui

Phone:

0559-5154196

Fax:

0559-5154038

Price Range:

55yuan ~ 55yuan

Hours:

800-1600

Level:

AAAA

Tourist Rating:

Short Description:

The beautiful and imposing courtyards, elegant gardens, leakage windows made up of black marbles, stone-carved rare flowers and birds, brick-carved tower and persons, exquisite woodcarvings and gorgeously-colored paintings and murals in the village embody the cream of Chinese old arts. You just can not tear yourself away.

 

 

Description

The original name of Xidi is Xichuan, which is built initially in the northern Song dynasty. The village is 700 meters in length, and 300 meters in width; there are over 300 residents. So far, 124 local-style dwelling houses of the Ming and Qing dynasties have been well preserved. Most of them are built up of bricks and woods, with three-room or quadrangle pattern. All though they have gone through hundreds of years, they preserve, in a whole, the basic features of Ming and Qing villages. They enjoy the fame of “the most beautiful village in the world” and “the treasure-house of the ancient dwellings construction”.

Most of the buildings and road faces are made up of black marbles, and two streams of cool springs are thrilling through the village. With high walls and deep lanes, and ancient dwelling houses each has its strong point, the tourists felt as if they are staying in the midst of a labyrinth. As the scenic spot is hardly invaded and harassed by wars in the history, the original form of the village has been well conserved. Up to now, the preserved 124 ancient dwelling houses of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and 3 memorial temples have been classified as the key cultural relics under State protection, which is also one of the 27 world heritages in China, becoming indeed the common gems of the humanity.

 

Best Travel Time

Huangshan City belongs to the moist monsoon climate of north subtropics. The four seasons vary evidently. With warm spring, cool summer, bright autumn and cold winter, the average temperature in a year is 16 degrees more or less. It is suitable for traveling throughout the whole year, especially from April to November.