Plan your China tour? How to choose a hotel in China is very important in the course of preparation for your China trip. Here are some useful tips for your China hotel bookings for your reference. China hotel star Rating system For the past 20 years, the Chinese government has gradually established a fairly effective…
Plan your China tour? Are you thinking of how to use toilets in China? Siting or squatting? That is a question for many travelers. Squatting toilets are still quite popular in China. Though it may seem uncomfortable and rather too primitive, the squatting position helps you relax your puborectalis muscle and straightens your rectum, reducing the possibility…
If you are planning your China tours, you may ask “Can I use a credit card in China and how to use it?”. It is a question which often lingers in the minds of travelers who are going to visit China. Actually credit cards are widely accepted in bars, restautants and large retail outlets…
On Auguast 01, 2011, after simple Chinese lunch at the end of visiting Jiayuguan Pass, we set off for Dunhuang on a 385km road trip along the National Highway G30 and changed at Guazhou County for National Highway G313 leading to our destination – Dunhaung. We set off for Dunhuang on a 385km road trip. …
At 8:00am, on August 01, 2011, we set off from Xiahe Civil Aviation Hotel in Xiahe County for Langmusi. It was a 230km drive which, later on, took us about 4 hours. Our bus driver turned out to be a very cautious person keeping a stead driving speed of 80km per hour all the way. On the way, we…
On Augaust 01, on the way back from Langmusi Town to Xiahe County, we made a detour from the national highway No.213 and went to Gahai Lake for a short trip. Gaihai Lake is located 1km west of the main road, the national highway No.213, about 30km away from Langmusi on the way to…
Hezuo is the capital city of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province. It is located at the southeast fringe of Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau in the cross-border areas of Qinghai, Sichuan and Gansu provinces. The national highway No.223 runs through the city of Hezuo, which is 62km west of Xiahe, 260 km south of Lanzhou and 860km north…
Lanzhou Xiahe Road Trip On July 31, 2011, we started at 2:00pm from Lanzhou to Xiahe County. We travel on a charted coach with over 20 people on board for the fam road trip to Gannan Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, which is in the south of Gansu Province. Gannan literally means “the south of Gansu…