epub |eng | 2016-11-10 | Author:Travellers, Worldwide [Travellers, Worldwide]

Chapter 8: Xian & the Central Regions Central China is a treasure trove of history, the place where Chinese civilization was born and where it continues to be defined. From ...

epub |eng | | Author:DK

9.Fortress Shop 335–7, Level 3, Ocean Terminal Google Map If you’re after electronic goods and baffled by the sheer number of shops around TST, chain-store Fortress is a good bet. ...

epub |eng | 2015-11-29 | Author:Graham Bond

The temple’s perimeter has undergone massive and rather glitzy redevelopment, finished with parks, plazas, malls, and a new monorail. To the north is a giant square, which boasts a large ...

epub |eng | 2016-03-30 | Author:Insight Guides

Macau’s Maritime Museum exhibits Glyn Genin/Apa Publications Macau’s oldest museum, the Maritime Museum (www.museumaritimo.gov.mo; Wed–Mon 10am–6pm; charge) traces the history of Macau’s connection to the sea. Exhibits cover fishing, seaborne ...

epub |eng | 2016-01-13 | Author:Bill Porter

Kazak hosts at Lake of Heaven The lake was formed long ago by landslides that blocked the only side not hemmed in by the Tienshan Mountains. Then, five years before ...

epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Peter Frankopan [Frankopan, Peter]

19 The Wheat Road The British magazine Homes & Gardens has long prided itself on being at the cutting edge of interior design. ‘Mixing beautiful features with gorgeous real-life homes ...

epub |eng | 2015-10-12 | Author:Dominic Ziegler

CHAPTER 9 52°21.7' N 127°31.0' E The narrative of the European conquest and settlement of new lands comes everywhere now with acknowledgment of guilt and open shows of contrition. Except ...

epub |eng | | Author:Simon Winchester

9 A New Great Wall We decided to travel the next short section upriver by plane—if only to experience the underside of Chinese civil aviation. It so happens that the ...

epub |eng | 2010-06-21 | Author:Simon Foster

Subway These days many of China's major cities, including Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing, have subway systems which are sometimes known as MTRs (Mass Transit Railways) and these ...

epub, azw3 |eng | 2015-08-27 | Author:Frankopan, Peter [Frankopan, Peter]

19 The Wheat Road The British magazine Homes & Gardens has long prided itself on being at the cutting edge of interior design. ‘Mixing beautiful features with gorgeous real-life homes ...

epub |eng | 2015-10-25 | Author:Bill Porter

The Stone Forest of Lunan It was only 125 kilometers southeast of Kunming and was already becoming a major tourist destination. But its fame was not recent. Over 2,300 years ...

epub |eng | | Author:Graham Earnshaw

As I carried on towards the town, a man rode up to me on a motorcycle and stopped. His name was Mr. Yang, he was well-dressed, and told me he ...

epub |eng | | Author:Ching-He Huang

Sweet and sour West Lake steamed carp I first tried this dish when I visited Hangzhou in China years ago and I loved the simplicity of it. Traditionally, carp is ...

mobi |eng | 1996-01-02 | Author:Simon Winchester

Mao Zedong was a very considerable poet – in output, if not always in quality – and he was prone to memorialize what he regarded as his greater achievements with ...

mobi |eng | 2011-06-30 | Author:Lonely Planet

* * * IF YOU CAN’T CLIMB YUSHAN, TRY… With over a thousand people applying for the 90 permits to climb Yushan each day, you need some options if you ...