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Travelling in China
Travelling in China
China is altogether a
place that gives you an entirely different kind of feel when you
walk down the Silk Road, sail across the Yangzi River or visit the
Dr. Seuss landscape of Guangxi Province. China is a land divided
into cultural as well as geographic beauty with a balanced gist of
revolutionary zeal and economic pragmatism.
China offers a varied
range of cultural places to adore, from Terracotta Warriors, the
Great Wall of China through to colonial Shanghai and the ancient
splendour of Beijing. All such places offering tremendous Chinese
art and architecture attract tourists towards China, not forgetting,
the famous Buddhist temples, sacred mountains and Chinese Scholars
gardens to wander in.
Currently, China is
facing heavy snowstorms creating havoc in the country. As a result,
many roads, rail and air links have been blocked and around 50
people have been killed. Hunan and Hubei and eastern provinces have
been badly affected. Therefore, travellers are advised to keep
themselves updated with the local news services and visit the
country only when everything is under control and its safe to
travel between destinations.
As far as money and
expenditure are concerned, you may find ATMs in all big cities of
China. But you must carry cash while paying for your transportation,
as cards can only be used in major hotels, guest houses and
department stores but not for transportation purposes. Secondly,
credit cards like Visa Card, Master Card, American Express, Diners
Club, etc. are acceptable in the mainland China, with their branches
in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xiamen. Even the exchange of
currency is quite easy and simple to do; you can track cash as well
as travellers cheques in the countryside and the west. You can
change them at the branches of Bank of China, tourist hotels,
department stores and Friendship Stores. It is advisable to carry
more of travellers cheques than cash as they are more favourable
against exchange rate; American Express, Visa and Thomas Cook are
widely accepted. Counterfeit notes are not much in use, so ensure
you exchange notes of large denominations from the vendors.
The best time to
visit China is during summer (March-April) and autumn
(September-October) seasons. Areas like Tibet, Qinghai and Western
Sichuan should be visited during June-September. Days are moderate,
while nights are normally cold and wet. Do not visit China during
major public holidays, like Chinese New Year, to avoid accommodation
problems.
Getting to China is
again an easy job; you may find more than 115 ports of entry and
exit, but people often prefer to travel via Hong Kong, Shanghai or
Beijing. You can travel to China and come back via Europe or Asia
without leaving the ground. Some of the well-known foreign routes
include Laos-China, the Trans-Siberian railway, Tibet-Nepal and
Xinjiang-Kazakhstan.
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