On tour with a teenager in China

Yangshuo was one of the most beautiful places we visited and, despite the outrageous humidity and heat, we cycled through the limestone peaks and gorges that have inspired iconic Chinese paintings over the centuries. We breakfasted beside the River Li where bamboo rafts kitted out with bamboo armchairs took visitors skimming along the river and over rapids. Parts of the area had the air of the hippy trail in India twenty or so years ago. Today’s version features bamboo huts playing Razorlight while their inhabitants try to sell raft rides to mellowed-out chess players along the river bank.

China Travel Tips

These China Travel Tips, Survival Techniques, will help you get around and make your trip to China easier, so you will be able to experience the real China with a little less stress. China is an odd beast that needs to be respected; the major cities, Beijing, Shanghai, and Xian, all have their own personalities. Some complex situations that you think would be an organizational disaster turn out to be great and you wonder afterward what all the fuss and worry was about. Then the simplest of tasks can turn out to be a major calamity.

China online travel services ready for take-off

Last year, at least 2.75 million Chinese booked hotel rooms, air tickets and other travel services on the Internet, up 72 percent from the previous year, according to a report recently released by Shanghai-based iResearch Consulting Group. China's online travel market was worth some 1.54 billion yuan ($204 million) last year, a growth of 82 percent from 2005, the report said. The findings are based on a month-long survey in November with responses from 60,000 Internet users across China.

Booking Travel In China

April Zhu is based in the Shanghai representative office of FMC Asia-Pacific and is responsible for handling corporate travel planning. Appropriately for a person with her role, she enjoys traveling for pleasure as well as for business. I would recommend Kanas in Xinjiang. Kanas Lake is surrounded by snow topped mountains. It offers unparalleled scenery with its green slopes and thick forests, colorful flowers and lively butterflies; and beautiful lakes and mountains. The spot can be visited any time during the year and offers different scenery in different seasons.