CHINA

 

Useful Information 

• Lonely Planet
  What to see and do in China

Beijing

Useful Information 

• Lonely Planet
  What to see and do in Beijing

Inside Tips

• Sites
• Beihai Park
  Try to get there early in the morning for all the activity (2004 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)
• Lama Temple
  (2004 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)

Travel Tales

• Beijing and Xian (2004 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)

Dali

Useful Information 

• Lonely Planet
  What to see and do in Dali

Accommodations 

• The San Ta Yuan Hotel
  (2004 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)

Insider Tips   

•  Sites   

• Three Pagoda Temple
  (2004 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)
• Erhai Lake Cruise
  Guanyin Temple, Jinshou Fishing village (2004 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)

Travel Tales

• Dali (2004 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)

Guangzhou

Useful Information 

• China Highlights
  What to see and do in Guangzhou

Insider Tips   

•  Museums and Galleries
• Guangzhou Museum
  (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) 
• Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King
  (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) 

Travel Tales

• Shenzhen and Guangzhou (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)   

Guilin

• See Yangshou (below)

Hong Kong

Useful Information 

• Lonely Planet
  What to see and do in Hong Kong

Accommodations

• New World Millenium Hong Kong Hotel
  (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)

Restaurants 

• Peking Garden
  (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)

Insider Tips     

• Sites
• Lantau Island - Cable Car to the Big Buddha
  (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) 

Travel Tales

• Hong Kong (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)

Inner Mongolia

Useful Information 

• China Highlights
  What to see and do in Inner Mongolia

Insider Tips   

•  Sites
• Dazhao Temple
  Lamaist Buddhist Temple (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) 

Travel Tales

• Inner Mongolia (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)   

Kunming 

Useful Information 

• TravelChinaGuide
  What to see and do in Kunming

Inside Tips

• Stone Forest
  An all-around surreal experience. If you are in Kunming, don't feel you have to go to the Stone Forest. (2004 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)

Travel Tales

• Kunming (2004 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)   

Shanghai 

Useful Information 

• Fodor's
  What to see and do in Shanghai

Restaurants 

• Huxingting Tea House
  (2004 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)
• Yuyuan Garden
  Classic Ming Dynasty garden (2004 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)

Travel Tales

• Shanghai (2004 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)

Shanxi Province

Useful Information 

• China Discovery
  What to see and do in Shanxi Province

Accommodations

• Hongshanyi Hotel, Pingyao
  (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)

Insider Tips 

•  Museums and Galleries
• Shanxi Provincial Museum, Taiyuan
  Spectacular (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)
•  Sites 

• Pingyao Old City
  Well-preserved ancient city (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)
• Qiao's Family Compound
  Qing Dynasty location for "Raise the Red Lantern" (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)
• Hanging Temple
  (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)
• Mount Wutai
  Sacred mountain (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)
• Yungang Caves 
  Northern Wei Buddhist Caves (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)
  

Travel Tales

• Shanxi Province (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)

Shenzhen

Useful Information 

• China Highlights
  What to see and do in Shenzhen

Travel Tales

• Shenzhen and Guangzhou (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)   

Xian 

Useful Information 

• Lonely Planet
  What to see and do in Xian

Insider Tips 

• Sites 
• Muslim Quarter 
  (2004 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)

Travel Tales

• Beijing and Xian (2004 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)

Yangshuo

Useful Information 

• TravelChinaGuide
  What to see and do in Yangshuo

Insider Tips 

•  Sites
• Silver Cave
  (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) 

•  Experiences

• 2 person bamboo raft on Yulong River
  (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)
• Daxu and Xingping 
  Nearby villages (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)
• Impression Sanjie Liu Light Show 
  Touristy but remarkable (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) 

Travel Tales

• Guilin and Yangshuo (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)