traveling to China

my wife and i are considering to visit China next June for two weeks. We
want to know how easy and convinient are the public transportation and if
there is an alternative way to move.

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 04:44:09 -0400, the renowned "tomazo"
wrote:

my wife and i are considering to visit China next June for two weeks. We
want to know how easy and convinient are the public transportation and if
there is an alternative way to move.

Local city buses tend to be overcrowded and relatively difficult to
use. Subways are fine. Taxis are fine if you have the destination
written in Chinese or can speak the language. Long distance buses and
airplanes are fine. Trains are fine, getting the tickets is sometimes
a challenge. For tourist destinations in the area of cities, it's
usually possible to hire a car and driver or take a tour at a rather
reasonable cost. Walking is often a nice alternative within city
areas- even in cities with populations approaching 10,000,000, the
interesting area inside the city may only be a few km across.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 04:44:09 -0400, the renowned "tomazo"
wrote:

my wife and i are considering to visit China next June for two weeks. We
want to know how easy and convinient are the public transportation and if
there is an alternative way to move.

Local city buses tend to be overcrowded and relatively difficult to
use. Subways are fine. Taxis are fine if you have the destination
written in Chinese or can speak the language. Long distance buses and
airplanes are fine. Trains are fine, getting the tickets is sometimes
a challenge. For tourist destinations in the area of cities, it's
usually possible to hire a car and driver or take a tour at a rather
reasonable cost. Walking is often a nice alternative within city
areas- even in cities with populations approaching 10,000,000, the
interesting area inside the city may only be a few km across.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com