Ruth Lor Malloy is the author of
China Guide:
"China travel like it is, warts and all ! "
On this site we have
Current China Travel
Information
 "Ruth Lor Malloy's Beijing "A Travel Writer's
335 page Guide
to One of Her Favorite Cities
Her Beijing Travel
Guide e-Book
Now on Sale -
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Latest on Travel to Tibet
and Visas to China
China Travel Update -
July 19, 2008
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UNBIASED TRAVEL INFORMATION ON CHINA
*…free information from the author of a popular travel guide on China about
the many places she has visited in the last few years: Beijing, Chengdu (Leshan
and Emei Shan), Hangzhou, Huangshan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lijiang,
Suzhou, Xi’an, and the Yangtze Gorges. Included are lesser known but
exciting places like Shangri-La, Xiahe and Xining (Tongren). Recent
information on Hong Kong, Taishan (Guangdong), Guangzhou, and the Silk Road.
* …for a free 25-page travel guide on Shanghai completed in 2006 with
prices, hotels, restaurants, fun things to do and where to find an
up-to-date subway map on the web.
* …for hotel reviews from someone who has personally stayed in or visited
the many hotels mentioned and is able to warn you about the standard of
English and breakfasts, the noise, the convenience of ATMs, dirty carpets,
and in-room safes too small for lap-top computers.
* … for some idea of prices to anticipate how much you will be spending in
China.
* … for some cheaper hotels, especially in the Shanghai where you can stay
the night in a private room for around $20 and find an internet café for as
little as Y6 an hour. Also mentioned are prices quoted by hotels so you can
compare these with on-line hotel agencies like Travelocity.com, Expedia.com
and www.eLong.net.
* … if you want to know today’s or last year’s rate for Chinese currency.
* ... if you want to save time trying to find out the closest hotels to the
Beijing and Shanghai subways. Subways are important. Taking them can mean
avoiding traffic jams.
* … if you want a recommended China-based travel agent.
* … for information that’s hard to find on the Web such as a bus from
Shanghai airport to Nanjing? Or what to do if you lose your U.S. passport
there? Or the price of Zhang Yi Mou’s evening show in Yangshuo.
* … if you need a hotel’s Romanized name for taxi drivers who don ‘t speak
English.
* … if you want advice on how to travel from Lhasa in Tibet to Everest Base
Camp, Guge, Lhasa, and Mt. Kailash.
* … if you want to know where you can get a Kosher meal in China.
And there’s more. Ruth also likes to travel to off-beat destinations too
where tourists are few and the air is clean. She likes popular places in
off-tourist season. Read about the train from Vancouver to Jasper, Canada
(in winter), Montserrat (with its volcano) and Ft. McMurray (Canada’s oil
capital where you can see the northern lights and ride dog sleds in March).
Read about Alderney (Britain), Mongolia, St. Petersburg, the Azores
(Portugal), and Easter Island as well as China.
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for most of these. And "Inexpensive World Cell Phone" for Easter Island.
Ruth Lor Malloy is the author of China Guide and
the e-book Ruth Lor Malloy’s Beijing
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