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Ride a bike through China
Written by MichaelZ on January 30, 2010 – 7:45 am -While Shanghai and Hong Kong predominate in the business field, Peking is well recognized as the political, instructional and cultural centre of the Country, with a jurisdiction over eighteen districts and counties. To get around this metropolis you could find useful these brief suggestions on public transports when you land there.
Public Bus and trolley Bus : you need to keep in mind some numbers. Buses Nos. 1-200 and trolley buses run in the town ( 1 yuan per person ) ; buses Nos. 201-212 run at night ; buses Nos. 300-599 go to the suburbs, charging according to the distance covered. Air conditioned buses beginning with n. Eight are charged according to the distance covered. They customarily run thru the bustling streets. Buses beginning with n. Six go to the residential areas and so on. ( for details see bjbus.com ).
Beijing Capital global airfield ( 010 645 63 604 ) is one of China’s major gateways. It is 28 km from the city centre, about forty minutes’ ride by automobile. Taxi costs roughly a hundred yuan.
There are four railways stations in the city : Beijing Railway Station ( ph. 5101 ninety nine 99 ), Beijing West ( the largest ; ph : 5182 6253 ), South ( ph : 63030031 ) and North train line stations. Passengers may buy train tickets from the ticket offices ten days in advance or book by telephone ( ph. 010- 51827188 from 9am-9pm every day ) or Internet ( 036.com.cn ) 5 to 11 days in advance.
There are three different types of taxi charges ( 1.2, 1.6, and two yuan per kilometer ) and they are very handy to explore the city. ( Call the taxi centre : 010- 683 73399 )
subway : 4 lines criss-cross the city of Beijing. Line 1, Line 2, Line 13 and Batong line. The latter 2 are town rails. They run from 5am till roughly ten or 11 in the night. Tube entrances feature a gray cement structure with a symbolized lamp box. An one-way ticket is about 3-5 yuan.
Bikes and bikes! As usual we will not avoid mentioning a healthy, environmentally friendly, convenient, economical, safe and fun way of travel transport and recreation! The bike! China really is the ‘Bicycle Kingdom’, producing and using more bikes than any other country in the world. Cycling in China is a sort of life-style for the Chinese folk. Do not forget that in the traffic and in the narrow alleys of the Hutongs bikes are the best means to explore the town and is a super-individual way of transport by your own pace! Try firms like The bike dominion to rent your own bike.
Also, to avoid long stressful researches on where to go and what to do, here we have highlighted for you some of the central Beijing districts divided by main interest. Haidian District is home of China’s Silicon Valley -Zhongguancun- and 39 universities including Beijing, Tsinghua and Renmin Universities, so fundamentally good for shopping feaver. Xuanwu District is a good area for everything related to traditional medication whilst the Chaoyang District is the 798 Art District and flea market district. Dongcheng District is an area where many nice backpackers youth hotels are located. Just to mention some names : the nine dragons youth hostel, Beijing town Central youth hostel, the yard Hotel, Beijing harbour hotel hotel, the story youth hotel, the Beijing New Dragon Hostel.
Xicheng District hosts some public parks as the Beihai park, Jingshan Park, Yuetan Park and the Beijing Zoo. In the area the famous Zhongnanhai and the popular Houhai bar. If you like this ‘green’ area, we also suggest a really nice boutique value hotel nested in an hold traditional hutong called the Spring Garden courtyard Hotel. A hotel in a Chinese standard, deluxe courtyard, comprises an autumn and a spring garden offering a singular cultural connotation. Actually, each of the rooms introduces you to the life of different distinguished emperors in Chinese history and the dynasties that they lived in. In the multifunction hall, there are roughly one hundred photographs with English translations showing Beijing ( Peking ) past. These include places of interest, culture, faith, and day to day life in the town. There’s also a staff member available to answer questions and explain the eight hundred years of Beijing history ).
Other central location districts are : Fengtai District ; Shijingshan District ; Chongwen District.
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