Posts Tagged: China
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Oct 20, 2011
No CommentsChina Travel Guides
Introduction China has 26 provinces with their own distinctive dialects and regional differences. A total of 23 sites in China were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Routes are usually planned to best practical point of CITS (see Addresses), which also provide tour guides. The CITS guides are very helpful. Even for individuals traveling in...
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Feb 24, 2011
No CommentsMalaysian cuisine, where his blend of different Asian cuisines
The ethnic diversity that characterizes the Malaysian population Whose ancestors were largely from other neighboring territories such as South China? is one of the factors that explain the extraordinary diversity of the native cuisine. It has common with India, China, southern Thailand and the former territories of Indochina, which has adapted the use of spices...
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Feb 21, 2011
No CommentsBeijing: Following the footsteps of the Ming and Qing emperors
The extraordinary urban growth of China began in 1949, when they were demolished its old walls in order to link the historical with the newly created districts. That is why the downtown focus the main historical monuments and sites of interest. They are: Old Summer Palace (Yuan Ming Yuan) This compound, whose construction started in...
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Feb 16, 2011
No CommentsChinese cuisine: beyond the cliches
Within the Asian giant can distinguish four culinary schools, that of Beijing, north of the country, the Shanghai, the east of Guangzhou, south, and Sichuan in the west, the latter being more likely to use spices and intense flavors obtained. However, they all share a common guideline, as well as a unified conception of the...
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Feb 16, 2011
No CommentsChina: The legacy of the great dynasties
Although the information offered here is just a small sample of the many sites of interest that brings together China, they all stand for housing an important cultural heritage and landscape. Not surprisingly, they all have in the arrival of international and domestic tourism (increasingly numerous) one of its main sources of income. Chengdu Located...
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Jan 26, 2011
No CommentsMount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
Located in the mountains of the Himalayas, which is perched on the Tibetan plateau on the border between Nepal and Tibet, a country now occupied by China. Its name comes from a “tribute” that was made to Sir George Everest, a British military engineer who served in India between 1829 and 1843. Everest was the...
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Jan 17, 2011
No CommentsGreat Wall: World Heritage in China
The Great Wall was born in BC, seven years, almost with the development of Chinese feudal society, the whole process, it is the world’s longest one military defense project, which twists and turns like a dragon, rivers and lakes across the mountains, cross- lying land in northern China, and its total length has changed several...
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Oct 07, 2010
No CommentsChina: The ancient heritage of the Middle Kingdom
Summarize in a few lines the characteristics of a territory so rich and complex from the standpoint of geographic, ethnic, historical, administrative and cultural development is, no doubt, an almost impossible task. Chinese real work, and never better. Given this evidence, perhaps the best thing is to take refuge in the strength of the figures:...
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Sep 28, 2010
No CommentsRussia, the largest country
Located on the European continent and Asia, Russia with an area of 17,075,400 square kilometers, is the largest country in the world. It borders 13 countries: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. Many people in these countries come to visit Russia every year, a trip that...