Ari's Planet

Things to see if I go back
Yunnan province
Don Ka Lau singing, Gaozeng Dong Village, 9km from Congjiang, in area of Liping/Congjiang/Rongjiang in Guizhou province and Sanjing in Guangxi province

Trains
Kunming http://www.cnvol.com/station-5/en-1257.htm

Pollution
http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/messagepost.cfm?postaction=reply&catid...
Less pollution in Yunnan.

China Post http://www.chinapost.com.cn/English/index.htm
Rates for packages http://www.chinapost.cn/yyzn/zifei/guoji/gjkybgzf.htm
EMS (tracking, etc.) http://www.ems.com.cn/english-main.jsp
Universal Postal Union http://www.upu.int/
UPU Customer Guide http://www.upu.int/customs/en/customer_guide.shtml
FRANK'S COMPULSIVE GUIDE TO POSTAL ADDRESSES
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/postal.html#china
Post and phone codes http://www.asia-planet.net/china/travel-tips.htm

Address, Chengdu:

Ari Isaac Halberstadt
Poste Restante
Main International Post Office
Chengdu, Sichuan 610000
CHINA

NYT pollution map
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/08/26/world/asia/choking_on_grow...

Train schedules
http://www.chinaknowledge.com/train/default.aspx

Wikitravel
http://wikitravel.org/en/China
Massage, karst formations, bargaining, among other good info
Karst: Stone Forest (?? shi lin) near Kunming in Yunnan, Guilin

Nikon gear
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00CQgj

Places to stay
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/asia/china/beijing/s...

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguide/beijing/fastfacts.htm
Keep turning the pages on the site--has lists of post offices, banks,
telephone info, emergency phone numbers, hospitals, pharmacies, airlines,
etc., etc., including info for tourists. Looks useful.

Wulingyuan -- karst formations
http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/travel/15wuling.html

Useful China maps, including what to wear by province
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/map/china_map.htm

Provinces and main cities
http://www.mapsofworld.com/china/china-political-map.html

Provinces to visit
Beijing, Hebei, Nei Mongol, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan