China

Home to some of the world's greatest man-made and natural wonders, China remains as mysterious to the Western traveler today as it was centuries ago.
China appears to many as a different world rather than simply another country. Its location, separated from its neighbours by the Himalayas and the Siberian steppe, provided one of the world's oldest civilisations with the basis to develop a unique cultural and topographical environment with immense differences, both mysterious and fascinating.With lots of sights to see, days can be long, so dress for comfort and take good walking shoes. Considering the enormity of the area, it's not surprising that there's also a variable climate. Beijing has cold, dry winters and hot summers, which can be wet and very humid. Guilin has a cool winter, pleasant spring and autumn and long, hot, wet summers. Shanghai can be wet and overcast for most of the year with cool winters and hot summers. As the country's relatively new to tourism, English is not widely spoken in China and it's best to have the name of your hotel written in Chinese.