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Whether it’s your first visit or your twentieth, China is so big, so diverse and so fast-changing, it’s always an adventure.Breathtaking Antiquity
Let’s face it: the
world’s oldest continuous civilisation is bound to pull an artefact or
two out of its hat. There isn't history at every turn – three decades
of perpetual development and socialist town-planning have taken their
toll – but travel selectively in China and rich seams of antiquity
await exploration. With tumble-down chunks of the Great Wall,
mist-wreathed, temple-topped mountains, quaint villages, water towns
and sublime Buddhist cave statues, China insists on a few requirements:
a well-made pair of travelling shoes and a strong stomach for
long-distance wayfaring.
Stupendous Scenery
Běijīng, Shànghǎi and Hong Kong
are portraits of modern Chinese wherewithal and ambition, but it's the
big outdoors that should top your list. From the placid mountain lakes
of Tibet, the impassive deserts of Inner Mongolia to island-hopping in Hong Kong or cycling between fairy-tale karst pinnacles around Yángshuò, China's landscapes are beguiling. Swoon before the rice terraces of the south, size up some awesome sand dunes in Gānsù
or trace the Great Wall as it meanders across mountain peaks, get lost
in forests of bamboo, sail through dramatic river gorges or, when your
energy fails you, flake out for a tan on a distant beach.
Cuisine
Treat yourself by trading your
meagre local Chinatown menu for the lavish Middle Kingdom cookbook.
Wolf down Peking duck, size up a sizzling lamb kebab in Kāifēng or
gobble down a bowl of Lánzhōu noodles on the Silk Road. Spicy Húnán or Sìchuān
dishes really raise the temperature but don’t forget about what’s
cooking along China’s frontier lands – always an excellent excuse to
get off the beaten path. Culinary exploration is possibly the most
enticing aspect of Middle Kingdom travel: you’ll return with stimulated
taste buds and much cherished gastronomic memories.
Diversity
China
is vast. Off-the-scale massive. A riveting jumble of wildly differing
dialects and climatic and topographical extremes, it's like several
different countries rolled into one. Take your pick from the
tossed-salad ethnic mix of the southwest, the yak-butter illuminated
temples of Xiàhé, a journey along the dusty Silk Road, spending the night at Everest Base Camp or getting into your glad rags for a night on the Shànghǎi
tiles. You're spoiled for choice: whether you’re an urban traveller,
hiker, cyclist, explorer, backpacker, irrepressible museum-goer or
faddish foodie, China’s diversity is second to none.
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