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first visit to China
Mar 13, 2010 02:20
GIBAUD69 Points: Join Date: Mar 13, 2010 Status: offline	I am visiting China for the first time in May, flying to Kunming. My idea is to travel independently looking at Botanic Gardens. Any advice would be appreciated.

Mar 21, 2010 08:51	#1
ELLYSE Points: Join Date: Oct 30, 2005 Status: Offline	Botanic Gardens in China? Or in Kunming? Your post is a bit vague.

Mar 23, 2010 08:03	#2
GIBAUD69 Points: Join Date: Mar 13, 2010 Status: Offline	8 in China including Kunming Hainan Canton Nanking. Please excuse the spelling it is from a book 40 years old!

Mar 23, 2010 08:44	#3
ELLYSE Points: Join Date: Oct 30, 2005 Status: Offline	Canton = Guangzhou Nanking = Nanjing Sorry, I can only say I do not agree (in the extreme) with the suggested itinerary for 8 days!

Mar 25, 2010 03:23	#4
GUEST16815	I will be in China for 3 weeks in order to visit the 8 gardens. Is it too short? I will travel by bus and train but probably fly back to Kunming at the end.

Mar 25, 2010 04:16	#5
ELLYSE Points: Join Date: Oct 30, 2005 Status: Offline	What 8 gardens are you referring to???

Mar 25, 2010 23:02

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Your book is 40 years old???

You may be interested to know that as of 2006, there were 160 Botanical Gardens in China... and I suspect there may even be a few more added now - although they will not be especially mature.

I have visited Botanical Gardens in Nanjing and Shenyang, both wonderful.

Here is a list of 142 Botanical Gardens in China:
http://www.bgci.org/garden_search.php?action=Find&ftrCountry=CN&ftrKeyword=&x=79&y=11

May I humbly suggest, that you plan a 3 week itinerary around this, more recent, list.

Have fun,

LC.

Mar 25, 2010 23:05	#7
LEMONCACTUS Points: Join Date: Dec 8, 2005 Status: Offline	Sorry, I should add that you will be able to travel freely, and independently to most of the gardens. A few are even listed on this very website, with info on bus routes, prices and opening times etc. Beijing Botanic Gardens has its own website in English here: http://www.beijingbg.com/english/index.asp LC

Mar 25, 2010 23:56	#8
ELLYSE Points: Join Date: Oct 30, 2005 Status: Offline	I agree, I'm somewhat bewildered by the mention of "eight" botanical gardens. Unless, you mean to say the 8 classical Chinese gardens which are considered the epitome of private and royal gardens? Those aren't called botanical gardens though.

Mar 30, 2010 03:13	#9
GUEST16817	The gardens on my list in the order I want to visit them are as follows: Kunming Hainan Guangzhou Lushan Wuhan Hangchow Nanjing Beijing

Mar 30, 2010 10:34	#10
ELLYSE Points: Join Date: Oct 30, 2005 Status: Offline	I'm still bewildered. In any case, have you tried pinpointing these places on a map? They're all over China. You're likely to spend a lot of money on transport if you're going all over the place. I don't mean to be a wet blanket, but trying to make this more logical!

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