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Submitted by bobc on Sun, 2008-02-17 22:24.
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Hi All,
Just got back from a trip to Shangrila/LiJiang/KunMing/E Mei Shan and loved it. Now I want to do something different. This May I want to go back to Shangrila but do it by car from ZhuHai.
Anyone know where I can find road maps w/Pinyin for the trip?
I plan to buy a GPS but I like to plan ahead on paper?

Suggestions?

Thanks,
Bob

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JJ's picture

My guess is that it's going

Submitted by JJ on Mon, 2008-02-18 10:03.

My guess is that it's going to be hard to find a map in Pin Yin... did you Google it?
JJ

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roy's picture

Hi bobc, I have searched

Submitted by roy on Mon, 2008-02-18 22:15.

Hi bobc,

I have searched long and hard for maps in China, and believe me they are not easy to find, and possibly don't exist at all in Pinyin. Buy anything you can, even if it is in Hanzi, Google Earth it heaps and buy a good GPS then load it full of co ordinates from Goole Earth.

Step 2, never trust the locals to get the instructions right - they might be, but don't trust it. In my experience the locals travel (independantly) so little that they actually have very little clue as to where point A is in relation to point B, especially as they rarely have maps themselves. This opinion might be a bit "red necked", but I have chapters of experience to back it up.

Hope you get to do it - sounds great.

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roy's picture

Hi bobc, I just noticed you

Submitted by roy on Mon, 2008-02-18 22:31.

Hi bobc,

I just noticed you are a pilot, so telling you how to find your way there is like telling you how to tie your shoelaces. My apologies.

But I must ask, how did you manage to go to those places anyway .... was it via work (ie flying) ?

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goldengate88's picture

I have ridden my bike from

Submitted by goldengate88 on Mon, 2008-02-18 22:49.

I have ridden my bike from Shenzhen to Kunming and onwards to Szechuan, solo. Perhpas I can give you some direction and advice in person.

Peter

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blue moon's picture

Carry some cash. I had a

Submitted by blue moon on Fri, 2008-02-22 20:03.

Carry some cash. I had a friend who drove around for 3 months in China and it cost : 20,ooo in fuel and food and 35000 in toll fees...so maybe ride a bike !

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bobc's picture

Sorry all, PC crash. Been

Submitted by bobc on Thu, 2008-03-06 09:25.

Sorry all, PC crash. Been off the box for a while. Thanks for the input. I've found a GPS that uses Pinyin input and Spoken English directions. Thanks.
Plus I bought a pretty good road atlas. All Chinese but I will make due.
Cheers!

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goldengate88's picture

I was just shown "Google

Submitted by goldengate88 on Fri, 2008-03-07 00:38.

I was just shown "Google Earth" over the weekend, and it is amazing! It will pin point your location to a matter of meters.

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roy's picture

Agree, Google Earth is

Submitted by roy on Tue, 2008-03-11 22:21.

Agree, Google Earth is great, and improving all the time. Interestingly I can find my car in 3 places at once.

Show most westerners and ask them to find their home, and mostly they can. I have yet to find a Chinese worker who can point out their home town.

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Couple interesting articles

Submitted by JacksonC on Tue, 2008-03-11 23:58.

Couple interesting articles about the Google Earth.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/03/070312-google-censor.htm...

http://rieas.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=294&Itemid=45

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