Sunday, August 3, 2008

Myanmar

Malikha lodge, putao
• Strand www.ghmhotels.com spore operated
• Pansea yangon french operated
•www.Malikha lodge.com
• $1350 3n all incl
  • best time is Nov-Feb
  • Thiripyitsaya Sakura Hotel $130
  • Pandaw II (Pagan/Bagan to Mandalay cruise 2n/3d $934)

Mayan sites

  1. Tikal
  2. Palenque
  3. Xunantunich
  4. Chichen Itza
  5. Uxmal
  6. Calakmul
  7. best Nov-May

Kyoto

  1. Kinmata ryokan http://www.kinmata.com/
  2. http://www.yoshi-ima.co.jp/ US$355 incl meals (in Gion)
  3. Kyoto cherry blossom Kinkakuji temple of golden pavilionKiyomizu6-6 grand views Nijo castle- no photosRyoanji temple zenrock 8:30-4:30Sanjusangendo 9-4 e Kyoto visually stunning

see Himeji castle
stay Jijuden guesthouse next to Golden Pavilion temple or Westin Miyako (view of 600 yr old nanzen-ji

Date Flight Departure Arrival Stop Duration Aircraft Remarks Class
17 Jul CX506 HKG 10:05 KIX 14:45 0 3:40 773 eTicket Economy Save (L)
19 Jul CX507 KIX 18:10 HKG 21:00 0 3:50 744 eTicket Economy Save (L)
Inflight entertainment: Hong Kong To Osaka , Osaka To Hong Kong

See---
Kinkakuji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion), Kiyomizu Temple (Kiyomizudera), Nijo Castle (Nijojo), Ryoanji Temple, Sanjusangendo Hall

Tongli

  1. 50 min from Suzhou
  2. 45 min train from Shanghai
  3. 1000 year old humpbacked bridges

Sanya

  1. take bus from Shenzhen
  2. 22:00-23:20
  3. 23:00 arrive 00:10
  4. return Sun 19:00-20:20
  5. new hotels: Ritz, Banyan, mandarin

Guilin

Homa Libre

Beijing hotels

  1. http://www.redcapitalclub.com.cn/
  2. the emperor http://www.theemperor.com.cn/ (55 room gem adjacent to the forbidden city)
  3. hotel G (7 gongti xi lu, chaoyang district) http://www.hotel-g.com/
  4. legation quarter
  5. http://www.shijiahouse.com/
  6. Opposite house
  7. Hotel cote cour sl http://www.hotelcotecoursl.com/ (on the zig zagging Yanyue Hutong) and also opening one in 798
  8. Red capital residence http://www.redcapitalclub.com.cn/

~~ Opposite House
~~commune
~~hutong hotels: 3+1 bedrooms 17 zhangwang hutong, Duge Courtyard boutique hotel --Nanluoguxiang guxiang 20, 20 Nanluoguxiang