Category: Paris
Shanghai weatherstation (alt. 5m/16ft) Chongqing weather station (alt. 261 m/856ft) and Kunming (alt. 1893m/6209ft) The boundary between the subtropical climate zone and the “yellow” north runs about 100-200km/60-1200 miles …
There is a railway line that circles Paris called la Petite Ceinture (the little belt). It is uncovered in many places, but as it is below street level, it …
Tainan (pop. 660,000), the “City of A Hundred Temples” (at present more Tainan than 200!) is the oldest town in Taiwan. Its history-from 1684 to 1887 it was the …
The tomb site, measuring about 40sq.km/25sq. miles lies in a valley of the Tianshoushan hill, almost 50km/31 miles to the north of Beijing. It is the “monumental graveyard” ofthe …
Province: Shandong Altitude: 77m/252ft. Area: 244sq.km/94sq. miles Population: 1,180,000 (conurbation 6,410,000) Qingdao is situated on the Yellow Sea, in the east of Shandong province, at 120°14’E and 36°06’N. There …
Years ago I was returning home in a taxi and suddenly we came to a halt. I heard whistles and other noise. The police had stopped traffic, protecting the …
