Travel Beijing, China 2012 - Illustrated Guide, Phrasebook and Maps. (Mobi Travel) [Kindle Edition]

MobileReference (Author), Peter Neville (Contributor)

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This guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders, smartphones, and other mobile electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically and by category, making it easier to access individual articles. Articles feature information about attractions, landmarks, districts, transportation, cultural venues, dining, history and much more. Addresses, telephones, hours of operation and admissions information are included. The guide is complimented by clearly marked maps that are linked to city attractions. An interlinked phrasebook as well as a pronunciation guide are included.

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NEW FEATURE: The attraction articles now include links to Google Maps. On a dedicated electronic reader with a slow connection and a primitive browser, Google Maps will display the attraction on the map along with metro stations, roads, and nearby attractions. On an internet-enabled device such as the iPhone and the iPad, Google Maps will even show you the route from your current location to the attraction you want to go to.

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Table of Contents:

Essentials: Mandarin Phrasebook | Cantonese Phrasebook | Eat | Drink | Sleep | Stay Safe | Cope | Units Conversion

1. General: History | Politics | Economy | Demographics | Climate

2. Maps: China | Central Beijing | Districts | Forbidden City | Subway | Fortifications | Great Wall

3. Transport: Get in | Get around | Roads | Railway | Subway

4. By Area: Geography | Districts | Streets & Squares | Get out

5. Attractions: Top 10 | Itinerary | Do | Buy | Amusement parks

6. Culture: Architecture | Music Venues | Education

7. Landmarks: Museums | Buildings & Structures | Parks & Gardens | Forbidden City | Great Wall

Essentials: Mandarin Phrasebook | Cantonese Phrasebook | Eat | Drink | Sleep | Respect | Cope | Stay healthy | Stay Safe | Units Conversion

1. General: History | Politics | Economy | Demographics | Climate

2. Maps: Central Beijing | Districts | Forbidden City | Subway | Fortifications | Great Wall | China

3. Transport: Get in | Get around | Roads | Railway | Subway

4. By Area: Geography | Districts | Streets & Squares | Get out

5. Attractions: Top 10 | Itinerary | Do | Buy | Museums | Buildings & Structures | Parks & Gardens | Forbidden City | Great Wall

6. Culture: Architecture | Music Venues | Education

7. China: Do & See | Buy | Contact

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 7488 KB
• Publisher: MobileReference (March 14, 2008)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004L9KVYQ
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,521 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #2 in Books > Travel > Asia > China > Beijing
  • #11 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Travel > Asia > China

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive, concise and well-organized, January 28, 2010

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Natasha Campbell (Bronx, NY) - See all my reviews

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Travel Beijing, China - Illustrated Guide, Phrasebook and Maps. FREE general info, map and basic phrasebook in the trial (Mobi Travel)

Comprehensive, concise and well-organized. A great resource and a true bargain. I found this travel guide to Beijing to be very useful and nicely put together. Mobilereference always has nice graphics and pictures. There was enough information to be useful, but not so much that it was overkill.
Beijing is easy to get around and the transportation system is a breeze, if not a little dingy. Also, there are plenty of engaging sites and areas and it is quite obvious which places you should see and which you may want to forego.
I give this ebook five stars.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything You Need, March 23, 2009

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I recently traveled to Beijing. The ebook was very informative, well illustrated, and easy to read. It had everything I needed for a fascinating travel experience. I strongly recommend this ebook.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kindle version travel book..great for during the trip!, December 5, 2010

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I had a short trip to Beijing recently and I really liked the idea of bringing a travel book on the Kindle--a huge space saver and the search feature made things quite easy. I was a little leery of such a book--things like travel books generally lend themselves to page flipping and looking at color pictures. However, this book was well laid out and jumping back to the table of contents was made easy--once I figured out the trick. In any case, it was great for reading up on the next thing on the agenda, gave concise and easy to read historical information and even had some great advice on personal safety and buying/bargaining tips. The Kindle's search feature was a terrific help too.

I did not give the full 5 stars, as though it was great for ON the trip, it was not as good for the PLANNING parts (sorry, but the lack of pictures and page flipping really made a big difference to me). Also, some of the information was a little scattered, such as a couple 'buy' sections in the table of contents, but one section was much more useful than the others. Pictures of the money might have been useful (my husband got at least one ?Thai bill back in change...).

This book was great for taking on the trip and was well worth the money..a great balance of usefulness and convenience. I would just look at other sources too when doing the actual trip planning portions, hence my 4 stars. Obviously, if the last part is not as big a concern for someone who is thinking of buying, then I would go ahead and suggest 5 stars.

I was very happy with this purchase!

JTG

ps, I did not look at the additional features of sudoko or The Art of War, so I can't comment here... BTW, the Kindle connectivity was spotty--I had the 3G bars (never did see a wifi connection but admittedly did not turn my Kindle on at the Starbucks or McDonalds near my hotel), but on a couple occasions though I could get to the Kindle store, there was no downloading or available products. Other times, there were. I did check my yahoo email on one occasion, just to see if I could--and it was during one of the times the Amazon Kindle store was working. I was only there for 4 and a half days though.