Location: 白银路 báiyín lù. Map.
Bus stop: 中山林站 zhōngshān lín zhàn
Here are the three Uighur Muslim restaurants that I know of in Lanzhou. For more information about 'Cuisine of Xinjiang', see here. Name: 新疆葡萄圆美食 xīnjiāng pútao yuán méishí
Location: 白银路 báiyín lù. Map. Bus stop: 中山林站 zhōngshān lín zhàn There are links to maps for many of the places on the site, especially in the locations covered in the pages listed along the top of the page. When there is no specific map link, click here to open the Redefining Lanzhou map. Scroll down the alphabetical index on the left, and click on the location you want to find.
Buses are cheap: Y1 - Y1.5 for most journeys. For bus routes, the best thing is to try to buy a city map (Y3.5) from a newsstand. If you are comfortable navigating a Chinese website, then the routes are available at the Mapabc site. Here is an example, showing the route for bus #1. Try cutting and pasting two place names from this site into the from-to search boxes (xxx 倒 xxx), and you'll get some suggested bus routes, as well as tips on how to complete your journey on foot at either end. Taxis aren't too expensive either. The meter starts at Y7 for the first 3 km, and then it's Y1 per km after that. Y10 - Y15 can get you quite far in the city. Thanks to Bill Schoerner (son of Otto Schoerner, mentioned in this earlier post) for finding and passing on this fascinating article about the construction of Zhongshan Bridge (map). In the introduction Bing Chen (陈冰) writes: "The bridge as metaphor for love, life and death – even an eternal gateway to Paradise - has long haunted the innermost depths of the human psyche. Many have become the stuff of legend and folktale - The River Kwai, San Lue Rey, ancient Rome’s Tiber bridge heroically defended against impossible odds by the republic’s first citizen hero Horatius, as immortalised by Thomas Babington Macaulay, to name but three. The first iron bridge over the mighty Yellow River bids fair to join this legendary roll call." Location: North end of Zhōngshān Lù (中山路), 300m north from the Xiguan Crossing (西关什字 Xīguān Shízì)
Buses: 9, 13, 15, 26, 105, 111, 112, 136, 139 and 142 |
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