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Europe is a splendid continent that encompasses diversity not solely in culture but also in the architectural styles, languages and many more. The different countries that comprise in the continent make it a viable spot for tourists round the globe. In fact, many of us do think about Europe vacation but due to lack of financial resources, most of us have to drop out of the plan. But this is something of the past, and in the recent times a trend to arrange cheap Europe vacation.

By means of cheap Europe vacation, you can plan your trip within your monetary limitations. For instance, the cheap vacation would enable you to plan out accommodations and flights that offer subsidized rates. In addition to this, you could pre-plan the destinations that you intend to take that lets you to visit places that interest you rather than taking a wild trip all around Europe. In fact, booking tickets and accommodations in advance or in times wherein you could get better rates and discounts could be availed to your advantage. To get accessibility to cheapo Europe vacation you can also go to a professional travel agent or go online for the same.

In the contemporary lifestyle of these days, one may find it difficult to really spare some time to be actually present in front of agents, and dedicate long hours to grab their information. For such set of individuals, online services providers offer an ideal approach to access information. The latest explosion in the appearance of the online services providers clearly indicates the accepted use by individuals of these websites for travel vacation, wherein a number of cheap options are made accessible. A major number of these websites do not charge upfront fees for accessing their services; nevertheless this may be different from one provider to the other. It is suitable to go through the terms and conditions of an online provider previous to availing its services so that you can avoid any false impression.

This article is about the Beijing Zoo travel and flights info. You can find some useful information in it if you are booking your Beijing flights now. (you can get more New York,Los Angeles,San Francisco, Chicago flights and airfares info at Travel2ChinaInfo Dot COM)

Beijing Zoo, situated to the west of Beijing Exhibition Center, was known for a short time after the founding of the People’s Republic as the Western Suburbs Park (Xijiao Gongyuan). The grounds combine cultivated flower gardens with stretches of natural scenery, including dense groves of trees, stretches of grassland, a small stream, lotus pools and small hills dotted with pavilions and halls.

In the 18th century, the zoo was known as the Sanbeizi Gardens, supposedly named after the third son of Emperor Kangxi, Prince Cheng Yin. Another explanation is that Sanbeizi refereed to the Qing courtier Fu Kang’ an and the Gardens the site of his villa. In fact, as early as the Ming Dynasty, an imperial mansion called the Garden of Happiness and Friendship constructed for Prince Kang stood here, and during the Qing, part of the Sanbeizi Gardens called the Garden of Continuity (Jiyuan) became the private property of an official in the Bureau of Palace Affairs.

In 1906, during the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the park area became an agricultural experimental farm and a zoo. Known as the Garden of Ten Thousand Animals (Wanshengyuan), it opened to the public in 1908.

Under the successive rule of the Northern Warlords, the Japanese and the Kuomintang, the park became increasingly desolate. The only elephant died in 1937, and the Japanese, under the pretext of protecting themselves against air raids, poisoned the remaining lions, tigers and leopards. On the eve of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the park housed only 12 monkeys, two parrots and a blind emu. The park was reopened to the public in 1950, and on April 10, 1955 formally named the Beijing Zoo.

The zoo has developed rapidly and by 1987 it covered an area of over 40,000 square meters. Bears, elephants, pandas, lions, tigers, songbirds, hippopotamuses, rhinoceroses, antelopes and giraffes were brought in the late 1950s, and a gorilla cage, leaf-monkey cage and aquarium house, was opened, containing specimens of over 100 species of reptiles from all over the world, including crocodiles and pythons.

At present, the zoo houses over 7,000 creatures of 600 different species, including the giant panda, red-crowned crane and Pere David’s deer-all unique to China-as well as the African giraffe, rhinoceros, chimpanzee and antelope; American continent; wild ox from Europe; and elephant and gibbon from India.

Beijing Zoo is located in Xizhimenwaidajie Street,Haidian District,Beijing. It is one of the biggest zoos in China (covers 90 hectares). There are more than 4000 animals and 50000 fishes in this zoo.

Office hours:

From 03/15 to 04/30: 7:30 – 17:30.
From 05/01 to 09/30: 7:30 – 18:00.
From 10/01 to 11/14: 7:30 – 17:30.
From 11/15 to 03/14: 7:30 – 17:00.

How to get here?

You can take the Line 7, 15, 19, 27, 65, 332, 334, 347, 360, 362, 534, 601, 632, 634, 685, 697, 732, 814, Te4, Te5, Yuntong 105, Yuntong 106, Yuntong 205 city buses to the bus station named “Beijing Zoo”. To get here from the Beijing Railway Station, you can take the Line 103 (dianche) bus to the “Beijing Zoo” bus station. To get here from the Beijing North Railway Station, you can take the Line 105, 111, 7, 27, 347, 632 city buses to the “Beijing Zoo” bus station. To get here from the Beijing West Railway Sation, you can take the Line 65 city bus.(you can get more New York,Los Angeles,San Francisco, Chicago flights and airfares info at Travel2ChinaInfo Dot COM)

Admission fees:

(1) For the peak season (04/01 to 10/31), the cost is 20 rmb for one person (include the panda display). If you don’t wanna visit the panda display, the cost is 15 rmb for one person. (2). For the slack season (11/01 to 03/31), the cost is 15 rmb for one person (include the panda display). You can save 5 rmb if you don’t wanna visit the panda display. Some tips: You can get a 50% off if you can show them your student ID. Free admission for the kids shorter than 1.2 meters. There is a aquarium in the Beijing Zoo and the cost is 110 rmb for one person.(you can get more New York,Los Angeles,San Francisco, Chicago flights and airfares info at Travel2ChinaInfo Dot COM)

By Shane Lee. Date: 07/30/2009.

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It has been a time-honored tradition for the North American university grad to leave his sheltered nest and seek the unknown in a distant land.

Unfortunately, tradition also lends way to cliché.

The early twenties, book smart grad are filled with an ambition to add some life experience to his new set of professional letters. He sits in a dockside café eating hometown food with French provincial names as he writes into a leather-bound booklet some deep insights that he assumes are original. He dreams of having a torrid love affair with some local peasant girl but settles instead for swapping email addresses with some Canadians doing the exact same thing. As entertaining as this prospect seems, it was not my wish. I wanted to carve out my own adventure, and in Europe there is no better way than by train.

The European rail system has been for years second-to-none for accessibility, comfort, and, with Rail Europe, affordability. There are a variety of Rail Europe passes for different prices that can get you anywhere you wish in little time and from city center to city center. North Americans must purchase the Rail Europe tickets before departing Europe (you can’t get them in Europe) and well in advance of their trip, and in certain countries the passes are valid on ferries and riverboats. The passes are easy to use and, if taken advantage of fully, are cheaper than most other forms of transportation. Best of all is that trains can get you to remote areas that you would otherwise miss. For the budget-minded the night excursions or hotel trains save you hotel rooms so that you awake the next day in a new country!

Copenhagen —

I landed in Copenhagen and got immediately roped into the standard tourist sites — Tivoli Gardens, the Royal Palace, etc.

I saw an incredible exhibit of Danish design at the National Art (Kunst) Gallery, and I took a bike ride through an area called Christiania, an area started by a group of Danes in the 1960s looking for free love, free drugs, and free rent, and it hasn’t changed much since. I was here when I was thirteen years old, staying with a cousin. Since, the government has made an attempt to clean up Christiania by taking out most of the drugs but the general atmosphere remains. Old military buildings painted in bright colors are home to all sorts of the local free thinkers from vagrants to artists to very accomplished architects. The tour ended at the National Library, also called the “Diamond” because of its seemingly transparently beautiful aesthetics. It is a remarkable example of the old world class of a European city (half of the building is the original building of the National Library) and the clean lines and simple concepts of modern Danish design that act to seemingly tell a story with nothing but light.

Munich —

As wonderful of a city as Copenhagen is, the tourist route begins to lose its luster and the rails are calling me East. I’ve been to Germany before so I wasn’t interested in staying for too long, but the food and beer would be a shame to miss — yet another perk of train travel. Local trains can always be caught if you simply feel like ending up in a small town outside Munich, ordering a heaping lunch and a few giant steins of local brew and making your way out the same day. Needless to say, between Frankfurt and the Hungarian border I was full, comfortably brewed-up, and happy as the beautiful sites of central Europe flew by.

As can be expected, this type of life can take its toll on a person’s ability to remain conscious. By chance, when my body and mind were screaming for sleep, I happened upon a rather quiet train car. In fact, at one point a person was asked to keep the noise down behind me. I thought there was going to be some sort of movie starting that necessitated such silent attention until I realized that some of the train cars are specifically designated for the lazy kind of traveler that I felt like being. They are quiet cars and I will snore my praises of them for years to come.

Budapest —

A city full of history, incredible architecture, and beautiful women. As you walk around the city you get a definite stench of the former socialist society coupled with an obvious existence of capitalist growth. The city sits on the banks of the Danube. The Pest side is where you would find a much more built-up city center with malls and shopping areas, not to mention the late night venues. You can imagine my desire to visit the other side of the river.

The other side of the river is the Buda part of the city (are you picking up on the basis of the name yet?). A little quieter and lush, Buda contains some beautiful homes and sites. The Gelhert Hill, marked by a statue that can be reached by hiking paths, offers an incredible view of the city. I was lucky enough to meet a lovely local named Janka and I was invited to a dinner party. Hungarians are often seen as slightly less personable than some western European counterparts. This can be chalked up to a very dry sense of humor. I can attest, however, that this is not the case at all. After a great, home-cooked meal and a few cocktails in a quaint apartment in the hills filled with great people, including Zigga (who I knew for a few days and offered me a lift to the train station), and of course the beautiful Janka; I would say that kindness and generosity are staples in the social diet of Hungarians. They also have an uncanny ability to have a good time