Asia articles

China rail app
Travel Briefs, May 2013 issue.
The tour company China Travel Guide has launched a new free app for iPhone, China Trains, which allows users to check China’s train schedules, plan trips to many cities, look up trains by number and check ticket availability, all in English.

Snow park in China
Travel Briefs, May 2013 issue.
In China’s Heilongjiang Province, 800 miles northeast of Beijing, the Ice & Snow World Theme Park is open every year from late December through February in the capital, Harbin. It features ice carvings and sculptures by artists from around the world.

Guide in Ecuador. Travel arranger in Australia. Accessibility of Myanmar's capital. Paris restaurant
Report Cards, April 2013 issue.
REPORT ON ECUADOR…

Finding traditional China in the lovely coastal province of Fujian
Temple Ganluyan, built into the rocks in 1096.
Features, April 2013 issue.
Venturing to the small coastal province of Fujian for a taste of the traditional culture

Feeding elephants in Myanmar
Travelers' Intercom, April 2013 issue.
In the course of making plans with an in-country guide for a tour of Myanmar about four months later, my husband and I signed up for a day program at Green Hill Valley Elephant Camp (17 [5A], Kyaung St., Ahlone Township, Yangon, Myanmar; phone +95 9 731072

Turkey with TEO
Travelers' Intercom, April 2013 issue.
We learned about TEO World Culture Tours (New York, NY; 888/444-1110), which specializes in small-group travel, from a letter in ITN (Aug. ’11, pg. 31).

Dancing Bear in St. Petersburg
Travelers' Intercom, April 2013 issue.
My husband and I and another couple booked a cruise with Silversea Cruises that included three days in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 18-20, 2012.

Mixed review for hotel in Phnom Penh
Travelers' Intercom, April 2013 issue.
While visiting our son in Phnom Penh, my husband, Bill, and I stayed near the airport at the Cambodian Country Club & Hotel (Street 2004, Group 6 Toeuk Thla, Russey Keao district, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; phone 023 885 591 or 592 — club members

Darjeeling stay
The Dekeling Resort & Hotel in Darjeeling, India. Photo: Holt
Travelers' Intercom, April 2013 issue.
During a March-April ’12 India trip, my husband, Clyde, and I arrived in Darjeeling late in the afternoon to check into the Dekeling Hotel* (51 Gandhi Rd., Darjeeling 734101, West Bengal, India; phone 91 354 2254159, fax 2253298 — room rates, INR1,400-INR3,30

Indian elephant festival
Travelers' Intercom, April 2013 issue.
The majestic elephant wields a special significance in India, having transported royalty over the centuries, entertained princes, led fabled charges by Rajput warriors and paraded in gold and velvet at religious celebrations.