<B>Google Map Link to the Miraton Hotel area</B>
Here's a link to the location of the Miraton Hotel. For some reason it doesn't automatically center properly. Also, in satellite view, the terrain is off by about 200 meters. The intersection that the hotel sits on, as shown on the map, is up and to the left in terrain view.
According to Sam, Chang Ping doesn't have any tourist attractions - so I didn't explore the city much at all. One time I went out searching for a pharmacy that stocked the Cialis type natural supplement I bought in Hong Kong. It was then that I happened upon the huge Eurasia Hotel - otherwise I'd have not known about it.
During that walk, by the way, three children took delight in following me practicing their English. Laughing and giggling with each attempt at talking with me. Cute.
Center the map and zoom out eight clicks to the 20 mile / 20 kilometer scale. You'll notice that Chang Ping is almost due north of Hong Kong - which strangely isn't named on the map. If you scan down past Shenzhen; past Mong Kok you'll see Central. That's part of downtown Hong Kong. The new airport, and an impressively modern and spacious airport it is on the Departures Level, is on the island to the west.
Zoom in one click and you should see Chang An southwest of Chang Ping. It's marked as Chang'anzhen - and Chang Ping is marked as Changpingzhen.
Getting from Hong Kong to Chang Ping takes only about two hours using the MTR and CRV(?) train. That's including the boarder crossing - if it's no more than half an hour - but not wait times for the MTR (short) or CRV (a little longer).
When I rode the CRV from Chang Ping to the Shenzhen MTR station - called Luohu - it reached 165 kph (105 mph). That part of the journey took half an hour.
Lo Wu is the station on the Hong Kong side of the border. Center on Luohu and zoom in to the 2000 feet / 1 km scale and you'll see it south west of it.
Walking from one station to the other isn't far at all. You could do it in, oh, five minutes(?) if it weren't for having to pass through immigration.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou....995059,113.875694&spn=0.249989,0.528374&z=12
Chica Chaser
Here's a link to the location of the Miraton Hotel. For some reason it doesn't automatically center properly. Also, in satellite view, the terrain is off by about 200 meters. The intersection that the hotel sits on, as shown on the map, is up and to the left in terrain view.
According to Sam, Chang Ping doesn't have any tourist attractions - so I didn't explore the city much at all. One time I went out searching for a pharmacy that stocked the Cialis type natural supplement I bought in Hong Kong. It was then that I happened upon the huge Eurasia Hotel - otherwise I'd have not known about it.
During that walk, by the way, three children took delight in following me practicing their English. Laughing and giggling with each attempt at talking with me. Cute.
Center the map and zoom out eight clicks to the 20 mile / 20 kilometer scale. You'll notice that Chang Ping is almost due north of Hong Kong - which strangely isn't named on the map. If you scan down past Shenzhen; past Mong Kok you'll see Central. That's part of downtown Hong Kong. The new airport, and an impressively modern and spacious airport it is on the Departures Level, is on the island to the west.
Zoom in one click and you should see Chang An southwest of Chang Ping. It's marked as Chang'anzhen - and Chang Ping is marked as Changpingzhen.
Getting from Hong Kong to Chang Ping takes only about two hours using the MTR and CRV(?) train. That's including the boarder crossing - if it's no more than half an hour - but not wait times for the MTR (short) or CRV (a little longer).
When I rode the CRV from Chang Ping to the Shenzhen MTR station - called Luohu - it reached 165 kph (105 mph). That part of the journey took half an hour.
Lo Wu is the station on the Hong Kong side of the border. Center on Luohu and zoom in to the 2000 feet / 1 km scale and you'll see it south west of it.
Walking from one station to the other isn't far at all. You could do it in, oh, five minutes(?) if it weren't for having to pass through immigration.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou....995059,113.875694&spn=0.249989,0.528374&z=12
Chica Chaser






