China is vast, culturally-rich, beautiful, misunderstood, and unlike any other place in the world. I spent five months living in Beijing and blogged a ton about my experiences in the country (found here). I traveled to 11 different provinces–each unique and wonderful in its own way.

Here are my guides, broken down by geographic area and province:

NORTH

Beijing

Heilongjiang

SOUTH

Guangxi (Guilin, Yangshuo)

Yunnan (Lijiang, Kunming)

EAST

Shanghai

Jiangsu (Nanjing)

Anhui

Zhejiang (Hangzhou)

WEST

Qinghai

Xizang (Tibet)

Shaanxi (Xi’an)