by jimhabegger » Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:07 pm
I've just started learning Chinese, so I can't use online resources where the menus are only in Chinese, even if the maps include pinyin street names, unless I have direct links to the maps I need. I can't find any map I can use of areas around Olympic park where I live in Song Jiang and where my wife works in Qing Pu. I'd also like to find some way to look up the addresses of supermarkets and department stores in Shanghai that I can get to easily.
I'll give some examples of what I need.
1. I lost my wallet and I wanted to report it to the police. I live in Olympic Garden in Song Jiang just over the railroad bridge from Qibao. I would have liked to have some way to find the address of the nearest police station and find it on a map.
2. Olympic Garden has a non-stop bus to Zhong Shan Park and another one to Xu Jia Hui. I'd like to have some way to find out what supermarkets and department stores are nearby, and their addresses. I already know where to find McDonalds, Pizza Hut and KFC, of course!
I know how to find one Carrefour store near Zhong Shan Park, and a Tescoe store in Qibao. I'm wondering if there is a Carrefour or Tescoe store, or any other supermarket, near Xu Jia Hui. I'd also like to know the locations of any Lianhua and Hualian stores, and book stores, near Zhong Shan Park and Xu Jia Hui.
Does anyone know of any Web site or any book where I can look up addresses of places like that, without being able to read any Chinese?