Budget accommodation in Zhengzhou, Henan | Zhengzhou | Jun 4, 2007 09:10 GMT-6
There appears to be plenty of better type accommodation around the railway station and associated bus station (which is not the Central Bus station which is a km or so to the north). But it is not easy to know which way to go for budget accom...which to me means 100rmb or less.

DO NOT be tempted by the touts offering a 31rmb room, it is a disgusting place.

Turn right (south) from the station and follow the road out of the square.... there are few places to choose from on the right...one uses the same stairway as a Net bar. I stayed in the Zhong Mei Hotel opposite (and not before!) the large Yinji Commercial and Trading building. It only has rooms without bathroom, for 45 rmb single, but it is probably the cleanest place I have been in. There is a hotel at the far end of this street too. The 2 net bars here are the best I have even been in. There are also two good cheap eating places by second net bar.

A bit more expensive: as you exit the station go around the block opposite, which hides the bus station, and you will find the Datong Hotel, advertsed rate 100rmb... I don't know what it is like.

But there doesn't seem a lot to come here for !!

When a green man means danger | -General- | Jun 3, 2007 10:17 GMT-6
In the west we are used to a green man at traffic lights meaning it is safe to cross. This is most definitely NOT the case in China. Traffic also often has a green light and does not give way.

It is NEVER safe to cross w ithout looking both ways first

 From China Consulate in Melbourne | Sep. 24,2009 23:39
If the old visa is ok, and the old passport is clearly still yours, then the normal international arrangement is that you carry thge old passport with the visa in it and it will be valid.

There is no way you can transfer a new visa from one passport to another, if ypou try to move it physically you will get into real problems, (I was advised by a UKMN Immigration official not to use any glue to restick a Chinese visa which had become detached as it could suggest a fake visa or pasport). China does not offer a facility to transfer a visa, ie issue a new sticker, you wpould have to apply fore a new visa if you don't want to carry the old passport.

 From China Embassy in U.K. | Sep. 24,2009 10:30
You do not need a visa for HK if you are travelling on an Italian passport, you can stay for 90 days as a tourist