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Before you check into a hotel
By APAULT | 12/17/2006 12:38:50 AM
1. Leave your bags in the rail/bus station while you look around.
2. Try to find out if there are are other hotels nearby so you know there are other options.
3. Ask to see the room before you pay.
If it's a bit pricey for the standard or you simply want to bargain, look a bit unhappy, ask to see another or for a better price.
4. Check in for one night; if you are happy you can always extend.
5. If you know you are staying several days ask for a better price.
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Not getting lost
By APAULT | 12/17/2006 12:30:49 AM
When you arrive in a new place you should:
1. Make sure you have the address of your accommodation written in Chinese so that you can show a taxi driver. Also note the phone number.
2. Note whether the hotel is on the north, east, south, west side of the road, or if it is a major road, which side of the road - on the way in or way out.
3. Write down the bus routes that pass your hotel, then you can usually jump on a bus, but it helps if you have the info from point 2 or you might go the wrong way.
4. Identify a major landmark that you can easily get back to and then perhaps you know the way home.
5. Buy a map as soon as you can even if it is only in Chinese it can help, especially if you have a compass. If the bus routes are shown this can help you find where you are. Also many locals can help you more if you have a map.
6. Phone your hotel and then pass the phone to a willing local.
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Getting Train Tickets When They're Sold-Out
By NAMELESSTAO | 12/7/2006 11:37:53 PM
Last summer, I had difficulty on several occasions in trying to purchase train tickets on short notice. On one occasion, I was in Baoji, Shaanxi trying to get to Kunming. I was told there were no tickets, so I bought a ticket to Chengdu instead.
Right before leaving, I began talking to some train employees - a woman and a man. They told me it was easy to get a ticket to Kunming. The only question was, when did I want to go? These two kind people traded my Chengdu ticket for one to Kunming. I gave them a good tip (though they initially refused twice), for I was very thankful.
If you're in a pinch and really need a ticket, try talking to some train employees who are off-duty, or who don't work the ticket lines. The ticket workers are often too harried to have the patience to decipher English or poor Chinese speaking.
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TRAIN TRAVEL - CHINA
By TEKNOMED | 11/21/2006 2:19:25 AM
Train travel in China is comfortable and nice. I took a train from Zhengzhou in Henan Provice to Guangzhou recently. My friend decided that we should travel like any local and so we booked the "Hard Sleeper" The journey was 18 hours. The pleasant surprise I found was: No smoking allowed in the railway station. The coach was very clean although crowded. there were 66 bunks in the coach (lower, middle and upper). No smoking was allowed in the coach (another pleasant surprise.) The coach was air conditioned which make the journey very comfortable. The train ride was smooth and silent. We arrived at Guangzhou station about 18 hours later feeling refreshed.Price for this long journey of more than a 1,000 kilometers was only about RMB300.00. What a bargain! If you have time on your hand, I would recommend train travel. You get to meet some very nice locals as well.
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China local virtual phone number
By NESTORMANYA | 11/16/2006 1:15:43 PM
Ladies and Gents!
I have been searching for info about a company called www.jetnumbers.com Does anyone have any info that they can throw at me?
It seems that the service is: "Get a local phone number in one of the listed below countries and redirect it to any phone number in the world. The calls will be charged at local rate for the callers regardless of whether they are calling from landline or mobile phones."
The reason that I mention them is because they are the only ones that have a free trial.
Can someone please hit me up with any kind of info?!?!
Thanks a ton
-Néstor
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Learn a little of the language
By KEANETOLEARN | 10/23/2006 1:15:59 PM
I think to travel in China, it's worth learning a little of the language, at least to read pinyin and some street signs, as well as the basics such as numbers.
You don't need to give away the fact that you know Chinese though - e.g. when shopping, if you know the numbers, you can keep your ears open for the "original" price (say if they're discussing with a co-storekeeper) if the vendor's trying to rip you off!
Some good online guides for beginners (who only want/need a few basics) are:
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/essential/language.htm
http://www.ecchinese.com
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"Hello" people
By EDENSON | 7/31/2006 4:56:00 PM
We were beseiged by "hello" people every time we got off the bus, or stopped on the streets in the tourist areas. These are the street sellers of maps artwork, toys, etc. Our guide said 1-don't make eye contact 2-don't respond in any way 3- walk by ignoring them and they will seek others. My wife found that by opening her umbrella she could use it as a barrier when we had to wait for transportation and could not walk away from them. It worked well enough that others took shelter from the "hello" people behind the umbrella too. I didn't particularly mind them but they drove my wife crazy - she found them rude and intimidating and began to dread going places where they would be.
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Digital Photos to CD
By GERALDINE | 7/27/2006 9:39:36 PM
If you are a digital photo person take some care when getting them transferred to CD in some places. Beijing we had no problem but one little outlet in the South infected my card with a nasty virus and as a result I lost 110 of my 145 photos on the card. Photos are precious so it is better to Take lots of cards and keep the transfer for home if you don't want to get caught like I did. Unfortunately for me it was at the end of our trip and there was no going back to replace the lost photos!!
On top of that my card was no longer usable and I had to throw it away!! Still a good reason to go back to China to get the ones I lost!! Looking forward to the return trip.
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