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Visas in Hong Kong
May 26, 2004 16:05
  • TULLIO
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I'm a US citizen living in Taiwan and I'll be traveling through China for July. As it is very expensive for me to obtain a visa in Taiwan, can anyone direct me to the Chinese Embassy website in HongKong? I've checked out hostels, but they are still more expensive than I had heard it would be for gettig a Chinese visa.

Oh, and how about taking the train from HK to Beijing?
Thanks,
Seth
May 27, 2004 09:13
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  • SNOWWIN
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Hi, Seth

It is very convenient to take a train from Hongkong to Beijing.
Hong Kong's train station, Hung Hom Railway station is in Kowloon.
You can take NO.T98.
Departure time: 15:oo pm
Arrive time: 18:05pm next day
The journey is about 27 hours and there are different sleepers for you: Harder sleeper, Soft Sleeper and Deluxe Sleeper.

Have fun :)
May 27, 2004 09:29
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  • BILLIE
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T98
Depart on every Odd date in Jan. Apr. May. Aug. Nov. & Dec.
Depart on every Even date in Feb. Mar. Jun. July. Sep. & Oct.

Train Fare
(per person)
Delux Soft Berth:US$180
Soft Berth: US$147
Hard Berth: US$99
May 27, 2004 09:58
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  • BILLIE
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You also send your application directly to the Hong Kong Immigration Department:
Hong Kong Immigration Department,
Receipt and Despatch Unit,2/F,
Immigration Tower,7 goucester Road,
Wan Chai ,Hong Kong

And hope http://www.info.gov.hk/immd
can give you a help :)

Cheers!
May 27, 2004 19:22
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Billie,
Thanks for the reply. Are those train fares roundtrip or one-way?
May 28, 2004 16:25
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  • BILLIE
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of course these are just for one-way. I'd like to be of any help : )
Jun 8, 2004 19:04
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Actually, could you recommend any good travel agent in Beijing? I'm going to be traveling from Beijing, through Hohhot, Yinchuan, Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumuqi. All this is by train. then i'd like to fly from Urumuqi to xi'an. So, i was thinking that i might arrange all the travel in Beijing. What would you recommend?
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