First Time in China

First Time in China
Mar 8, 2011 10:32
APARBAG Points: Join Date: Mar 8, 2011 Status: offline	I am travelling to China (From India) for the first time. Will be arriving in Tianjin and proceeding to Beijing. Will be in Bejing for 4 days and returning back to India (from Tianjin). Wanted to know: - How do I get a SIM card at Tianjin Airport - How do I get the Bullet Train from Tianjin to Beijing - While in Bejing (4 days) what would be the best way to tour The Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace - Any recommendations on shopping in Bejing - Any recommendations on Vegetarian Indian Food in Bejing. Would sincerely appreciate any help/advice on above. Thanks a lot!

Mar 8, 2011 10:32

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I am travelling to China (From India) for the first time. Will be arriving in Tianjin and proceeding to Beijing. Will be in Bejing for 4 days and returning back to India (from Tianjin).

Wanted to know:
- How do I get a SIM card at Tianjin Airport
- How do I get the Bullet Train from Tianjin to Beijing
- While in Bejing (4 days) what would be the best way to tour The Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace
- Any recommendations on shopping in Bejing
- Any recommendations on Vegetarian Indian Food in Bejing.

Would sincerely appreciate any help/advice on above.
Thanks a lot!

Mar 8, 2011 21:00

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1. I'm afraid no SIM card is available at Tianjin Airport. If indeed available, it will be more expensive than in the downtown area. Also, you will stay longer time in Beijing than in Tianjin, why not buy a Beijing SIM card when you are in Beijing.
2. There is a direct bus running from Tianjin Airport to Beijing. If you want to experience the bullet, please take airport shuttle to Tianjin railway station first, and then change to the train to Beijing.
3. To Badling Great Wall? There are many sections of it. If so, you could go to Deshengmen to take bus no.919 to Badaling; or go to Beijing north Railway station to take a train to Badaling. The Forbidden City and the Summer Palace are in downtown Beijing, you could reach there by bus or subway.
4. Xidan, Wangfujing, Xiu shui and the wholesale market around Beijing zoo.
5. Here is a list of Beijing vegetarian restaurants
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/beijing/dinning/vegetarian.htm
and Indian restaurants http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/beijing/dinning/indian.htm
not clear which one is Indian vegetarian restaurant

Mar 9, 2011 02:16	#2
APARBAG Points: Join Date: Mar 8, 2011 Status: Offline	thanks a lot for the information. i do not speak chinese - will there be signs in english to help get to the Tianjin Railway Station from the airport?

Mar 9, 2011 19:19	#3
GUEST1242	Quote: Originally Posted by APARBAG thanks a lot for the information. i do not speak chinese - will there be signs in english to help get to the Tianjin Railway Station from the airport? Don't worry. You need to take airport shuttle bus at Gate 2 of Domestic Exit. If you can not find it, you may ask the staff in the airport.

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