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[quote=APAULT,235109]Don't worry about kid friendly, I don't think their are many kids...I have never seen any - and I would change hostels!

if you have only two weeks ( a lot to the Chinese, I realise) don't try to cover too much distance.  Also for such a short time I would recommend an iorganised tour (such as TCG's) as you will avoid wasting all the time that I do.  I travel ad hoc and spend half my time in each city trying to get info...and often miss things.... but that suits my long timescales.

I wouldnt worry about language.  I have virtually no Chinese and when I learn phrases they are seldom understood so I don't try very hard any more I have said 'bing pijiu' a thousand times and I still find it easier to get a cold beer from the fridge myself.  But for some reason people do seem to understand 'da kai'... but maybe it is the motioning action that suggests opening the bottle that really achieves the required outcome !! haha

Learn numbers and the hand signs for numbers.  Also not in the normal books: kwai is colloquial for Yuan/RMB, So in money: yi kwai wu, for example is 1.5 yuan.  Yo replaces yi (one) in situations like bus route numbers, Lian or is it Liang (?) replaces 2 in some situations...but I havent worked out when!!  Can someone else help?  Fruit in the streets may be priced as 10 yuan for 3 jin (weight - a jin = half a kilo), but if don't really want a kilo and a half of strawberries you can buy less at a higher rate per jin.

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