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[quote=IBAUSSIE,268260]Hi Freebird,
I speak very poor to non existant chinese and leave for Zhanjiang this evening.I have a phrase book with translations,an open mind and a sense of adventure.I look forward to being part of the spring festival. The only  scary part will be the massive amount of people transiting with me at this time of year.I read an article yesterday that snow had caused power outages and trains in some centres stopped running. The article stated that 600,000 people were left stranded at a major train station with more pouring in.Wow,that is hard to comprehend.The population of New Zealand is around 4.4 million people,with 1.3 million in Auckland,So thats half the population of Auckland stranded at a train station..........Mind boggles.

I have traveled thru out  many countries in Europe and spent two weeks in outback Russia/Siberia and only found one person who spoke english the whole time i was there.Pointing and smiling worked for me.

You can do it,patience and the ability to use gestures,point etc.Keep smiling and a good samaritan will appear to help you i am sure.
Keep a translation dictionary handy as the other person can use it to communicate back to you.

Well i am really looking forward to this,my first of many trips to China. Wish me luck
Peter
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