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China, Guangxi and Yunan provinces
Posted by bob8888
... is an international airport in Guilin. I generally take a flight from San Francisco with one stop in either Seoul, Korea or in Hong Kong. If you watch you internet carefully you should be able to get a flight for around $1000 round trip. From ...
Yunnan, China in March
Posted by hsia007
... a set timetable for my travel. Cheers, James Hi, I'm a 21 year old Australian teaching English in China (Dongguan, near Hong Kong), and when I finish my contract I would really, really, really like to go trekking and travelling amongst the ...
Advice appreciated on my China itinerary
Posted by robinsoncrusoe
... region, like the South or the North, in order to fully appreciate it. Ideally, I'd like to see Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. However, I looked up the distance on Google Maps...and it's like 750 miles from Beijing to ...
China travel?
Posted by luke_1989
Hey I am going to be traveling China for a month and land in Hong Kong on 30th June and have to be back 6th August to fly to Australia. I want to see the in Beijing; great wall of China, Tiananmen square, Forrbidden City! In Xian; The Terrecota army ...
Yunnan, China in March
Posted by oliviaboyd
Hi, I'm a 21 year old Australian teaching English in China (Dongguan, near Hong Kong), and when I finish my contract I would really, really, really like to go trekking and travelling amongst the awesome hill tribes in Yunnan, China, but unfortunately ...
Terracotta Army
Posted by luke_1989
... in China due to the summer holidays and the flooding in the south so ive ended up having to fly to shezen to go back into Hong Kong to fly to Australia and just spent all my time in mainland china in Beijing its been good but looking forward to going ...
Advice appreciated on my China itinerary
Posted by fdakuae
... will not have places to do much maybe for shopping allot and you like to do budget trip. Guangzhou is a place for all shopping and Hong Kong is country itself so you need to be aware of visa entry it's called paradise of shopping but it has places many ...
China OKs Disney theme park plans
Posted by skylab
... to build a $3.59-billion park to open as early as 2014. It would be the entertainment giant's fourth theme park outside the U.S., after Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong -- and the first in mainland China, the fastest-growing mass market in the world.
Beijing
Posted by fruitarefriends
... solo budget traveller interested in historical sights, architecture, nature, Chinese culture and authentic cusine. Would it be worthwhile heading to Hong Kong or Shanghi or should I spend my time in the country surrounding Beijing, if so, where would you ...
Travelling in China - tips
Posted by peter47
... a huge county - bigger than the US. But I quickly realized that we couldn't afford the time to take trains everywhere (going from Hong Kong to Beijing would have taken three days by train). Buses : Except for the tour buses, which I think are always ...
Free translation to Chinese of your everday phrases!
Posted by kim.h.lee
Hi there, I am a freelance translator based in Hong Kong and I have helped foreign friends travelling in China by translating important phrases (e.g. how to get to certain places or where to buy medical equipment..etc.) into Chinese so that they can just ...
Planning an adventure - Tibet travel question
Posted by jilltyson
I am planning a trip from Hong Kong, travelling through China, into Tibet and flying out of Kathmandu. Does anyone have any ideas of the best route- I have 5 weeks to do the trip in,(spending 5 days with my brother in Nanning) I know the typical thing to ...
Internet in China
Posted by robjstaples
The easiest work around I've seen used is using a Hong Kong IP. I just accept it as part of being in China. Like it or loathe it from whichever stand point you adopt, you can always go somewhere else to get that kind of speed and access to the things ...
Laptops in China
Posted by robjstaples
... you need to buy a computer locally and are worried about Chinese language software, then unless you take a hardline stance on IP you can get an English language version of Windows almost anywhere...or just buy in Hong Kong where hardware is much cheaper.
Help planning Itineraries to China
Posted by jeremystravels
... included: Shanghai -> Beijing -> Datong -> Xi'an -> Chongqing and Yichang river cruise -> Guangzhou -> Hong Kong/Macao -> Guilin -> Yangshuo Any comments on those cities other than I have read in guide books? I am looking at ...
1st October Public Holiday?
Posted by aopaq
... home country and find out from them the earliest you can apply (the earlier, the better). If you also arrange your travel thru Hong Kong, that gives you another option if you are originally denied. Be aware that the current unrest in the NW will not make ...
Visa Confusion. Help.
Posted by rauri
... help you more than just requesting 90 days. In my case I am looking at traveling China but want to exit for about a week to see Hong Kong and Macao, which would put me just a day or two over 30. I am tempted on adding an exit into Mongolia for a week as ...
Visa Confusion. Help.
Posted by jeremystravels
... help you more than just requesting 90 days. In my case I am looking at traveling China but want to exit for about a week to see Hong Kong and Macao, which would put me just a day or two over 30. I am tempted on adding an exit into Mongolia for a week as ...
Visa Problems?
Posted by aopaq
My understanding is that things have largely reverted back to the way they were before. I know in Hong Kong, you can now easily get an L visa without having to show proof of hotel bookings, enough monetary resources or an onward ticket. I think it was ...
Tibet 2008
Posted by mbrh
I'm planning to take a road trip from Lhasa to Kathmandy with a friend of mine in May. We both live in Hong Kong. What's your plan? Where do you depart from? Cheers! Yep. I am planning on going back! Utilizing all the friends ...
Problem with China travel plans- can anyone help?
Posted by iyavor
... starting at the end of January and continuing into April. These are the stations I want to visit in the right order. Hong Kong (flying in). Shenzhen Guilin area Zhangjiajie (Wulingyuan) Xi'an Shanghai Kaifeng Beijing and great wall. Here's my ...
Life in Shenzhen
Posted by bob8888
... gatherings of Chinese and Foreigners Monday to Friday from 7pm to 9pm. Did you know that it is easy to cross the border to Hong Kong at Louhu with Metro connections. Or again for Seniors that there is a specila line where you and a guest or companion ...
Woo! Got my ticket >_<
Posted by rauri
Great to hear Rauri! Where are you flying into...Hong Kong, Shanghai or Beijing? I'm stopping over in Singapore for 5 hours then I fly to Chengdu in Sichuan Province
Woo! Got my ticket >_<
Posted by aopaq
Great to hear Rauri! Where are you flying into...Hong Kong, Shanghai or Beijing?
Visa Confusion. Help.
Posted by aopaq
... visa office may not give you a multiple entry visa for your extension. Therefore, I would not pay the extra cost for a multiple entry visa unless you were definitely planning side-trips in and out of the PRC to see places like Hong Kong and /or Mongolia.