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#1 of 113 general tips & advice in China
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tcs164 says:
We stayed at the International dorm for students at Xiamen University. It was very clean and nice with an awesome view on both sides. Food in the area was very cheap but if i did not have my sisters who speak mandarin there with me i would have been hopeless. There are very few people who speak Engl...
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#2 of 113 general tips & advice in China
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WarrenRodwell says:
Hundreds of volunteers went to the streets of Chengdu city, holding candles and praying for children with blood diseases, as the Chengdu Media Group sponsored various fundraising events through out the Sichuan capital to draw attention to this less fortunate segment of the community. Locations inclu...
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#3 of 113 general tips & advice in China
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Jess_and_Johnny says:
Just one night is not long enough...this town is so enchanting with its cobbled streets, canals running along and the many trees throughout, not to mention the old style architecture...definately worth a visit!
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#4 of 113 general tips & advice in China
Free! "General Tip & Advice" in China
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tomcarter says:
Perhaps the single most reassuring fact about travel in the People's Republic of China is its remarkably low crime rate.
The Ministry of Public Security (MPS), the principal authority of domestic criminal procedures, earlier this year announced a 15 percent decline in violent crime (4.5 million r...
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#5 of 113 general tips & advice in China
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AtlantaScottyV says:
When I traveled to Beijing in 2001, Robert (a.k.a. "Spechina" on Travel Buddy) was our tour guide that we had hired through a family friend. Needless to say, we had fantastic tours of everything! He was able to arrange everything ahead of time for us and coordinate all of our t...
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#6 of 113 general tips & advice in China
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WarrenRodwell says:
Former American taxi driver Lou Conover has had to assimilate a new set of rules and conduct in so far as traffic culture is concerned. Being from a small town of only fifteen thousand makes it difficult to accept that Chengdu (with over ten million) has a reputation for being laid back. Instead, Ch...
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#7 of 113 general tips & advice in China
Expensive "General Tip & Advice" in China
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row-zzzzz says:
Oriental Travel made my trip to China very easy ... they took care of all plane tickets and train tickets, always got us at the front of the line, there was always a representitive waiting for us at each new city we were flown or taken to ... we never waited but I know they waited as our train eithe...
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#8 of 113 general tips & advice in China
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travelman727 says:
HOW NOT TO RIDE A WATER BUFFALO
The next time you're wandering around eastern Guangdong, you may come across a herd of water buffaloes. Being adventurous and curious, I'm sure you'll probably stop to give one of them a spin around the field.
A FEW RIDING POINTERS:
1. Don't tell the water bu...
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#9 of 113 general tips & advice in China
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WarrenRodwell says:
Nineteenth century Missouri-born writer Mark Twain once observed that “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it solely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one corner of the e...
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#10 of 113 general tips & advice in China
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Chokk says:
Usually when you jump into a taxi in a big city you never know where the trip is going to take and especially all the sites you are going to see on the longest way to your destination:-)
Here are the Shanghai taxis something completely different - nice and friendly sometimes doing extreme action ...
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#11 of 113 general tips & advice in China
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WarrenRodwell says:
In everyday life in downstate Texas, Dennis West has to carry a gun, even when this soon to be retired law enforcement officer is off duty. On the seldom occasions that he has been without a weapon for whatever reason, he has felt excessively ill at ease. Thirty years’ active police experience has...
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#12 of 113 general tips & advice in China
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WarrenRodwell says:
Telecommunication in Chengdu is very convenient these days. Mobile phones are universally used. From crowded buses and bustling streets to quiet corners of cultural centres, consumers talking on cell or mobile phones can be seen almost everywhere. People of different ages from various circles, peddl...
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#13 of 113 general tips & advice in China
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calvin263 says:
go to tibet from 9th,March. stay about 2 weeks there. will go to EBC.
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#14 of 113 general tips & advice in China
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johnnytrav says:
Many people like it and consider it as their favorite city in China.
I don't know. I prefer Beijing. Could be because I have lived there for long time.
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#15 of 113 general tips & advice in China
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lrecht says:
We met Razzu (owner of Device Travels & Tours in Kathmandu) through another trekking agent that we used in Sikkim, India and Razzu organized a number of adventures for us in Nepal as well as organizing a fantastic two week trek through Tibet to Everest Base Camp.
His company was incredibly help...
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