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socketwrencher posted:That's wild about the ginseng. You'd think they'd have that covered over there. It's foreign and therefore considered cleaner, better than domestic ginseng.
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RocknRollaAyatollah posted:It's foreign and therefore considered cleaner, better than domestic ginseng. It might be that now but originally it was supposed to have different magic effects. It's a different species.
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Oct 8, 2015 12:21
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I'm of a different species.
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RocknRollaAyatollah posted:It's foreign and therefore considered cleaner, better than domestic ginseng.
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Best to bring an adapter for electrical outlets? May be staying in lower-end hotels.
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If you get one of those 10 year tourist visas, do you have to apply for a new one when your passport expires?
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socketwrencher posted:Best to bring an adapter for electrical outlets? May be staying in lower-end hotels. Yeah, you probably should. Most outlets will accept US/Japanese, Korean, and Chinese 3-prong-but-angled-wrong plugs, but you might find a place that only has the latter.
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VideoTapir posted:If you get one of those 10 year tourist visas, do you have to apply for a new one when your passport expires? No. They actually give you a little explanation sheet when you get it that says you can take your new passport and old passport together and use the old visa. It's a little early so I don't know if anyone has done this but apparently that's how it's supposed to work.
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VideoTapir posted:Yeah, you probably should. Most outlets will accept US/Japanese, Korean, and Chinese 3-prong-but-angled-wrong plugs, but you might find a place that only has the latter. Cheers, I'll pick one up.
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SB35 posted:No. They actually give you a little explanation sheet when you get it that says you can take your new passport and old passport together and use the old visa. It's a little early so I don't know if anyone has done this but apparently that's how it's supposed to work. This is how it works for US ten year visas.
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SB35 posted:No. They actually give you a little explanation sheet when you get it that says you can take your new passport and old passport together and use the old visa. It's a little early so I don't know if anyone has done this but apparently that's how it's supposed to work. What about countries where you have to hand in your old passport when you get a new one? Do you have to reapply for the visa, or is there some separate procedure for transferring the remaining duration of the existing visa to the new passport?
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Waci posted:What about countries where you have to hand in your old passport when you get a new one? Do you have to reapply for the visa, or is there some separate procedure for transferring the remaining duration of the existing visa to the new passport? The ten year visa is only for China/USA. The US requests your old passport unless it's lost or destroyed but actually sends back your old passport after you get the new one. China I'd guess returns it as well. Other countries, no idea, but you don't get 10 year visas so, sorry.
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Doesn't Australia have ten years now too?
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I can confirm Canada has a ten year one, I've got one. Edit: in my case, the visa is good until the passport's expiration, which is in roughly 9 years.
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Use it to visit Tianjin
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Visit the Tianjin special economic zone international ***** nature hole park. Do you know?
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Visit the nationwide China post-apocalypse theme park.
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Is Uber cheaper/better than Didi Kuaidi in Beijing and Shanghai?
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Hi Chinese goons from a SE Asia goon. I'm in Chengdu at the moment and wanted to explore a bit more of this province/see some Tibetan stuff without actually going into Tibet (second time in China, I've done a lot of the big touristy stuff previously). A guide recommended me to visit Kangding, Tagon, and Seda - is this a dumb idea considering I basically speak zero Chinese? I've never had an issue getting around here before but that was in big cities or tourist places. Also any goons still in Chengdu? I'm here for a couple nights if anyone wants to grab a beer or something 
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Tytan posted:Hi Chinese goons from a SE Asia goon. I'm in Chengdu at the moment and wanted to explore a bit more of this province/see some Tibetan stuff without actually going into Tibet (second time in China, I've done a lot of the big touristy stuff previously). A guide recommended me to visit Kangding, Tagon, and Seda - is this a dumb idea considering I basically speak zero Chinese? I've never had an issue getting around here before but that was in big cities or tourist places. Getting around western Sichuan is no more difficult than in the rest China, except you'll be taking buses and vans everywhere, and some of the roads are in poor shape (as of 2012). Don't worry about language issues, you'll actually hear much less Mandarin there anyway as the main language is Tibetan. As for itinerary, it depends on the amount of time you have. I'd recommend taking the route from Kangding all the way to Zhongdian in Yunnan. You'll need a couple of weeks, but you'll see some diverse parts of the plateau in a relatively small area.  google maps         
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kenner116 posted:Getting around western Sichuan is no more difficult than in the rest China, except you'll be taking buses and vans everywhere, and some of the roads are in poor shape (as of 2012). Don't worry about language issues, you'll actually hear much less Mandarin there anyway as the main language is Tibetan. This looks like it's a Good Place and somewhere I'd like to visit.
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That orange thing is a new kind of monk hat I didn't know about!
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kenner116 posted:Getting around western Sichuan is no more difficult than in the rest China, except you'll be taking buses and vans everywhere, and some of the roads are in poor shape (as of 2012). Don't worry about language issues, you'll actually hear much less Mandarin there anyway as the main language is Tibetan. Thanks for the info, those pics are awesome and I'm starting to wish I'd dedicated more time for this - I've probably only got 7 or 8 days, since I'm heading to Jiazhaigou first (I keep forgetting how goddam big this country is  ) I guess at least I have a good excuse to come back.Is Seda worth a visit? It looks amazing from what I've seen, and I saw buses run from Chengdu. If I headed directly there, would there be anywhere else I could visit in the time that I've got? I'm quite happy just hanging out in cool places for a few days, but it would be nice to see more of the region if possible.
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With the introduction of these new visas is having a return ticket booked still something they check for to get into the country, particularly if you fly into Shanghai? My wife and I might visit her family in the near future and I can afford one-way tickets to Shanghai with just frequent flyer miles, and then we were thinking about checking out one or more of the million surrounding countries and just heading out from there. If needed is it still easy to book and cancel a ticket in like five minutes and which site would you use for that? Edit - My wife is Chinese so I can potentially get a pretty good visa, with the best one (from what I've been told) being ten year multiple entry with six months per entry (who knows if I'd ever actually stay that long, but it'd be nice to have in the event of a family death or something). In China everyone I knew who wasn't a student or on a working visa used visa agencies to apply/extend for new visas, so my question is is there any point to spending the extra money and doing that in the States? Are the Chinese embassies as corrupt as the places that issue visas in actual China? If so anyone know one with really good guanxi? Cuatal fucked around with this message at 18:45 on Oct 15, 2015 |
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Tytan posted:Is Seda worth a visit? It looks amazing from what I've seen, and I saw buses run from Chengdu. If I headed directly there, would there be anywhere else I could visit in the time that I've got? I'm quite happy just hanging out in cool places for a few days, but it would be nice to see more of the region if possible. Here's some info about getting to Seda.  The white line was my original planned route; colored lines are GPS tracks of my actual path.
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Cuatal posted:With the introduction of these new visas is having a return ticket booked still something they check for to get into the country, particularly if you fly into Shanghai? My wife and I might visit her family in the near future and I can afford one-way tickets to Shanghai with just frequent flyer miles, and then we were thinking about checking out one or more of the million surrounding countries and just heading out from there. They check for a return ticket on the first time you apply for the 10 year visa. But you could just cancel it. All US airlines at least allow free cancellation within 24 hours, so just print the confirmation then cancel. I got a ten year, multi entry, 60 day visa without even trying hard. You maybe could get a 120-180 day visa and a Chinese wife might be good enough reason for that. Try. Worst case you get a ten year multi entry 60 day.
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When I applied they made sure I had a hotel and round trip ticket. I applied for a 1 year and at the window she just had me mark it out and write in on the Other line that I wanted a 10 year instead. When I was in Shanghai though they didn't ask anything about hotels or tickets at immigration. You might be able to get through OK. But you also might end up having to buy a return ticket on the spot if they actually ask about it.
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If you're a US citizen applying for a tourist visa and they give you anything other than a ten year multi entry then you've been cheated and you should PM me. Chinese citizens are getting US ten years and reciprocity is serious business.
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How about an onward ticket to Bangkok, etc?
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I read Chinese overstaying their visas is now the number one illegal immigrant group.
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kenner116 posted:Getting around western Sichuan is no more difficult than in the rest China, except you'll be taking buses and vans everywhere, and some of the roads are in poor shape (as of 2012). Don't worry about language issues, you'll actually hear much less Mandarin there anyway as the main language is Tibetan. This is a cool and good post.
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Bloodnose posted:If you're a US citizen applying for a tourist visa and they give you anything other than a ten year multi entry then you've been cheated and you should PM me. Chinese citizens are getting US ten years and reciprocity is serious business. Can you make me a US citizen thanks
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I'm going to be exploring parts of China by myself next week and want to run the itinerary by this thread to see if I'm doing anything stupid. I can't speak Mandarin for poo poo so I'll be relying on research before hand to make it. Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Nanjing Explore Purple Mountain area Explore Confucious Temple area Overnight train from Nanjing South to Huangshan Make my way to Tangkou and head up Huangshan 2 nights in Xihai hotel Head back to Tunxi and take a National Express Bus to Hangzhou 1 night in Hangzhou Explore the West Lake See Lingyin temple Train back to Shanghai I don't really have a plan for Hangzhou, but people are saying its worth an overnight stay. If anybody has any recommendations there, that'd be cool too!
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Is travel hell during all of spring festival? I'd imagine the first two and last two days of the holiday proper are insane but if your job's vacation were longer and you could schedule things so you're not traveling during those two periods, what's it like?
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Grand Fromage posted:Is travel hell during all of spring festival? I'd imagine the first two and last two days of the holiday proper are insane but if your job's vacation were longer and you could schedule things so you're not traveling during those two periods, what's it like? 1. It's bad 2. The end
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Grand Fromage posted:Is travel hell during all of spring festival? I'd imagine the first two and last two days of the holiday proper are insane but if your job's vacation were longer and you could schedule things so you're not traveling during those two periods, what's it like? Depends on how you're travelling and exactly when you're travelling. Rail can be tough, but doable, especially on routes with multiple forms of train (some routes the slow trains are packed but the hgh speed has seats, sometimes it's the other way around). Buses are often a bit more feasible, again though it depends on the exact route. Going by plane is the most likely to net a ticket, but you might pay a premium. In terms of when to go, a week or so before/after the official holiday dates should be doable. Best time to travel, though, is on Spring Festival Day/Eve itself. There's always seats on any form of transport then, and plane tickets are dirt cheap. If you're not travelling to spend the holiday with someone that might be your best option for at least part of the journey.
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I also wouldn't be going to heavily populated areas, if that matters. If I did a trip I was thinking of Xinjiang, Qinghai, Yunnan. Maybe Gansu. Some combination of places in those.
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Don't go a week or so before the official holiday. Daduzi is trying to trick you.
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Grand Fromage posted:Is travel hell during all of spring festival? I'd imagine the first two and last two days of the holiday proper are insane but if your job's vacation were longer and you could schedule things so you're not traveling during those two periods, what's it like? Keep in mind that a lot of things are closed during the spring festival week.
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