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Magna Kaser posted:Chengdu for some reason has one gazillion dutch people. The people most surprised about there being so many Dutch people are the Dutch themselves. what kind of work is it?
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a7m2 posted:what kind of work is it? Software/IT
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fart simpson posted:You must be fat. I think you mean strong. I'm strong okay?!
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American tourists get a bad rap, but let's be honest, Australians travelers are cunts and Russians are grumpy, quiet cunts.
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I have met several Finns in Beijing, they always seem cool and very sociable. My fellow Americans are hit or miss (mostly miss). The Dutch girls at the hockey game last weekend left a very good impression.
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XyrlocShammypants posted:American tourists get a bad rap, but let's be honest, Australians travelers are cunts and Russians are grumpy, quiet cunts. I don't know about travelers but for expats that's also accurate.
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One time in Bali, I was sitting at a cafe across from a convenience store, and there were three massively obese Australian women with sunburns and tube tops dancing in the convenience store and yelling OONCH OONCH OONCH like it was techno music and waving their ham arms and then a small Balinese man walked over and opened the door and said DO YOU WANT TO BUY SOME DRUGS? and they all screamed YEAH in unison and left with the man. At 2 PM. I LOVE Australian tourists.
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May 19, 2016 04:47
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That man's name? Albert Einstein
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May 19, 2016 05:52
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a7m2 posted:That man's name? Albert Einstein I don't care if you believe it or not.
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bringmyfishback posted:I don't care if you believe it or not. actually i did believe you. i don't know why i posted that. sorry.
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Think it's this thread and not the SEA one. 5 days in Taiwan, with parents in law and grandpa (Club 25-90), going in July (or early August) So nothing too strenuous, although he is far from housebound and enjoys a decent walk Looking to be based in Taipei for ease of flying in and out, but I could be convinced to move around the island Don't want a package tour that'll be 100% in Chinese and try to sell things at us Ideally avoid hordes of other tourists too, but we aren't looking for 'Real' Taiwan or whatever. It's more of an avoiding excessive queueing with an old man issue. Admittedly I haven't really looked into this yet, thought I'd ask first and look for myself while responses trickle in, save time. So, any thoughts?
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Post in the Taiwan thread and get Pandemonium's opinion: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3470468
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How does everyone here book train tickets in China online and in advance?
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May 28, 2016 19:26
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Ctrip? I think even 12306 works these days.
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Cheesemaster200 posted:How does everyone here book train tickets in China online and in advance? Ctrip works alright, but If you don't have a 身份证 you can't use the automatic kiosk to pick up your tickets and you need to go to a window with an actual person. You do need to use your passport as ID, but it's pretty simple.
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Magna Kaser posted:Ctrip works alright, but If you don't have a 身份证 you can't use the automatic kiosk to pick up your tickets and you need to go to a window with an actual person. You do need to use your passport as ID, but it's pretty simple. just go early so you don't miss your train because a family of 10 decides to argue (all shouting at the same time) with the only person working the window kiosk
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Magna Kaser posted:Ctrip works alright, but If you don't have a 身份证 you can't use the automatic kiosk to pick up your tickets and you need to go to a window with an actual person. You do need to use your passport as ID, but it's pretty simple. Doesn't that depend on the station? The ticket machines in Guangzhou were able to recognize my passport and listed my ticket reservation (which I'd already picked up at a booth).
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Jeoh posted:Doesn't that depend on the station? The ticket machines in Guangzhou were able to recognize my passport and listed my ticket reservation (which I'd already picked up at a booth). That's cool then. In Sichuan you can't, and when I was in Shanghai late last year I also couldn't. Would be great if this changed though.
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THey're putting up those shared bicycle things everywhere in Shenzhen except you need a 身份证 to use them for some reason?
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fart simpson posted:THey're putting up those shared bicycle things everywhere in Shenzhen except you need a 身份证 to use them for some reason? Seems kind of dumb for a place that I presume gets so many non-resident foreigners coming and going.
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I tried to help a Korean coworker use it because she doesn't read Chinese and we were both surprised they won't accept our dirty foreigner 深圳通s without stealing a Chinese person's ID first
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I can't even redeem my tickets from the arcade without a Chinese ID. 
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fart simpson posted:THey're putting up those shared bicycle things everywhere in Shenzhen except you need a 身份证 to use them for some reason? In Xi'an they have these bikes too. It requires you to go to one of the banks that issue bus cards and give them your info along with a deposit (¥200 I believe). After all that you can now checkout bikes with your bus card. Foreigners too.
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SB35 posted:In Xi'an they have these bikes too. It requires you to go to one of the banks that issue bus cards and give them your info along with a deposit (¥200 I believe). After all that you can now checkout bikes with your bus card. Foreigners too. Ours are the same you use your bus card too, but they require a Chinese ID plus a ￥100 deposit
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Is Xi'an a worthwhile city to spend 2-1/2 days in? I want to see the terrracotta warriors, but I don't know what else there is to do.
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Cheesemaster200 posted:Is Xi'an a worthwhile city to spend 2-1/2 days in? I want to see the terrracotta warriors, but I don't know what else there is to do. Xi'an is a garbage city with a passable food/noodle soup street. It's a big old fart of a city.
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Ceciltron posted:Xi'an is a garbage city with a passable food/noodle soup street. It's a big old fart of a city. I always like looking up places that folks ask about in this thread, so I thought "hey let's look at this Xi'an thing"... https://goo.gl/maps/SBD9QNDBfnF2
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Switzerland posted:I always like looking up places that folks ask about in this thread, so I thought "hey let's look at this Xi'an thing"... That looks like... every Chinese city?
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Let's meet at Wanda Guangchang. No, the other one. No, the other one.
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Cheesemaster200 posted:Is Xi'an a worthwhile city to spend 2-1/2 days in? I want to see the terrracotta warriors, but I don't know what else there is to do. Xi'an's an awesome city to visit. You can do the terracotta warriors in a morning, and then cycle the city walls in the afternoon, leaving you the evening to go to the Bell Tower and Muslim Street for food. Xi'an has the best noodles in China and some of the best Muslim food. It's also very close to Hua Shan, a 40 minute fast train trip away. That takes a day, but you can extend that by either climbing at night, sleeping at a hostel on top of the mountain and viewing the sunrise, or climbing during the day, and spending the afternoon/evening at a nearby hot springs resort. Also, there's the Wild Goose Pagoda to visit, great street BBQ, hotpot, dishes, dumplings and food in general. Lots of food. Also, it's Real China™
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the first time i ever went into a walmart was in china. theyre not v good but the booze is pretty cheap and theres a good selection of it. everything else isnt worth it
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Walmart here used to have a 3 pack of decent western style sausages for only 9 rmb. That was pretty cool.
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I have yet to see a Wal-Mart here. O_O
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