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VideoTapir posted:Oh man, if Mongolia wants a boom in tourism they need to dye a bunch of horses like My Little Ponies, and build an Equestria resort. We definitely need more of this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4H8_4EhKRU
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GuestBob posted:I just have no idea why you'd Mongolia over Vietnam. I mean, I could play Devil's advocate and find some pretty plausible excuses, but endless steppe, flies and drunken poverty don't exactly sound like a holiday to me and I am pretty sure the Mongolia has all of those. I really don't like paying 2x the price I saw before I found out my vacation days for tickets to Vietnam. I've seen pretty pictures of Mongolia and I'm partially from the Great Plains in the states. I miss open space and Mongolia seems like a place that has to have something interesting, at least in my head. Also, maybe a job search there? I also really want to ride horses again, I know this isn't likely, but at least I'd be Big Sky and horse adjacent.
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DontAskKant posted:...horse adjacent. This is legal in Mongolia by the way.
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DontAskKant posted:Who has been to Mongolia, I'm looking at a trip Aug. 10-18. Too long? What's the main draw? Expensive? I figure if prices for Vietnam have risen to the price of Mongolia, I might as well go there. I'll do a trip report for Mongolia at some point. I flew into Ulaanbaatar (sp?) and spent five days there. It was kind of crazy. I had a friend there that took me on a few trips into the countryside but the hostel I stayed at also offered those trips. It's a pain in the rear end to get out to the countryside if you don't know anyone, driving is worse than in China so you don't want to rent a car, you'll have to figure out a way to get out there but it can get done. If you're a Great Plains kinda guy you'll probably despise UB (though the food was amazing) and love the areas away from the city.
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I can add a bit of info to that too, I went to Mongolia over land (though it was like 6 years ago). Mongolia is awesome.
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It seems the thing to do is hire a driver or rent a motorcycle. I'm too cheap for a driver, don't know anyone there, and I don't know how to ride a motorcycle and riding and camping alone in the countryside doesn't sound wise. I live in Seoul so Ulaanbataar might not be too bad, but I don't want to spend 9 days there. Might save it for a trip with a buddy next year.
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DontAskKant posted:It seems the thing to do is hire a driver or rent a motorcycle. I'm too cheap for a driver, don't know anyone there, and I don't know how to ride a motorcycle and riding and camping alone in the countryside doesn't sound wise. Watch Long Way Round with Ewen McGregor and you will realise the folly in that plan. Honestly watching that gave me all the Mongolia I ever want and I really love Central Asia.
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DontAskKant posted:I live in Seoul so Ulaanbataar might not be too bad I had rather semi-serious culture shock going to Mongolia and I live in China so I imagine Seoul might be a little worse. Seoul is really nice dude. On my way from the airport we witnessed two accidents, the girl who picked me up got in an accident going to the airport to get me and I almost got hit by a car the second time I crossed the road downtown. It's a hell of a place to visit but it's crazy as hell.
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Oh I meant the claim that if I was a Plains man I might find the city to be too much. But crazy dirty city with lots of people isn't a problem. Don't doubt the driving will terrify me.
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I drove all over western Mongolia. UB is a dirty, dangerous, boring shithole, and it's not even cheap. If you like getting in drunken brawls with guys built like powerlifters, then go right ahead. You'd have to drive nonstop several days to get to the gorgeous areas in the West, and you absolutely should not do it alone nor without someone qualified. I met some guys from UB in a nomad camp who were recovering after breaking down and getting stranded in the desert for a few days before someone came along and found them. That said, if you have the time and money to get out to the Altai region, then do it, because it's like visiting another planet. Also it's below freezing like 9 months of the year. And whoever mentioned swarms of flies was not exaggerating.
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Smeef posted:I drove all over western Mongolia. This is my trip report 
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DontAskKant posted:It seems the thing to do is hire a driver or rent a motorcycle. I'm too cheap for a driver, don't know anyone there, and I don't know how to ride a motorcycle and riding and camping alone in the countryside doesn't sound wise.
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Plus once you get to Vietnam, it's about the cheapest place in the world to travel if that's a factor.
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Smeef posted:Plus once you get to Vietnam, it's about the cheapest place in the world to travel if that's a factor. I'm in Vietnam right now and I can confirm it is cheap.
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Smeef posted:Plus once you get to Vietnam, it's about the cheapest place in the world to travel if that's a factor. I went all over Mongolia on a horse trek thing. We got really drunk on that horse milk stuff and a swedish girl told us all about her vampire fetish. I'd give the trip 3 AAAAA ratings out of 5.
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I'll save Mongolia for when I have more than 9 days of vacation and I can dragoon my Russian American friend into coming. I'd go to Yunnan if I already had a china visa and had a Chinese speaker with me. I suppose there's no getting around $700-800 for Vietnam this season. Even Malaysia is 700.
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No you can't go with a Russian-American because they will blow up your boston marathon. Russian-America is already not safe. We country still good.
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Arglebargle III posted:No you can't go with a Russian-American because they will blow up your boston marathon. Russian-America is already not safe. We country still good. What the gently caress?
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Jul 20, 2013 06:48
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In Russia-America, marathon blow up you!
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bad day posted:In Russia-America, marathon blow up you! People died
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The Worst Muslim posted:People died RIP Treyvon.
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Seriously, this isn't funny. My grandfather died in WW2 at a concentration camp he fell off the guard tower (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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So what are they saying about the Beijing airport bombing?
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The Worst Muslim posted:Seriously, this isn't funny. My grandfather died in WW2 at a concentration camp Was the guard tower made out of dildos? Just trying out some Twitter material here, folks.
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It's being reported as a bad thing but no breaking news in TV like you'd see in the USA. All the fengqing are already posting on CNN "a bunch of firecrackers went off, no big deal". I guess it happened in Terminal 3, and given the way things work there it's not really possible to do a lot of damage. Lots of big, open spaces, plexiglass and steel.
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bad day posted:It's being reported as a bad thing but no breaking news in TV like you'd see in the USA. All the fengqing are already posting on CNN "a bunch of firecrackers went off, no big deal". I guess it happened in Terminal 3, and given the way things work there it's not really possible to do a lot of damage. Lots of big, open spaces, plexiglass and steel. Yeah, I'm in the US at the moment and watching the news of it. I'm wondering how this will change airport security when I get back in August.
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The Worst Muslim posted:What the gently caress? 俄美国已经不安全了，我国还好。 I was trying to parody an wumao but apparently I'm psychic or something because CHINA IS ALREADY NOT SAFE LE!!!
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JimBobDole posted:Yeah, I'm in the US at the moment and watching the news of it. I'm wondering how this will change airport security when I get back in August. If they did it in Terminal 2, I think it's actually possible to reach a relatively crowded enclosed space (Delta ticket counter, gently caress that whole airline) before going through security, but Terminal 3 is like a football field - there's nothing there for explosive force to impact, and everything's so spread out that even on a busy day people do not congregate in large groups. Anyway it's nice to see that we're not getting 24-hour news coverage of the incident over here. That's the one thing I love about propagandist state media. Television is boring and all bad news is downplayed rather than blown up for ratings. There's more on the news about the Treyvon Martin protests than the Beijing bombing today. edit: and it's interesting how much coverage they are giving to Treyvon Martin when they could be covering this eerily similar watermelon vendor beaten to death by chengguan. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/world/asia/death-in-china-stirs-anger-over-urban-rule-enforcers.html?hp edit2: NY Times article about ZZ nightclubs. Henan goons take note. We should go to this club. NYTimes.com posted:ZHENGZHOU, China — The hottest nightclub in this factory town is a neon-encrusted dive down the road from the industrial park where iPhones are made 24 hours a day. Tucked behind an open construction site, Through the Summer, as the nightspot is known, had it all on a recent Saturday night — plastic whistles, fruit plates, a toddler with a mohawk, counterfeit light sabers and a bawdy comedian who imbibed beer through his nose. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/world/asia/the-demanding-off-hour-escapes-of-chinas-high-tech-workers.html Be Depressive fucked around with this message at 06:01 on Jul 21, 2013 |
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I've got to get a new 6 month F visa for study (Mandarin at a government owned university) as I am doing another semester of study. I see that the rules have now changed, but the changes have not been fully implemented. I would like to get another 6 months visa for study, anyway.What do I need to do for that now? I'll probably apply this month or sometime next month, but it needs to be sorted out by September. If I need to leave the mainland I think that I can always apply in Hong Kong, as I have a Hong Kong ID. But I'm not sure if I should try to ask the school to supply the required documents ASAP or if at this point it makes no difference as the changes have already been implemented. Thanks
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quote:ZHENGZHOU, China — The hottest nightclub in this factory town is a neon-encrusted dive down the road from the industrial park where iPhones are made 24 hours a day. Tucked behind an open construction site, Through the Summer, as the nightspot is known, had it all on a recent Saturday night — plastic whistles, fruit plates, a toddler with a mohawk, counterfeit light sabers and a bawdy comedian who imbibed beer through his nose. What the gently caress? This sounds like one of those Stephan sketches on SNL.
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Singapore and Hongkong have Cyberpunk, Henan has Cybergrunge. Like Mad Max meets Barbarella meets Angela's Ashes, Henan is some kind of terrible impoverished B list version of hyper modernity. "An old lady is taking a poo poo in the street. And You're not helping Leon. Why aren't you helping?" "And there at the breakfast table was this laowai munching away at jiaziwao and lomticks of huimian, and lovely chuariwegs." GuestBob fucked around with this message at 15:27 on Jul 21, 2013 |
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pyr0maniac posted:I've got to get a new 6 month F visa for study (Mandarin at a government owned university) as I am doing another semester of study. You'll be fine. Talk to the person who manages your visa at school and it should be easily doable. For legit students who are already in China getting your visa renewed for further study shouldn't be a problem at all. Besides, most of the recent visa changes only apply to New working visas
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"You look down and you see an Englishman, Leon." "Englishman? What's that?" "... you know what a foreigner is?" "'Course." "Same thing." "I've never seen a foreigner. But I understand what you mean." GuestBob posted:"An old lady is taking a poo poo in the street. And You're not helping Leon. Why aren't you helping?" "Describe, in single words, only the good things that come into your mind about your mother." "My mother? Let me tell you about my mother." "She has a round face and two big eyes, and a big big smell."
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Question to chinagoons: my brother and I might head to beijing for mid-autumn festival (starts on Wednesday the 16th, we'll arrive on Thursday, and leave on Sunday). What will Beijing be like during this time? If it is anything like here in Korea (where everything, including museums, stores, restaurants, etc. shuts down) I might head to Nagoya, Japan instead. Flight is slightly cheaper to Beijing and a Beijing trip is long overdue, but I want to do it properly, so I would appreciate any advice. TIA! edit: We are interested in cultural stuff (food, museums, tourist sites etc.) rather than clubs, bars, etc.
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Oh man Elysium is coming out in October and its art direction is being done by the same guy who did Blade Runner and at least one pre-screener has called it better than Bladerunner and I am so stoked. edit: Bloodnose I'm reporting you for being a backseat mod! My dad is SB35! Arglebargle III fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Jul 22, 2013 |
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Arglebargle III posted:Oh man Elysium is coming out in October and its art direction is being done by the same guy who did Blade Runner and at least one pre-screener has called it better than Bladerunner and I am so stoked. Why is this post in any way related to tourism and travel in China? Because Blade Runner had some Chinese characters in it?
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pyr0maniac posted:I've got to get a new 6 month F visa for study (Mandarin at a government owned university) as I am doing another semester of study. F Visa's were business visas. No study or work allowed. Practically, last year, you could obtain a year long, no stay limit, multi-entry F Visa in Hong Kong, without any real supporting documentation. From what I read online now, if the visa was issued outside of China, it can be renewed for an equal period. But the visa's obtained in Hong Kong were typically issued inside China (Zhubei). The new limits on F visas seem to be 90 days at most, with a 30/60 days stay limit. I'm not sure. I did get an email from ilaowai saying they could extend an F visa by 6 or 12 months, without leaving China, but I don't know how much I'd trust them. I'm trying to get the documentation together for a Z visa, but the police check alone is taking weeks - It has to be obtained, certified by one government department, then provided to the local embassy by somebody who has power of attorney for a second certification. It's a serious PITA, and very discouraging to people wanting to work in China. Student Visa's are X Visas, and need supporting documentation. I don't think the changes have been rolled out yet though, so, who knows?
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