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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Tourism & Travel > The China Megathread III: It is not a happy everyday
 
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Saladman
Jan 12, 2010

Akratic Method posted:

Thanks, all! Good to know to maybe not let on I'm between jobs. But 10 days' processing even with a past criminal charge means this should probably be quite doable on a month's notice!

I probably will get a guide for a fair portion of the trip, possibly the whole thing outside of the top-tier cities, as long as it's not exorbitant. I don't know any Chinese, and presumably can't learn too much in the next six weeks (although I'll give a solid try)

Use an interpreter app - they work extremely well now. Not sure what app she was using (and probably people here have recommendations) but she had no issue going from the Vietnam border up to Dali by backpacking solo, making use of the new visa-free entry for some EU nationalities that got implemented at the beginning of the year. She even had a medical issue and had no issue in the hospital with complex medical vocabulary.

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