Looking for advice on our first visit to this fascinating country.
We will be travelling from Hong Kong in April, where we aim to arrange visas and wonder what the procedure is- how long can we stay, how much will the visa cost, etc. We will be travelling for about a month, if we can.
Are there any restrictions on what we can bring in? We use a laptop and don't want this to cause difficulty at the border. Is internet connection generaly available and which UK sites are blocked? We write a daily Blog and usually visit some British papers such as the Times & Telegraph- will access be denied? Also we need access to our online UK bank.
We will be going to Guilin. Any tips or recommendations? What kind of temperatures can we expect and will we have language problems? We can only converse in English & German and French at a push.
Any advice will be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks.
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There are restrictions on how much liquid you can bring on the plane. You can bring your laptop. There are no foreign sites blocked.
Guilin will be turning warm in April and you probably will have language problem since you don't know Chinese. But it's ok. You can ask for the Chinese names of the tourist attractions you want to visit and show them to the cab driver.
May you have a good time in China.
On the application form we had to give details of our itinerary but it was only rough as we're not sure of our plans yet and we had no problem getting the visa.
It was very expensive though- we applied for ours in Hong Kong and it cost us HK$600 each, about £55. It is half price in Macau apparently.
Hope you enjoy your trip
Good luck in your venture and perhaps we will meet up another time?
What can I say? It's a great country with marvellous people and we're already looking forward to coming back in the years to come.
Just checking the Net for cheap flights , i found Air China £563 pounds for a single....no stops ... Do you know if i can find other cheap flights.
Also can you take a 3 month supply of contact soultion with you ???
Re the contact solution, you can carry it in your hold luggage, but I wouldn't bring so much as you can buy it there.
Enjoy your trip.
It's great to learn that you and yours enjoyed youselves in Guilin. It is indeed a place that is worthy of a second time. (Personally, I like Yangshuo best and never tired of visiting there:) )
If you and yours are planning to take another trip to China and need our help, just feel free to let us know and we will be very willing to be your friend and guide in China.
Have a lovely day!
We will definitely be back but next time we want to see Shanghai and Beijing- probably next year.
Your last trip to China sounds great! I'm quite interested in what you have experienced in China and I have tried several times to visit your blog but unfortunetely always failed to do it
http://chinatrip.chinaeu.de/
September will be my first trip to beutiful Thailand. I need a contact person to show me around, can anybody assist please?
Regards
Yangshuo however, is beautiful, with limestone Karst Mountains as a backdrop. It is a really peaceful place to head to after visiting the big cities of Beijing, Xi'an etc. I would recommend staying outside of the town, in one of the villages nearby and just head into town when and if you need to.
You can do cookery classes, Kung fu classes etc in Yangshuo - I would highly recommend it!
you won't have problems to access most websites, while blogger.com, facebook or twitter are blocked in mainland. The internet link, mainland china don't have free wifi all the time. some cafes, hotels have that
Take a travel guide book like lonely planet, you won't have problems for sightseeing in China