Comments on: Traveling to China

By: Devin

Devin — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:26:56 +0000

Thanks everyone. The trip was great and Pete, your suggestions all rang true. Of a group of 50 nobody had any issues with theft (in fact it is statistically very low in Beijing and Shanghai) so we got lucky.

Thank goodness the hotels provided two complimentary bottles of water every day. ;)

By: Pete (Bryan's Friend)

Pete (Bryan's Friend) — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:45:03 +0000

China is one of my favorite places to visit. You will have a great time there. I was able to use my ATM visa card in China, but that was BeiJing. Oh Ya… Always keep your money on you and out of sight. Either in a money waist belt that can be tucked into your pants or one that goes around your neck that you can tuck into your shirt. I have been there every summer for the last 6 summers, and only twice has something happened where a person from our group had money and passport stolen. A female teacher had her wallet & passport stolen and the other time one of our male teachers had his stolen. His money pouch was tied to his belt loop and then stuffed into his front pant’s pocket and somebody cut the rope that it was tied with and took the pouch from his pocket without him knowing.
So just remember to keep it with you and try not to pull out to much money when you are bartering. The more they see the higher the price and more shadows will follow you. Oh ya keep your driver’s license with you. This helped to get a new passport both times that I had to accompany the people to the American Embassy. I don’t want to scare you but just keep all of your bases covered. For the most part most of the Chinese are friendly towards Americans; especially if you are African-American. Sorry for the essay on China Travel Tips… Have a great time and just like in Mexico don’t drink the water!

By: Kerry Floyd

Kerry Floyd — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:18:11 +0000

China is amazing! I’m sure you’ll have a great time! My tip? If you can, get someone in your group who speaks Chinese to barter for things for you, or better yet, just get them to instigate and complete the whole transaction. Everything costs 5x more if you’re American. Also, I don’t remember not being able to use plastic–I’m pretty sure I had my visa with me everywhere I went. Anyway, hope you have an awesome time!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:53:12 +0000

I told my friend to leave a comment here, but he hasn’t had a chance to. He’s been to China a few times, but he said it kind of depends where you go that will affect what will be accepted. (In terms of money.)

Have an awesome trip, man!

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:58:43 +0000

Sounds like it will be a pretty sweet trip!

Good luck, have fun, and be safe!

By: Devin

Devin — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:32:54 +0000

I didn’t proof-read this one very well. I even misspelled traveling. Sigh..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:30:03 +0000

1. Unless you passport committed a crime in another country, I’m fairly certain that it needed to be expedited, not extradited…

2. People who work at the post office are bureaucratic and inefficient? What?

3. No credit cards… wow.