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Hi there,

is anyone of you traveling to China soon? Or did you just return from a great trip to China? We would love to hear your stories, what you did, where you went, how you got on with your Chinese etc.
Don't be shy

I am planing to spend several weeks in Shanghai this spring. Question, can one obtain a Visa thru the mail, and not go to the

Chinese Consul? Forget travel agents, I always buy discount tickets. I live in Portland Or, and I can't see going to LA just for a
Visa.

Hi there,

I know someone who flew to Australia via China and didn't have a visa for China because he wasn't aware that you need one.
He got one when he arrived in China and it seemed like a standard procedure, however he was only in transit, so it might be different if you actually intend to stay there for a few weeks.
I would recommend doing a search on the Chinese's consul's website. There will be information on there on how to obtain a visa.

I usually get my travel agent to organize it for me, which is pretty easy.
Even if you don't book through them they might still be able to help you out?

I hope you have a great time there. Please let us know how you get on.

I should be booking time off work to travel round nepal/china in october, the plan is to travel from tibet as far alng the yangtze river as possible in 3 months. I'd like to make it to shang hai but thats a lot of ground to cover if im going to do it at a suitably relaxed pace. does anyone have any suggestions for points of interest i should stop and see along the way? I have to see the terracotta army and i plan on stopping at the great wall and any buddhist temples find along the way. is there anything else i shouldnt miss?

wow! That sounds fascinating and very interesting.
How are you going to travel?
By bus?

bus and boat will probably be the main mode of transport, it will be a case of speed vs cost as im trying to keep the budget under control. do you think its realistic to travel across china in 3 months, bearing in mind i dont want to spend all my time rushing across the country without time to soak it in? im mulling over flying a bit of the way to save time but its early days yet and im still waiting for work to confirm i can get the time off.

chinaadmin wrote:Hi there,

is anyone of you traveling to China soon? Or did you just return from a great trip to China? We would love to hear your stories, what you did, where you went, how you got on with your Chinese etc.
Don't be shy

Hopefully I will be more fluent on my second trip to China in June. The first time I had to tell a bus driver. Qing Kai man yidiar. Is this correct or should it have been phrased in another manner.

I am hoping to go to Jinang in Shandong Province in September. I was hoping to go via Seoul (S.Korea) rather than Beijing. (There are direct flights daily from Seoul to Jinang) But maybe that will not work if the situation with N. Korea gets even more delicate. Anyone have experience of traveling by less-direct routes?

I would love to go to China! I really want to visit my friend who lives in Shanghai. Not to mention all the site seeing that I would do. I would visit the forbidden city, oh and the great wall of china. Too bad its on the other side of the world not to mention the price of travelling there. At least I can speak the language!

well, one day you might go there. Just imagine how much nicer the experience will be - being able to speak Chinese, being able to talk to locals, being able to really get to know China. ..