Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
Nah
WTF? HK is the arrogant dickbag capital of the world.
Hong Kong for me as well but also would like to see Guilin too.
Visited China for about three weeks. Mostly Shanghai and Hong Kong. I had a great time getting shitfaced at amazing places and eating absolutely splendid food all day every day. Also they had some interesting clubs, bars, arcades, and other entertainment. Hong Kong and Macau were fucking nuts. Overall though, all of Shanghai has about a thimble full of culture on display when compared to anywhere in Japan. Would still go back though.China has been emerging as an economic powerhouse in the last 20 years. But China also offers over 5000 years of culture, including many sites and historical places in the country.
But while Chinese onbound tourism is growing rapidly, with no signs of stopping, inbound tourism has been pretty lackluster for China.
Now, with a stronger and easier accessible China having arrived on the global stage... would you ever like to visit it? Or do you have 0 interest in a trip to China?
Bingo.I would love to someday but unfortunately I make it a point to try and not vacation in places with massive violations towards basic human rights.
Went there for my honeymoon a few years ago, I recommend it. If you're not ethnically Chinese be prepared for people to follow you around taking photos of you at any major tourist attractions
Bingo.
Side story: A friend of mine from Gran Canaria was telling me a story of how she and her boyfriend ended up going on holiday in Shanghai. They were so unprepared by the culture shock, they spent most of the holiday in the hotel room, ordering hotel food in between their bouts of sex lol
We fell for that scam too lol
It's not hard, most signs everywhere are in English or Pinyin, even in small towns. You just need to be very well prepared because if you lost your ticket or guidebook or whatever, google isn't gonna help you. Most Chinese people are friendly enough to foreigners that if you are lost or need help they'll make sure you get to where you need to go.
Yes. And I am in a month's time.
Edit: To clarify, I have a six day stopover in Guangzhou and Guilin (Shenmue land).
I'm in the process of getting a visa, which is both expensive and a bit of a hassle. Been wanting to see Guilin/Yangshuo for ages though so I'm hoping it's worth it.
Problem is I will be leaving Guangzhou, so I doubt it would be applicable in my case :/Some landing locations (I know Shanghai is one of them) have a 144-hour visa-free entry for China as long as you have proof of onward travel or something. Not sure if Guangzhou is on the list (they may only have a 72-hour visa-free entry), but you may want to look into it.
+1
Why would anyone not want to visit China?
Problem is I will be leaving Guangzhou, so I doubt it would be applicable in my case :/
Only thing that would turn me off Goin there is thr air pollution.
It's only in some places, I'm in China and looking at blue skies and white fluffy clouds right now.
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Fantastic photos, thanks for posting them!
To really experience China imo you really need to rent a car.
Especially in Beijing. Close to Beijing are so many nice small villages and cities that are hard to reach by bus or without speaking Chinese.
Most tourist in Beijing do the typical stuff like "Tiananmen, Forbidden City, Xiangshan, Great Wall, Tiantan etc." while around Beijing there are nice little villages and areas like Gubei or Pinggu.
Also since Vern posted his pictures, one of my favorite little villages was Wuzhen:
But you can't drive without a Chinese license right? I know the US license doesn't work anyway.