so hey there GRRR Travelers! Welcome back! Today i
want to do my travel survival tips for
China but seeing as i've had the
opportunity to have some expats or meet
some experts on the road I wanted to
have them share their experience with
you and tell you how it goes because
expats I feel like know how to travel
the country because they've been living
in it they have to deal with the culture
and they have usually the best tips. So
i'm here with Raimonda and she has been
here for 5?... Yes, five years.
And she's been living in
Bei... Shanghai.
Hwangji and Xujou.. Three different
places. -Is that like different provinces or
it's a little bit but still everything is
down there... is close by. is close by means
when you can reach by train by 30 minutes
to one hour. it's close by. And you
work here or you teach?... - Yes I came to China to the
for the job and I keep doing different type of
jobs.
What are your biggest tips for planning
a trip to China? Because China is a huge
country... - The biggest issue is we need to
get aware that the country is very big.
The country is very different because each
province has their own thing. But the
biggest issue of traveling ...
be aware that this is a language barrier.
Whatever language you speak you need to
prepare yourself basic on the Chinese.
Get it written down or do for that copy and
paste the character, because maybe in another
asian countries you can communicate a
little with English like in Thailand or
Vietnam or Cambodia and here you don't
always have Chinese characters written
down that the people know what you want
and they will help you.
Wait so
with the big cities like Beijing and
Shanghai you still need to have written...
No it's okay because here with the most
of the people you speak English or you
have a foreigner and you just grabbed the first
one was crossing around and people will
help you.
Another issue~ big cities are really well
informed in the meaning of a subway, a
tickets, a bathroom...
you just need to read it. Because a lot
of people ,they don't read. They just
go . - Read what?... The signs. You need to
look at the signs using your eyes. -And there's English?...
Always. Shanghai, Beijing... I never been in Guangzhou...
but i think what it will be the same
thing. Yu have always Chinese and
English so you sometimes you just need
to follow the signs. It's very simple.
For first time travelers to China,
what are some easy cities to
travel, which also have a lot of
sights to see.
It's basically... typically, the whole
country is safe.
The city, you can just walk at night and
no one will touch you.
That's definitely ... a very clear
issue. The easy way... more comfortable
cities for sure, is the capital and
is Shanghai. It can be later Guangzhou,
Or it can be Xingjin...
it can be later, going deeper to Xian.
And when you say Xian, that's like with an "X"?
Exactly this with the (letter) "X", that's with the
terracotta soldiers.
-Ok. Because always when you have kind of
a touristic attraction, you will always
have one or two or three random Chinese
people who do speak English.
Once again. the best thing you
can do , you buy or print out
but just prepared basic character on
Chinese, because the issue is with a
China cities, when you translate them into
English, some of them have the same
name. But when you see them in Chinese
character, they are different . Jst only
the English translation is the same
thing, like we have two Nanjing.
But one isn't in
one corner and the other one is in the middle of
China and another one is in the south of
China. So it's very important that
you know which province you go and then
which city.
-Ok. So you need to know the province and
the city because there might be
duplicates? .... Eexactly. Between when you look in
the English version for you, everything
is like "Nanjing", but Nanjing is Nanjing. It
depend upon how you put the tone, because
Chinese has four tones. Depending on how you
put your tone, you ending up somewhere
else.
There are Chinese ways to get around,
understand things or to book
trips, right? -Yeah.
To apprroach it from like Expedia.com or Kayak
. - The best for China, like this
official site is Ctrip. C-Trip
is offering a different type of tours
and sometimes they offering d...
sometimes they are offering ....a city
tour for specific area, so you can go on
this too. So you have already like a
reference point, when you make your
basic planning that you know when
landing, that you know where you're going
...and maybe in one city you don't want to
be alone and you just gather with people.
So you can use Ctrip. Meetup.com
as well, is running and they are
basically in several Chinese cities. They
are having the groups and groups are
doing thing that we have that are in.
Intonations.
Intonations dot org were information
to know information to have information
internations dot orgy
it's an expert community worldwide
they're coming from Germany body
covering the biggest cities worldwide so
I think in china tea as six or seven
cities so they have the community to and
you can gather the people to induce some
things if you don't want to be
google getting around what are the ways
to get around or the easiest ways for
the first time traveler get one if you
gave me here is the way is a train it's
not the train it was not the bus if it's
not the bus so you can then try to
arrange a car or you take a cab okay and
you can book these off its again see
trip you can book see triple suffering a
lot of things they can have like a range
of two of the guide was a pickup service
or you're just gonna have a pickup
service is everything the same thing we
check if you download reach it and you
spend a little more time using keywords
is always important keywords you can get
to some agencies who are providing all
these type of service because they speak
english i'm getting the idea that you
even though we are kind of like on a
wordpress trip that is kind of being put
together by sea trip i am getting the
idea that seat which is kind of like
very big in China ends the way that
people kind of book things and so it's
like a trusted site it's like in Europe
everyone look at your dreams
ok ok like burden i think we do like
orbitz speedy exactly we chat that and
what is everything ability it reaches
everything you can have reach at you
lost in China you need to have reaches
its like a social media messaging app
ap all type of app where you can pay for
things and wiggles a lot of things you
can buy you can sell you can transfer
money the money issue it's really
connected with local cut so probably to
someone was not local-based not having
local bank art you want to be able to
use it but you can use messaging you can
use for searching something if you get
to know people the first thing what they
will ask you do you have Rita because
the whole communication goes over we
chatting it's free or
it's 73 as long as you have a Chinese
7-ups we will be running behind the b4
to have what are some quick tips about
food and health will then help with the
way the most important thing okay the
moral time avoid ice and wood everything
what does not know we need to eat cooked
food if you want to have a healthy so
much what people drinking a lot of hot
water
just follow it because it's good for you
so much and you want to keep during your
trip a healthy stomach okay well one
thing I'm really curious because I like
street Street food you need once again
google it around before you going here
going to always recommendation which
city which street is good because
sometimes we say chicken bones can be a
rat or cat whatever at this you don't
know there's no name on it
well how do we know then what happened
nothing should happen is you even I
guess I'll be careful about what you
need on the street make sure if it's
neat that it will be my even that's a
CAD or rat as long as this belt hook
nothing happening that's will be just
different experience
so basically what you don't know won't
hurt you but cultural it's always be
polite and respectful because he a lot
of things going on in a different way
but they still happening and the other
reason why they are happening in the way
they are happening
it means don't conflict with people it's
very important issue faced losing so
never play never blame another chinese
in front as a Chinese if you wanna
something happening so talk face-to-face
but you never blame a Chinese person in
front of as a people
this is totally normal that will get the
red card in the country and you can
leave now
ok yes moving faces a variation type of
culture it's basically you don't want
the other person to feel shame in front
of other people are exposed
read the other people and if you do
everything can go downhill from Jack
last tip is where can people go to the
toilet toilet always I know the sign i
say for the sign the woman and demand
something you can gather in the better
in the airport you can have it in the
market its local vegetable market has a
bathroom supermoon had faster we can
find basically a lot of bathroom
including you can find a lot of local
bands which means day as somewhat
between the living areas you just need
to a habit alright and the Metro
platform that has a tooth the two
bathroom too
so you just follow the sign or to ask
someone he will show you okay and then
always be prepared for squat because I'm
not seen any Western toilets around
exactly and be read this is a hole in
the ground so and that's the issue you
need always to have a deal in the bed
tissues because this doesn't exist
ok and that a threat
you need to go and I need to go I'm
sorry I'm just like I'm getting the cue
to go so thank you and I really
appreciate your being here and sharing
your tips for us thanks to be here
welcome to shine thank you very much
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survival tips for surviving china and
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