9x Chinese Self-sufficient Travel Tips

Sims at China Mobile stores are cheaper than buying them at the airport, knowing the basic communication lines will make your trip happier.
9x Chinese self-sufficient travel tips
Hong Nhung (HCM City) is a 9x travel enthusiast who has many self-sufficient trips to China. Here are general comments as well as tips, Nhung shares:
Wechat is really an effective application when traveling to China. It is both a chat application, and you can book flights, hotels, movie tickets, rent bicycles .

.. All transactions, including buying a cup of milk tea or an apple can also be paid through this app. barcode scanning Unfortunately, the foreign card cannot be used for this application, so I use cash the traditional way.




Entering the temple also uses a QR code.
China is truly "the country of QR code", because asking for wifi, unlocking the bicycle ... also via QR. All you need is a smartphone with internet connection.
You should not buy sim card at the airport because it is expensive For example, Pudong Airport (Shanghai) sells sims at the Arrival Area (Arrival Area) going out for 200-600 yuan per sim, equivalent to 700,000 - 2 million VND (and limited data capacity).



I choose to buy a sim card at a China Mobile store in O Tran, just bring a passport to register, the sim price is 50 yuan (about 180,000 VND). During a week here I heard my call, got online well, until the last day I didn't have to recharge.
The power outlet in China is a two-pin socket like in Vietnam. Hotel rooms in China usually have up to 5-6 power outlets, so you don't need to bring an adapter or find a charger.
Except for Shanghai, the rest of the cities I have traveled almost exclusively use Chinese, including hotels and restaurants. Fortunately I know a little Chinese, enough to ask for directions, order food, buy goods (ask prices, bargain) ...



with the most basic questions. Knowing the language where you are going can be beneficial, and it's fun to understand what others are saying. For example, when I went to buy a dress the day I tried it on, the shopkeeper kept whispering "ni zhen piaoliang" - which means "so pretty" so I bought it.
You should download a Translate language translation application (can be used offline) so that in case of secret, you can still communicate.
One of my favorite things about China is the bike-sharing bike service. Bicycle rental prices here are very cheap, only about 1 yuan (3,500 VND) for a trip. Bicycle parking is available anywhere, return the bike wherever you want.
Bike-sharing is very popular in China.




There are many suppliers of bicycles in China. I use the OFO vehicle. Everyone should pre-download the app from Vietnam because it requires entering a verification code via phone number. The advantage of OFO is that a foreign bank card is still usable (using the app is quite similar to uber or grab), unlike another provider, MOBIKE, that has to be paid via wepay or alipay.
Except for public holidays in China, it is not necessary to book train tickets and car tickets in advance. I travel between cities by train and bus, going straight to the bus station to buy tickets. There is a trip every 30 minutes, so I never worry about running out of tickets.
From Pudong airport I took the metro to Shanghai South train station to buy train tickets to Hangzhou.



The rest of the journey I took the bus and went directly to the buy station 15-30 minutes before going.
China is quite clean, the air is clean, for a few days here I don't need to wear a mask (even when cycling on the street) and I don't see anyone wearing a mask. The street is also very cool, clean, beautiful, with lots of green trees, especially in Hangzhou.
Yu Yuan Garden in Shanghai.
Although the space to visit and clean roads, public toilets (restaurants, platforms, wharves, tourist sites ...) smell and mostly squat, somewhat inconvenient.



When going to the toilet, take the initiative to bring tissue paper.
Applications Facebook, Instagram, Gmail, Youtube, Whatsapp, Viber, ... are all blocked in China. If you want to use it, you should pre-download the VPN from Vietnam to go to your country to have normal access.
China has many gardens, river cities, temples ..



. but quite similar, only different in the legend, folk tales told. If you do not have the time and money, are the first time to travel to China for the first time, choose 1-2 largest and most famous places to go.
A portion of the food in China is large compared to the Vietnamese diet. If you go with two, you should only order 2-3 dishes (in my opinion 3 dishes are too many). Avoid the case of being full of hunger and your eyes and it would be wasteful to order more food if you can't eat it. In addition, Chinese food is a bit greasy, so it is easy to get bored and gain weight.
The bowl of tomato and egg soup is bigger than a human head.




According to Nguyen Hong Nhung / Vnexpress
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