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  1. tigerstu avatar

    RE: 4 days in Lijiang or Guilin? or maybe another city? what to see? help!

    by tigerstu 25 May 2012

    Keifeng and Luoyang are my choices. Or stay close and go to Fujian... start in Xiamen and then get out to the smaller places, Yong Ding…

  2. luoldeng9 avatar

    Traveling to China and then SE Asia

    by luoldeng9 20 May 2012

    I have booked a flight to arrive in Shanghai for this Saturday and I plan to also see Hangzhou, Suzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Changsha,…

  3. hope42morrow avatar

    Re: Ferry, kinmen to Xiamen

    by hope42morrow 19 May 2012

    There are ferries from Kinmen to Quanzhou, a city between Xiamen and Fuzhou. That is the city listed at the bottom of the linked PDF there.…

  4. gnaij avatar

    RE: Ferry, kinmen to Xiamen

    by gnaij 14 May 2012

    Xiamen has to ports: Dongdu and Wutong - just look up Google maps to get a sense of where they are. I am not aware of a ferry from Kinmen…

  5. haopengyou426 avatar

    RE: Ferry, kinmen to Xiamen

    by haopengyou426 14 May 2012

    Thanks! My goal - the big picture - is to get from Taiwan to Shanghai as inexpensively as possible. I have priced direct flights through…

  6. gnaij avatar

    RE: enter Taiwan without visa

    by gnaij 09 May 2012

    You could show the plane tickets you have from Taiwan to Kinmen, and explain that you will take the ferry after arriving in Kinmen. There…

  7. Giora avatar

    RE: Ferris from china to japan and from japan to taiwan

    by Giora 08 May 2012

    I'm fairly sure there are no ferries running from Taiwan to Japan (at least that was the case last summer), though getting from mainland…

  8. gnaij avatar

    RE: Ferry, kinmen to Xiamen

    by gnaij 05 May 2012

    Refer to the first row of this chart for departure times. http://www.kma.gov.tw/%E6%96%87%E4%BB%B6%E4%B8%8B%E8%BC%89/%E7%95%B6%E6%9C%88%E5%B…

  9. haopengyou426 avatar

    Ferry, kinmen to Xiamen

    by haopengyou426 05 May 2012

    Sometimes I think the world should have an internet purging day, and require all forums to purge all of their threads. There is so much…

  10. audjie504 avatar

    RE: Russian Consulate in Beijing- Visa for Russia in one day?

    by audjie504 30 April 2012

    Thanks! This is good information to know! We are residents of China, but decided to not risk the Russia trip last summer and are instead…

  11. 889 avatar

    RE: Buses from Shenzhen to Xiamen?

    by 889 30 April 2012

    Well, there's now a new long-distance bus station opposite the new North Station, so add that to the confusion. It can be very difficult…

  12. gorae avatar

    RE: Buses from Shenzhen to Xiamen?

    by gorae 30 April 2012

    I have researched buses from Shenzhen to Xiamen and am getting conflicting information. One site states only Yinhu Long Distance Bus…

  13. caoguangzhao avatar

    RE: One week in one City China. Where?

    by caoguangzhao 27 April 2012

    Wuyuan , Lhasa , Luoyang , Guiling ,Xiamen , Sanya .

  14. my_bluedog avatar

    RE: One week in one City China. Where?

    by my_bluedog 26 April 2012

    Yangshou is not an city, and I was there last year for 14 days and I thinks that was 12 days too much. Then again I'm not the outdoor…

  15. vanhearman avatar

    RE: Around Beijing or Northern China

    by vanhearman 25 April 2012

    Thinking of maybe spending a few days in Fujian province, Xiamen and surrounds before making way to Hong Kong and exiting China that way.…

  16. Giora avatar

    RE: Train travel safe in China?

    by Giora 24 April 2012

    Well, if I remember correctly, the accident happened in the evening, at something like 8PM; I'd gone through Wenzhou in mid-afternoon,…

  17. luoldeng9 avatar

    Questions about filling out tourist visa for China

    by luoldeng9 23 April 2012

    I am living in the US and I plan to visit China starting next May, probably around May 18. I plan to stay for maybe 2 weeks - 1month.…

  18. drumbrake avatar

    RE: Traveling in China for a few weeks

    by drumbrake 23 April 2012

    I suppose you are interested in large cities which is why you have chosen those places. Of the places, only really Xiamen and Chengdu…

  19. luoldeng9 avatar

    Traveling in China for a few weeks

    by luoldeng9 23 April 2012

    So I will have summer vacation from mid-May to August and I plan to travel to China starting next month, and I plan to stay there for…

  20. jiejie avatar

    RE: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

    by jiejie 22 April 2012

    #20 you misunderstood me. Yes, there are ferries (local) between Big and Little Kinmens. BUT THE INTERNATIONAL FERRIES from Xiamen,…

  21. gnaij avatar

    RE: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

    by gnaij 22 April 2012

    "Note that public ferry transport all goes to Big Kinmen island. The only way to approach Little Kinmen directly is by private boat and…

  22. jiejie avatar

    Re: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

    by jiejie 21 April 2012

    (Jinmen = Kinmen but I will stick to Kinmen in this post since that is the preferred way the locals/Taiwan govt spell it in English. …

  23. Giora avatar

    RE: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

    by Giora 21 April 2012

    #13 is a little mistaken: "One needs to produce a confirmed onward ticket to be admitted" This is not true, certainly not if arriving…

  24. findmywuwei avatar

    Re: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

    by findmywuwei 21 April 2012

    Great, Thanks everyone. It seems I will have to take a train to Shenzhen North, as 889 suggests and make it a day trip. I was looking…

  25. my_bluedog avatar

    RE: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

    by my_bluedog 21 April 2012

    Is it Jinmen or Kinmen? Any way that would be the best and cheapest way from Xiamen.

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