The combs they supply in the bathroom, usually do work very well instead of the room card. And yes, do check the voltage your adapter can run on. If you have a...
Hello All, Just a minor thought. Having, over the past several years, walked just about every foot of track from Galadesatai (Reshui) to Jingpeng and having...
Louis, If you mean the curve at San Di then, yes, Stuart Turnbull and I tried that curve in May. There are certainly some good shots to be had and we got some...
Dear all, had a talk to Daban authorities the day before yesterday. The three days with double DF4 at the pass were tests, whether it's possible to operate...
Hello; The problem with the sun and the deep cutting is not so big in the summer as it is higher then in the winter of course. So I tried it this time. I ...
... Louis, Malcolm Simister and I walked through and photographed trains in this area near San Di village in April. There are some nice elevated shots as well...
First can I make it clear I have no interest or connection with the company mentioned below - this is just a piece of information which may be useful to those...
THe 45degree flat pins also work as I had no trouuble with them anywhere Colin Hussey ... _________________________________________________________________ ...
... Thats a great deal! I paid $1500 Canadian tax included for a flight March 2005, 385 pounds is about $830 Canadian, too bad I don't live in London! Trevor ...
I'm hoping to get to the Pass just one more time in late Nov / early Dec 2004 and would like to join another like minded person/s to share costs and for...
Hello Dave, nice you are going again. I think there is heavy excess capacity on China flights these days. All airlines want to establish themselves on what...
Hello, The CEO of my company is booked for this trip and wants to know what kind of cell phone coverage he can expect. I looked online and found some tiny...
... what ... found ... rest ... online ... Coverage is practically 100% - nothing so annoying as standing on top of a lonely hill at the pass, all set up for a...
Hello All, Some associates of Sun Xiaolan have looked into the possibility of industries or mines using steam at the mountainous northwestern end of the...
Thanks for the quick response. He's all set with a GSM phone and the way his wireless bills look I'm sure he will be the one with the annoying phone ringing...
Roaming access, at least with Norweigan and German SIM cards, is near 100% along Jitong line. The blind spots generally far away from major stations. However,...
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... freq. and operates as GSM ... phones ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
This may only affect UK based gricers, but the Embassy in London stopped accepting postal applications with effect from 1st August 2004. This means a personal...
Following on from Rob's message, can anyone UK-based please confirm whether this also applies to Manchester, as well as London? I was also led to believe at...
Slight (sic!) change of subject but of note. The 90 yuan Airport Departure Tax from Beijing was lifted completely as from 1st September 2004, as I found out...
Sorry for people from Uk, but this is reality for independent travellers from Germany at least since 1997. You have to pick up Your Visa at an embassy / ...
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Mike, There's visa information on the Chinese embassy website: http://www.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/lsyw/default.htm I've used Cultural tours, 0207 636 7906,...
In Oz, situation as far as I am aware has been similar for as long as I've been going to China since 1998. I've always used a travel agent anyway so have no...
Duncan, Just at the moment there seems to be no information at that link. I gave up on postal applications after Royal Mail Special Delivery twice failed to...
Thanks but it used to work on my Mac and the rest of the site seems to function o.k. Never mind. Ian B ... avgxmacgbh --- This message has been thoroughly...
If you go thru Hong Kong on the way to China, you can pick up a visa there is less than 1 day (4 hrs at extra cost) at several places in Kowloon. Just ask the...
It may be a browser problem. In Oz IE works and Netscape does not. Netscape does not work with your UK site, I have not tried IE though. Cheers Tim Arnot...
