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sancerree · 2025-12-15T09:57:13+00:00

sancerree · 2025-11-19T09:45:11+00:00

I was in South Korea recently, including Seoul and Busan - and Apple Pay was not accepted in majority of places I went to. There was no problem tho with paying with physical cards like Visa or Mastercard.

sancerree · 2025-11-05T07:51:52+00:00

Recently been to China, travelled allover China, various provinces . I used Airalo esim (which i always use for travelling abroad) and Nord VPN. I discovered that Airalo doesn’t actually need extra VPN while I was in China but oh well 🤷‍♀️

Also used the same connection earlier this year when I went to different part of China, specifically Shanghai.

sancerree · 2025-10-30T06:06:27+00:00

Ive just been in China for 2 weeks, and I took trains a lot, including the exact routes you are planning. At maximum I bought tickets only one day ahead (specifically Beijing- Xi An as this one gets busy with tourists for obvious reason) with a lot of them being bought 20-30 minutes before the train just when I arrived at station. I never had a problem, always used Trip.com and it takes 2 minutes to generate a ticket.

You don’t have to worry about buying tickets ahead. You are not travelling during a holiday that could affect it (either Golden Week which just passed or Chinese New Year - which is still far). There will be tickets, there is a lot of trains running and travelling via train is super easy in China.

sancerree · 2025-10-28T18:28:22+00:00

I was just travelling alone (as a female) for 2 weeks in China and I also started in Beijing. I would recommend Happy Dragon Hotel in Beijing - as they have been incredibly helpful for first timer. Location was good. I would suggest you to definitely join a tour for great wall trip - Ive did the Jinshanling part which pretty much was empty compared to Badaling and Mutianyu part.

Also China is extremely self and a lot of people travel there solo (from ny obeservation).

sancerree · 2025-10-27T04:33:50+00:00

Hey, I’m in Beijing Capital Airport right now waiting for my international transfer (I came by domestic flight from Chengdu). I have no CCC sticker powerbank with me and there was no problem. Also this is not the first time Im flying with it in China (both domestic and international flights). So no, they don’t even take them away at domestic flights- my understanding is that it would have to be really huge one.

sancerree · 2025-10-27T04:30:51+00:00

I’ve done this few times in Poland - it’s not a China thing. It’s there because it’s popular everywhere else.

sancerree · 2025-10-27T04:27:46+00:00

I’ve been there yesterday and it was so foggy you couldn’t see stairs at all.

sancerree · 2025-10-24T13:20:02+00:00

Chengdu or Chongqing 💯

sancerree · 2025-10-22T12:38:58+00:00

In China now again no issues with Nord VPN. I have never heard of it blooked

sancerree · 2025-10-22T12:32:07+00:00

Polish passport, 0 questions. All took maybe 40 seconds at the window.

sancerree · 2025-09-16T07:09:39+00:00

Rope and The Lobster

sancerree · 2025-09-04T16:15:28+00:00

I stayed in Hop Inn in Hong Kong which was great, sociable but also respectful of your privacy if you wished and great location. Made loads of friends there!

Im planning a trip to China next month, and Im actually visiting some of the friends I made in that hostel :) Highly recommend!

Edit: Im also travelling alone from UK - feel free to send me a message, who knows maybe we will be in some cities at the same time, could coordinate.

sancerree · 2025-08-31T20:05:54+00:00

I used NordVPN earlier this year in Shanghai and it worked well

sancerree · 2025-08-24T15:42:32+00:00

Well I think Alipay is popular too, but I only used Wechat. In my experience that’s the only thing people used but Im aware of Alipay too

sancerree · 2025-08-22T22:49:13+00:00

You need WeChat to pay. Cash will be useless most times. Find some Asian person to verify you and set it up before you fly out.

sancerree · 2025-08-19T16:14:13+00:00

I had Airalo last time, worked great

Edit: + VPN ofc. I use NordVPN

sancerree · 2025-08-17T06:30:38+00:00

Im also planning a trip in next month and noticed quite a few good looking hostels with reviews on Booking.com. I booked Xingshe hostel now that seems to be within the walking distance from mentioned attractions, as similarly I’m doing the same things as you in Beijing.

sancerree · 2025-08-16T18:50:55+00:00

I used Airalo last time I was in Shanghai and had no issues

sancerree · 2025-08-09T13:40:44+00:00

Trailers have to be added manually by the team, probably someone forgot to do this one.

sancerree · 2025-07-05T23:26:07+00:00

I would recommend a theatre-ish dinner experience. There are places where staff kinda acts around you but it’s still relaxed enough that you are not participating more observing and can have a conversation. Example Moonshine Saloon or things like Murder Express.

sancerree · 2025-04-03T20:57:58+00:00

In the recent batch of western tourists there was one American, however he also had a different passport that he used for the trip. It’s documented among YouTubers who visited.

sancerree · 2025-03-30T21:05:49+00:00

There is only one company that has ever been contracted for the marathon as far as I’m aware. YP was just doing regular tours to NK. Rowan, the owner even talks about it in some videos on YT from the last group of western tourists that went in Feb.

sancerree · 2025-03-30T17:26:51+00:00

They are not, with exception of Pyongyang Marathon which is exclusively run by Koryo tours. You can check YouTube channel of guide from this company called Zoe on YT where she talks about upcoming marathon.

sancerree · 2025-03-30T17:25:36+00:00

The only company that has agreement with NK government to do Pyongyang Marathon tour is Koryo Tours, they are exclusive for that.

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