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Extend Your Chinese Visa – The easy way

Extend Your Chinese Visa – The easy way


Visa issues can so problematic. What happens if something goes wrong and you need to spend more time on holiday. However your visa is just about to run out.


What can you do ?

Are you in alot of trouble ?


Is there any way round this ?

Yes, there is help at hand here.

Fallen in love with place or city, or just want a few more days in China. Don’t worry you can extend your Visa in Shanghai with very little trouble. Below is some of the answers to some common questions.


+ Can I extend my Tourist Visa in Shanghai?


Yes, you can extend it twice. So allowing you to stay up to 90 days in shanghai on a tourist visa, more than enough time to see all the sights. You can also change your visa here. I personally changed my working visa to a tourist visa with no problems.


+ What do I need to bring?


All you need to bring is your passport, a registration form of temporary residence, a picture of yourself and maybe a book to read while you wait.


+ A registration of what ?


When you finished booking into your hotel or any accommodation you should have registered with the local police station. They will given you a white “Registration of Temporary Residence”form. Getting this form may not be the most pleasant experience as usually local police station don’t have fantastically brilliant English speakers, plus there may be a group of men or woman having a shouting match there. As policemen are suppose to handle small disputes. These shouting matching are usually over who has to compensate whom and how much.


+ Arugh……I don’t have that form. What do I do?


Don’t worry that much about it, just go to your local police station with all your hotel booking information (if you are living with a friend they need to go as well with with all their renting information) and ask for that form. You may be bullied with warnings and threats of fees and fines but I have never had to pay. Usually they say “You had better do it next time.”


+ What is the latest I should apply for the Visa.


You can apply on the very last day of your Visa deadline. If your visa is being processed then you are fine to stay in Shanghai and China. However my advice is always go at least go 1 day before, so if something does happen you still have 1 day to sort out your visa.


+How much does it cost?


I have just paid 160 rmb for my new tourist visa. I am a U.K citizen BUT this price changes for other nationalities.


+How long does the visa process take?


When I arrived I got my number and had to wait behing 88 people, this took about an hour. I don’t know the usually waiting time frame but the lines go fairly quickly and you have a place to sit down. However I didn’t found any free water fountains, so if you want a drink bring along a bottle of water.


+Where is it ?


Address :?1500 Ming Sheng Rd My route I took Line 2 to the Science and Technology Museum. Then headed out of exit 3, this is a long underground tunnel (last time I was there, there were posters of bras on the wall) Go up the stairs and go east ( YinCun Rd) , pass the first intersection and continue to the Entry – Exit Bureau(picture at the top). To Extend your Visa go to the 3rd floor and get a number right next to the escalators


+My visa has run out, will I be deported or put in Prison?


You can still get an extension but its up to the visa officers, my advice is to be polite. My friends have managed to get an extension after their visa ran out. However you could get a big fine. So get ready to pay extra money and to kiss some feet for your extension.


Any tips?


+ If you don’t want to travel all the way to Pudong to collect it, then get it sent to you by post. I have heard no problems with the express delivery. If you do want to do this you can save time by sorting out the postage while you are waiting for your number to be called. There is a small box room in the corner, where you can buy envelopes and photocopy your documents (which you need to do). Get this ready before you go the visa officers.

+If you want to use the postage service get a Chinese Person at your hotel to write your address down. Then get someone in the post office room to copy it.

+ Please plan ahead, the visa process usually takes a week. Which means you don’t have your passport for a week. So no traveling, changing hotels or going to an internet hole (a huge places where you can play games and use the internet).

+The visa officers can speak fairly good English so take it easy, you will be fine and ENJOY SHANGHAI.


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Trekking with Children in the Nepal

Trekking with Children in the Nepal

For many, planning a weekend away with a young family is daunting, let alone planning an overseas trekking holiday. It does not have to be this way and with some simple practical advice, any family with an open mind can enjoy a culturally rich experience trekking with their children in the Himalaya. While planning such a trip, there may seem a myriad of hurdles and difficulties to overcome, but if you prepare yourself adequately, the experience of trekking with your children in the Himalaya could be a truly rewarding and enlightening one, not to mention an invaluable multicultural life lesson for your young ones.

The ideal ages for children to trek is, believe it or not, as infants that are still breastfeeding and can be easily carried and at the ages of six upwards. Though it may sound surprising to take an infant overseas, breastfeeding is actually a no fuss and hygienic way to feed a child. Toddlers as a rule are not so easy to take trekking as they can neither walk the distance nor would they tolerate being carried for long periods of time.

Infants can be carried by a parent in an attachable seat or sling, or alternately it’s easy enough to hire a female porter to accompany you on the trek.  “Sherpani”, or hill women in Nepal have a natural affinity with children and it will just be like having a nanny along on your trek. Though it may be unlikely that a single woman will accompany you, so you may have to hire two women, but they can also act as a porter for you. These women can carry a child or baggage up to 22kg. Hiring women as helpers is a great way to get closer to the rich culture of Nepal and also to show your support for equality among the sexes. In Nepal, local women working in the tourism industry was unheard of 10 years ago, now you can find many women guides and porters, not to mention kayaker and mountain bike guides.

A child should not be treated like a special member of the trekking team, they should be included like everyone else. Sit them down at the start of the day and talk to them about the trail ahead, let them know what’s expected, how far it is, when you will eat, set it out for them like an adventure and you will find that your child will relish the day ahead. Uphill section will be the most challenging. At these points, engage your children in games, eye spy, counting steps, singing songs, tell stories, have them guess and count the steps to the next village. Distractions like this will keep your child engaged during the more physical climbs and you will be surprised at how the climb flies by (for yourself as well!).

Mealtime can be hard for fussy eaters. It’s a good idea to get your child used to local foods before you leave home. In the case of Nepal that would be rice, lentils, green vegetables and potatoes. Don’t make a big fuss about meal times. Encourage your kids to eat local food. Try and stay in tea houses with other kids and get your own children to eat with them. In case you do have a fussy child when it comes to food, ensure that you carry enough familiar food with you as it is most important that your child gets enough nutrition while trekking. Take along items like nuts, dried fruits and seeds, cereals and muesli bars that you can also use as a dessert reward for your child after attempting the local food, you can purchase most of these things in Nepal supermarkets, along with chocolate or candy if that is required. However, in Nepal the local food is amazing and it’s well worth trying, not to mention the cheapest option on most menus. In most Tea Houses you can also get items like, bread, eggs, potato chips, mashed potato, noodle soups and simple pizzas.

Along the route, get your kids to interact with local children. Carry some simple toys like a skipping rope, marbles, picture books or a doll. Try and avoid bringing modern expensive toys as this could upset or influence the village kids to ask their parents for things they simply can’t afford. You will soon see how the language barrier does not really affect kids when they are playing, before you know it your kids will be playing happily and you can have some time to relax yourself. This interaction with locals could well be the highlight for you and your children. As much as possible, you and your family should interact with the locals. Plan short days of trekking to allow time in the villages for exploring. Get the kids to help in the fields, collecting vegetables and preparing food. Nepalese are very family orientated and having children around is no problems for them, they enjoy having children from different cultures around.

Taking your children trekking is a big decision but as with all travel the outcome of your holiday all comes down to your own outlook and open-mindedness. Having done family treks before I can openly say it’s one of the most rewarding experience, and seeing the children adapt and interact with a culture totally removed from their own is truly a joy for all parties concerned.

If you do plan on bringing your children, its best to book a trek through a reputed agent, ask them to tailor an itinerary with shorter trekking days, a couple of home stays and an extra porter to help you along the way. Some of the recommended low altitude treks suitable for families in Nepal are –

Ghorapani and Ghandruk

The Royal Trek

Helumbhu and the Tamang Heritage trail

Ghalegaun village home stay trek.

West Tibetan Sheep Zhuo Yongcuo Wang Lake Water is Spooky

West Tibetan Sheep Zhuo Yongcuo Wang Lake Water is Spooky

That beautiful lake shore, enchanting mountain pass, in addition soft, exquisite style, but also has that to cry to do reader tear gland on seventh peerless loving, this all, is all fire imagination. Today, lets we follows the footsteps, reviews that scenery, that fluttering flags lake and mountain scenery complementing each other! Perhaps, in here, also some section only beautiful, the pure love is waiting for you!

From Lhasa to the south, crossed the Yarlung Zangbo River wine-cup floating bridge, continues to travel southward along the winding around a mountain road, crossed the hillock Para mountain pass, south looks as far as the eye can see, as worthy of looking at as clear blue thorough lake waters, with the blue sky altogether color, the lake shore winds windingly, straight to distant place. This is located on the elevation more than 4,400 meter Qinghai-Tibet Plain, is called by the general Tibetan nationality populace of Yang Zhuoyong Tibet sacred lakes is wrong.

Yang Zhuoyong wrong, also called Yang Zhuoyong the lake (native usually is called as“sheep lake”), because Tibetan“is wrong”is“the lake”meaning. Yang Zhuoyong wrong distance Lhasa to 100 kilometers, does not divide from the geography belongs to the Shannan area Nagarze County, when very many tourists all choose the Xigaze area traveling via here. Yang Zhuoyong the wrong lake trough long is winding, takes the form of the swan which spreads the wings to want to fly. Hands down, has a female celestial to think every world of mortals, offends the day gauge, ascends the sky turns her the swan to censure in here, Zhu Feng goddess are reluctant to part from with her, often comes this to accompany with her. Winds windingly, the continuous not certainly lake waterfront, wrong causes Yang Zhuoyong to compare Tibet other two big sacred lakes, appears is more charming,. Because water quality clear, the lake water depth change is bigger, Yang Zhuoyong wrong color each level clearly demarcated, may obviously distinguish by light green to the dark blue each kind of color, the eternal truth mounts in a mountain valley deep place jadeite. The local common people are spreading this kind of folk song:“Space fairyland, world Yang Zhuo; Space stars, lakeside flock of sheep.”

The family is occupied by Yang Zhuoyong the inlaying the Tibetan nationality woman fetches water in the bund

Yang Zhuoyong the mistake is the plateau imprisoned lake, the about 400 million years reason glacier mud-rock flow stops up the river course to form. The waters area more than 630 square kilometers, probably are Hangzhou Xihu’s 70 times. Yang Zhuoyong the dislocation to the Yarlung Zangbo River Nanan, rather Jin Kangsha under the peak foot, the elevation 4,441 meters, the thing long 130 kilometers, the north and south extends 70 kilometers, the lake waterfront total length 250 kilometers, the total area 638 square kilometers, the lake water deep 20 ~ 40 meters, is north the Himalaya Mountains the foothill biggest interior lake. The sheep mouth are more, likes a coral dissimilarity above, therefore it is called in Tibetan“the coral lake”. In the lake distributes has 10 islands, big may accommodate 56 households housings, is small then only has hundred square meters. Yang Hushu the low density salty water lake, every year mid-November starts to freeze in, the ice is thick may amount to 0.5 meter. In the lake is rich in the brachymystax lenok, the Tibet crack * fish, the plateau bare carp and so on, the reserve estimation amounts to 2 ~ 300 million kilograms, now here breeds already forms comparatively large-scale, produces the fish not only supplies the Lhasa market also far toward the inland sale. Here or the South of Tibet biggest waterfowl habitat, every time meets south the winter group bird the change residence error 1778 to this, area the lake shore and the island, the swan, Shui Ge, Huang Ya, the osprey as well as the spot lead goose extremely are all many. Needs the about 30 minutes from the mountain pass to the sheep outstanding lakeside, then may continuously appreciate the yak and the beautiful deep blue lake along the bund road——which Yang Zhuoyong the lake the scenery is rich in the Qinghai-Tibet Plain characteristic, the plateau bright sky and once in a while like the white cotton fiber has fluttered the clouds, constitutes the moving picture, has the oil painting effect.

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Hassle-Proofing Your Family Vacation

Hassle-Proofing Your Family Vacation

Traveling with kids can be a virtual nightmare or it can actually be a fun experience that creates lifetime memories. Great family vacations don’t just happen; they take forethought and planning.

1) Try to travel by air or even car/bus during non-peak times and get to the bus station or airport early. It’s tough trying to sprint through an airport with little kids. Also, if traveling in the evening, you may get the kids to sleep off part of the trip.

2) Make sure your kids go to the bathroom before leaving on a trip. When traveling long distances on a bus or other vehicle that will not stop on demand, have the kids wear diapers even through age five or so, and if kids older than that have had problems controlling their bladder, have them wear Goodnites. They may gripe but it could save a bigger humiliation for them.

3) Bring hand sanitizer for the many times there is no water available, and baby wipes/handi-wipes also prove invaluable.

4) Go to the Dollar Store before your trip and buy a bunch of little things that will excite each child and place them in separate bags. Allow the child to pull out a new toy or game once every hour or so.

5) You may not be able to fit serving trays on a plane, but they work great in a car or bus. Kids can use them to play with puzzles, board games, and play dough.

6) Bubbles, Game Boys, and MagnaDoodles are all helpful things to occupy kids while waiting in lines or sitting in vehicles. Also, visit the Hidden Mickeys website and print off some Hidden Mickey pages for the kids to have fun with.

7) Especially during the heat of the summer, kids do better with getting to a theme or amusement park first thing in the morning until lunch time. Then give them a rest time in the hotel room and/or pool during the hottest part of the afternoon and return sometime after 4:00 p.m. for several more hours of fun.

8) If you’re trying to keep track of several young kids at once, put all your stuff in a waistpack or backpack. That way, you’ll have your hands free to keep the kids in tow. In the pack, keep chilled juice, camera, rain ponchos, Monsters candy dispenser, etc. Another thing that proves helpful when walking all day is a stroller for the younger kids—even five- or six-year-olds.

9) Place a card in your kids’ pockets on which you place name, address, and cell number for officials to call if your child gets separated from you. It is usually safer to tell your child to show the card to an obvious official or a woman. That might be safer than just handing it to a male passer-by.

10) To offset the constant whining and badgering of kids to buy things, give each child a set amount to carry for anything they want to buy on the trip. Make it clear that when that money is spent, there will be no more money available.

These pointers are tried and true advice given by actual parents who learned this stuff by trial and error. I hope they’ll contribute to a happier and safer family vacation for you.