China Project 2012ChongQing

Practical information

• Itinerary• Baggage• To Do

Itinerary (Sun 25)

• Meet @ GroepT 6 o’clock AM

• Daylight saving time=> zat 24-zon 25 +1u! So 5u becomes 6u => earlier !!!

• Your baggage filled with gifts (not for you sorry)

Itinerary

• GroepT-Parijs• Parijs-Shanghai

• Airport Shanghai –Shanghai

(magalev 400+km/h,

baggage on bus to hotel)

• Shanghai-Hotel (metro)

Practical

• Upon arrival you will be given your Chinese sim-card, for your safety copy the numbers of your guides and some people you know into you mobile phone.

• The numbers can be found in the red book

Metro

• Operating time:Line 2: 6u30- 21u

Some lines differ, always check you can come back! Taxis cost more, and may not understand you

• Do not be afraid to take the metro if you have some spare time, go and explore!

Itinerary (arrival day, mon 26)

• Check in• Lunch• Main street• Boatride

Itinerary (Tue 27, 2nd day Shanghai)

• Walk:old town…

• French concession

Itinerary (wo28, 3rd day)

• Bao steel

• Shanghai World Financial Center

Day 4

• Morning: options…

• 13u30 Shocks laboratory

• Flight to ChongQing 21u-12u

• Bus ChongQing -university

Day 5 (Fri 30th) Day 6, Day 7, Day8 (Mon 2nd)

• ChongQing: The Real China

Don’t get lost in the maze!

Day 9 (Tue 3rd April)

• Leave at midday• Long busride

• Cruse check in• Evening visit at temple

Day 9 (Tue 3rd April)

• Sleep in boat

Day 10 (Wed 4th)

• White emperor city

• Gorgeous gorges

• Evening entertainmenton boat

• Sleep at boat

Day 11 (Thu 5th)

• 3 Gorges dam

• Bus to Wuhan

• Nighttrain to Bejing

Beijing

• Extremely dry air so drink water regularly (not a lot, just often to avoid soar throat)

• Temperatures vary a lot 25 can change into 5 in one day

Day 12 (Fri 6th)

• Bus to hotel• TianAnMen• Forbidden City• WangFuJing• Food street

Day 13 (Sat 7th)

• Birds nest

• Temple of heaven

• Acrobats Theater

Day 14 (Sun 8th)

• Great wall

Day 15 (Mon 9th)

• Summer palace

Day 16 (Tue 10th)

• Options (zoo…)

Day 17 (Wed 11th)

• Options

• (silk street=>

• swim at happy magic water cube, …)

• 16u bus to airport• 19u-21u30 Bejing-Shanghai• 24u Shanghai-Parijs 6u20

Day 18 (Thu 12th)

• Parijs 6u20• 12u Arrival GroepT

http://en.ceair.com/mu/en/xxyfw/lxxz/lkxz/index.html

Carry on Baggage5kg and a volume limit of 20x40x55cm.

Free Baggage allowance

20kg for economy class   three edges sum <158cm

Baggage

• https://chinaproject.groept.be/baggage.php(ChinaProject>practical>link baggage)

• Pen, GSM/charger, travel documents• Student card! (don’t have one? Get one!) • Passport!• Snacks, No liquids (will get confiscated at airport

because liquids can explode!)• Emergency clothes (1set), medication• Entertainment

Big Baggage Check website!

• Clothes for all weather types + anti-sunburn• Raincoat• nice clothes (company visit) • Walking shoes (a lot of km, more than 1 pair) • Towel and sheets are available (maybe a spare towel) • Toilet paper (useful in public toilets, take in your

backpack after flight) • Toilet stuff (shampoo etc…)

• Take a bag you can easily transport (back pack or trolly on wheels) • ear plugs, swim gear

Big Baggage Check website!

• Toothbrush…

Contact with mummy and daddy

• Computers are not recommended: heavy, vulnerable, but many still take them

• Many cybercafés

• One sms a day does not cost that much

• No news is good news

The online-diary

• You may be asked to write for the online diary.• https://chinaproject.groept.be/dagboek/

• Mummy and daddy can check that!

Big Baggage Check website!

•you will probably take some souvenirs (probable more than keychains or a flag so make sure you have enough free space)

• Save space and take shorts, not too many jumpers,… you can always buy cheap clothes

Medication

• Immodium• Motilium• Touristil• Dafalgan, Aspirine…

• Cough sweets! (labello)• Anti-Blisters +good shoes (2+ pair)• Divide important personal medication and put it in a friends bag,

incase yours gets lost by the airport.

Wallet

• Copy of passport (you will receive one from us)Leave your real passport safe in your big bag.

• Student card• Minimum amount of money

Voltage

Behaviour

• Enjoy yourselves! Do things you can only do in China…

• Only use chopsticks• Get a foot massage• Eat things you have never eaten, Don’t eat at McDonnalds• Get you hair cut (yes also possible in Belgium but… you will see)• Take in the culture, be cursious, go crazy, attend a Chinese wedding

(after asking politely),have an Elvis Presley costume made

• Be respectful

Behaviour

• Be on time! 50people…• Dress properly for a company visit (no

costume is neccesary)• It is expected of you to come to all activities• Drinking is allowed but make sure you don’t

have a kater at a company visit… you will make us ridiculous and also we travel by bus and the roads may not be that great… It’s not a pretty sight

Party

• Let us know if you are going and where you are going (or trying to go), should a problem arise call Alex or Max immediately.

• Always have the address of the hotel with you. You will find address cards with Chinese and English text at the reception of the hotel. They are also written in the red booklet.

• Always have a minimum amount of money with you to be able to pay a taxi trip (min. 50 RMB)

• Beware of jet lag! You may feel awake enough to party but getting op at 8 actually means getting up at 2 in the morning! Every year students become sick from sleep deprivation…

• Take ear-buds, the volumes can be insane

Money

Import and export of the Renminbi is ILLEGAL (maximum)

How to get money:• Visa works, but you need to know your code!• Excanging Euros• Unlock Maestro at your bank

• 1 yuan = 10 jiǎo (cent)

10 yuan = 1.20 €

1 € = 8.265

Money

• Money can be changed at the airport and in bank offices

• Do not change too much money at once

• Save your money at a safe place

• Do not leave your money visible in your room – also for

valuable stuff

• You need your real passport for changing money

• Changing money on street = lower rate but absolutly fake

money, unless you can see them take it out of an ATM, but even then… make sure they stand away from the machine when the money comes out, and even then you never know…

Questions?

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