EP.9 | 10 Things to Know Before Coming to China, Chengdu, Chongqing 🇨🇳 know, don't miss it!

Before visiting China, what should we know? 🇨🇳 This EP, we will share the experience of visiting Chengdu, Chongqing with everyone.

So you don't have to say the sentence you know so you can prepare it before 😅 Let's start.

📱 download the necessary app before going to China.

Suggest to download in advance. Apply successfully. Tie the identity card to complete since being in Thailand. To be available

The main apps we use are

• WeChat + Alipay (pay everything / call Di)

• Trip.com (High Speed Train Reservation / Park Ticket Reservation)

• MetroMan (See Metro cars for boarding time, price)

• Amap (See map. Use like Google map, but much more direct. There is an English version. Very easy to use.)

• Google Translate (Who speaks Chinese does not need communication)

💸 100% cashless pay system

No cash can travel the whole city. Just have a mobile phone, Alipay or WeChat, spend everything from restaurants, minimarts, metro to Didi.

💡 recommend a credit card tie, a travel card before traveling, so that you do not have to carry cash at all. We exchange the renminbi in case it is not used at all, and when redeeming the loss again 😂

🛜 Prepare to open roaming or buy eSIM from Thailand.

Buy eSIM or turn on roaming from Thailand before you travel. All apps we need are guaranteed. Don't rely on public Wi-Fi, because Google / YouTube / IG / Line / Facebook will not be blocked in China.

💡 want to play Tikal, close Location first for safety, close from Thailand first. Sure. Personally, we buy eSIM to be strong even on high ground.

Some of them in the same place, but overall is OK.

🥙 a lot of big Chinese food and not popular cold drinks.

Please don't wait, don't order a lot, because every dish is tight! We missed it and left a lot. As for the normal water order, because the Chinese drink "little sweet = normal sweet in Thailand" and gives very little ice.

💡 restaurant / snack / drink at China, very "reasonably priced" worth every yuan for us.

🏔️ Sparse air in high-altitude areas - beware of high-altitude allergies.

If anyone has a plan to go to Bipenggou, Huanglong like us.

Diamox should be taken (as recommended by the doctor) before traveling.

And carrying canned oxygen and sweet candy helps a lot.

💡 can of oxygen. Don't take the high-speed electric car and the Metro. Leave it alone. Go buy it in front of Aunty Park. If anyone goes by train.

🚻 about the bathroom - if you're out of the big city, you have to mind.

Downtown is quite okay. It may smell strong even in luxury malls, but if you go out of town, you may find most of the "latrines" that smell very strong and have gold to be seen in general 🥲.

Always wet tissue.

💡 Some toilets without separate doors - purely 😂, but we were lucky not to find it.

🐲 prepare for "dragon breath" and cigarettes.

In a lot of people like Metro, the smell is pretty strong, the more cold the way we go, the 😅 carry an anesthetic / balsam / mass, save a lot of lives!

🚨 intensive security system.

Before getting on the Metro or train, you have to check your luggage every time, like an airport. It's safer to use a luggage because there's no luggage tray.

Passport is very important to confirm every identity and take the high-speed train to the park.

👟 good shoes = good trips.

China is a country of "walking." One day, walking more than 20,000 steps, of course. Choose shoes that support well. Walk comfortably. You can travel to the evening without leg pain. The more you go to the park is to walk succulently, go up and down the stairs, but worth telling.

And Chongqing, let's go up, Didi. It's discouraging for how good the shoes are. Give up. 🤣

🤟 English is rarely used.

Most speak all Chinese, use Google Translate, speak it. Chinese people are always ready to help. Some people even translate first. Chinese people are very kind to Thai people like us. Very convenient.

And this is what we want to tell everyone so I can prepare right. Who else can share it? 🥰

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