My mum recently hired and sponsered a Chinese nurse for residency in Australia, I'm off to China in March and mum asked her if she knew anything about the 'shay-o-lin' temple. The nurse lived (and her family lives) about an hour away from Dengfeng, so she wrote me up a list of travel tips for China in general but specifically Dengfeng. Many of these are commonsense, a couple I don't understand and a lot have been discussed on these forums.
Here's the list verbatim (sic)
1. Cold water is NOT drinkable in China
2. Watch out your wallet and valuable things at all times
3. Do NOT get medication from small pharmacy
4. Do NOT buy things and use public phones around train station
5. Remember these numbers : Police 110
Fire 119
Ambulance 120
6. Do NOT trust people who asking money for help (most of them pretend as disabled, pregnant, poor and mum with little kids and elderly).
7. Do NOT pick up the money or valable things on the road (99.99% of this scenario would be a TRICK!!!)
8. Always bargain with shopkeepers (starts from half price )
9. Do NOT eat fruits and vegetables without washing carefully
10. Always get things from big supermarkets and big stores
11. Take some pain relief patch or massage oil with you (learning kung fu is NOT easy at all)
12. Watch out when crossing the road (the traffic rule is different from Australia and cars always not give away to pedestrians)
Feel free to add any China tips from your own experience
Here's the list verbatim (sic)
1. Cold water is NOT drinkable in China
2. Watch out your wallet and valuable things at all times
3. Do NOT get medication from small pharmacy
4. Do NOT buy things and use public phones around train station
5. Remember these numbers : Police 110
Fire 119
Ambulance 120
6. Do NOT trust people who asking money for help (most of them pretend as disabled, pregnant, poor and mum with little kids and elderly).
7. Do NOT pick up the money or valable things on the road (99.99% of this scenario would be a TRICK!!!)
8. Always bargain with shopkeepers (starts from half price )
9. Do NOT eat fruits and vegetables without washing carefully
10. Always get things from big supermarkets and big stores
11. Take some pain relief patch or massage oil with you (learning kung fu is NOT easy at all)
12. Watch out when crossing the road (the traffic rule is different from Australia and cars always not give away to pedestrians)
Feel free to add any China tips from your own experience
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