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Popular Packing Lists | Miscellaneous Packing Lists Tips | All Tips (74) If you want to visit Beijing, bring a good City map.
I had bought the Beijing Lonely Planet map (green one) (5,99 US $) at the Adventure Fair in Gent. It is a laminated map with one big city map and several extra maps like The Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Badaling Great Wall and Greater Beijing.
The second map (blue one) , Peking/Beijing map, Berndtson & Berndtson was given by a friend who visited Beijing in 2000. This map was better then the lonely Planet map as it was more detailled (1:24.000), it was also laminated, it also had the Metro lines, the Beijing area with The Great Wall locations, detailled maps of the Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Fragrant Hills and Chengde. (www.mapmyway.com) Leave a Comment
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I always pack a light backpack to wear during my excursions and tours. They come in handy when you end up picking up something you don't feel like carrying and they are great for toting your bare essentials.
On tours, definitely wear good walking shoes or sneakers! You'll be doing plenty of walking for sure. Throw a light jacket in your pack, especially for the Great Wall tour (it get's chilly, especially in the early months) and wear lighter clothing for when it turns warm.
Always, always, always carry toilet paper with you. WC's in Beijing range from the "one star" squat toilets in hideously grotesque bathrooms, to the "four star" western toilets in the fancy hotels.
Don't count on finding many of the 4 star ones around, and be aware that 1 - 3 star toilets do not have toilet paper!!!!
My suggestion is the lightest, most compact camera you can carry. I had one of Sony's smallest digitals and it was a godsend!
Always bring bottled water. Don't even THINK of drinking water out of a glass or drinking water with ice cubes floating in the glass, unless you know for sure that the source for both were definitely from a bottled source.
If you don't heed this warning, it will only be a matter of time before you get the "curse of the bad water" which can really ruin a trip. Leave a Comment
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In winter it can get very, very cold. Don't forget to take fat-creme with you! You need to protect your face from the cold wind.
When it is cold, the batteries of your camera might not work properly. Take some extra batteries and protect your camera against the cold. Leave a Comment
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