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Luggage and bags: Besides the large bag and the hand bags, keep an empty extra bag in the large bag you will be checking in. In the last day of your trip you will be amazed how much stuff you have bought.
Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Summer: light and comfortable clothes that can be easily washed and dried (cotton T-shirts are best).
Winter: Down garment or winter jacket, hat, ear protectors, scarf, gloves.
Spring and autumn: Sturdy, warm and washable clothes, a comfortable jacket, sweater, casual coat.
Shoes: comfortable and waterproof walking shoes, sandals, running shoes, and for formal occasions some dressy shoes.
Toiletries and Medical Supplies: 1. First-aid (a few plasters and small alcohol tissues will make do)
2. Centrum (vitamins)
3. Dried tissues and wet tissues (small packs)
4. Lotion cream (it is very important, especially in October, November and December, you can expect then very dry weather)
Photo Equipment: 1. Camera, films and batteries, recharger
2. If you have a digital camera bring at least 2 chips of 1GB.
Camping/Beach/Outdoor Gear: 1. Bathing suitsunglasses
2. Sun lotion
3. Hiking-type boots
Miscellaneous: 1. Passport and Visa
2. Air tickets
3. Copies of your most important documents (passport, ID card, visa card, etc.)
4. Travel Insurance papers
5. Emergency Card with your full name, address, phone number
6. A guide book with Chinese translation
7. A Beijing Map
8. A piece of paper with the address of the hotel you will be staying (with Chinese characters, if possible)
9. Money: Credit card and cash (when using the ATM of Bank of China remember you will have to pay the taxes, so, try to withdraw the maximum)
10. A water bottle
11. Pen
12. Small notebook
13. Embassy phone number
Updated Dec 9, 2007
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Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Light clothes and footwear.
Toiletries and Medical Supplies: Vitamins and minerals (Centrum), one a day, since you will encounter new foods (and probably don’t know if they are or they aren’t more nutritious than the ones you are used to). Well, just to make sure you get all the essential ingredients while away from home.
Miscellaneous: Water, plenty of it. Don’t stick to sweetened soft drinks like soda and sports drinks.
Paper and wet tissues (or even a small wetty cloth will do).
Sugarless gum that’s sweetened with xylitol because at traveling time we sometimes can’t brush the teeth afterwards.
Tea leaves or coffee bags.
Small and light thermos (when I travel I always bring one with me for tea). You can use it for water, milk, juice, etc. Drinking tea after eating can help destroy the germs that cause cavities and refresh your breath.
White short-sleeve 100% wool t-shirts: this is definitely a must, especially if you are kind of hairy person. You should bring along several of them, you won't be sorry because they will retain most of your perspiration. You can use them alone or under your shirts.
Updated Oct 21, 2007
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Luggage and bags: small day backpack. buy a cute reusable sack at the Beijing market. Has a nice chinese logo and you can stuff your small gifts inside without needing tons of plastic bags to throw away.
Garbage is a problem in every country.
Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Lightweight clothing for September. Easy to wash in hotel room. Good walking shoes with a little style. Sandals a must. I personally don't travel with denim because it is too heavy and unwashable. Takes to long to dry.
Toiletries and Medical Supplies: Hand sanitizer before eating, Liquid tear eyedrops for pollution. Pepto Bismal.
Camping/Beach/Outdoor Gear: small umbrella for the heat of the sun. Very chic and fashionable to see chinese ladies with their umbrellas for shade.
Miscellaneous: Buy a chinese hand fan for a quick cooling off. The best air conditioner I found and the cheapest. Now it is my souvnier.
Written Sep 25, 2007
Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Good comfortable walking shoes are required in Beijing especially in large places like the Forbidden Palace.I visited Beijing in April. It was still a bit cool and windy and they had some sand storms. It starts getting much warmer in May I believe. When traveling to the Great Wall or the Summer Palace I suggest you pack some warm clothes as it can be cold and windy.
Photo Equipment: The main reason to visit Beijing is for the historic landmarks so a decent camera is essential.
Written Jul 18, 2007
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Luggage and bags: an extra, empty bag to be filled with all the clothes you buy from Beijing
Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: good shoes, especially if you go to Great Wall of China - there is lot of walking
Toiletries and Medical Supplies: prepare yourself with toilet paper and intimate wipes as there is not always toilet paper in public toilets and only hole in the ground as loo
Photo Equipment: big memory card - there are sooo many photo opportunities
Written Apr 5, 2007
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Toiletries and Medical Supplies: You can't drink the water in Beijing and I found when I cut my finger, it became mildly infected and wouldn't heal for ages after washing it in the water. I was a little worried about it too as it was throbbing for days and very painful for such a small cut. Annoying when such a small problem would not have been an issue back home.
I would recommend that visitors take their own little medical kit including an antiseptic cream.
Miscellaneous: Most good hotels supply plug adapters for electrical goods. The adapter that we'd brought from home which specified 'for use in China' didn't work in Beijing or Hong Kong. The one that was in the hotel room worked perfectly with my hair tongs and mobile phone/camera charger. I'd check that your appliances work at a range of inputs or the lower voltage might affect them. Most chargers will work without problem.
Written Nov 19, 2006
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Luggage and bags: Bring one lugage and pack light. You can buy everything else (clothing and extra luggage/bag) in China.
Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: comfortable walking shoes.
Toiletries and Medical Supplies: Toilet paper, sanitary wipes,
Photo Equipment: at least 1 GB memory card (if you are taking picture in JPEG, or bigger if in RAW), wide angle lens, portable HD to keep pictures so you can clear your memory card(s), Zoom lens to take pictures of the people.
Miscellaneous: Bottle water.
Written Oct 6, 2006
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Miscellaneous: I take a can of Evian spray with me every time I fly, sometimes I find the air on the planes to be so dry that my throat and nostrils begin to burn and my skin and hair dries out. I just spray the Evian into the air and onto my face for instant relief. It also comes in handy for cooling down when you're out and about in a hot climate. It was very hot whilst climbing the Great Wall, but a spray of Evian was very refreshing.
The small, light and inexpensive can fits into any bag easily. A travel must-have.
Updated Aug 31, 2006
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Luggage and bags: more than some luggages or bags...
Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: or clothing or shoes or weather gear...
Toiletries and Medical Supplies: or toiletries and medical supplies...
Photo Equipment: or photo equipment...
Camping/Beach/Outdoor Gear: or camping/beach/outdoor gear...
Miscellaneous: but...a cheerie guide to bring some smile to an icy day! :-)
Updated Jun 30, 2006
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Luggage and bags: Remember to leave lots of extra space in your luggage. If you plan to go shopping, I assure you, by the time you go home, that space will be filled! Trust me, that happened to me!
Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: This really depends on when you go. I went during summertime and it was pretty sunny 3 out of the 5 days I was there. For shoes, just wear whatever is comfortable for you, as walking around places like the gigantic Forbidden City can be pretty tiring...
Toiletries and Medical Supplies: Bring hand sanitizers, just in case. And tissue! I was surprised to find that even though some of the restaurants were really nice, their bathroom is still a hole in the ground! And in this department store, even if they had western toilets, the seat was filthy because the locals were probably used to squatting.
Photo Equipment: Bring rolls of extra film/ a memory card! For the memory card, I almost ran out of space with my 256mb! So, bring extras, especially if you're an avid photographer- there are a million things to photograph!
Written Jun 5, 2006
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