Beijing What to Pack

Luggage and bags: I packed, as always, too much and didn't need all that I packed.

Toiletries and Medical Supplies: I over bought on some things. I like the small travel size supplies.

Photo Equipment: Wish I had a better camera!!!!! I took a Mavica FD-75. It did the trick, but I wish it was a megapixel unit. I took over 750 shots. I would never have done that with film.

Luggage and bags: As usual for travelling: light and practical. You might buy suitcases in China, they are producing the things for the rest of the world.

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: High Heels during the day are very uncomfortable, the streets are sandy because of the wind from the western desert.

Toiletries and Medical Supplies: Be careful with fruits on the street and with water in some regions. I prefered mineral water for my tooth brush.

Photo Equipment: You can by film material of all big producers like Kodak. If there is a possibility to print CD ì`m not sure. But as Beijing is a modern city, this might be avialable at several places.

Camping/Beach/Outdoor Gear: I haven`t seen a camping ground.

Miscellaneous: Compare to the region you stay, there are adapters of 2 or 3 flatsicks necessary. An international switch-set is useful.

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Thermal or silk underwear in Winter, layering to a padded jacket which can be taken off indoors. Casual light clothing for the summer months. Leave the mini skirts and low cut tops at home. Good pair of flat walking shoes.
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Toiletries and Medical Supplies: Packets of tissues. Moist towelettes. Bar of antibacterial soap. Sunscreen in Summer, moisturiser in winter. Lomotil (just in case).

Miscellaneous: Umbrella.
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Toiletries and Medical Supplies: 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.

Photo Equipment: When it is cold, the batteries of your camera might not work properly. Take some extra batteries and protect your camera against the cold.

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: I guess it depends on what you go but don't forget to bring warm clothes. Most people here in Norway have an impression that China is always warm. But in March is can be quite cold and we saw temperatures down to 0 degrees Celsius at night and 10-15 during the day.

Toiletries and Medical Supplies: Toilet paper is also an item that is not always available when you go into public toilets. The best thing is to buy some and bring it along when you walk around.

Luggage and bags: it's important to bring one hard suitcase-the ones with locks-to make sure ur expensive stuffs r safe. u may wish to bring few travel bags as well, that's for ur shopping later (believe me, u'll end up having lots of stuffs with u when u leave china!). but it's not a problem, u can always buy any type of suitcase or bag here at a very reasonable price.

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: winter is beijing can be FREEZING and yeah, it SNOWS! so bring ur warmest clothes, together with hat, scarf and glooves.
summer is just the opposite, absolutely BOILING! in july (the hottest month), sometimes the temperature reaches 40C. ur usual summer gears will do and sunglass will do u good for sure!
most hotels have conditioners or central heating system, haven't heard any complain from my friends so far ;)

Toiletries and Medical Supplies: there r mosquitos in summer in beijing, u can either bring ur own medical stuffs or buy them in local supermarkets and pharmacy.
sunscreen is essential, coz the sun is very strong in summer (once a friend of mine from queensland got terribly sunburnt! tough!).
*ONE THING TO REMEMBER*: do not drink tap water without boiling it! it's not safe! hotels offer boiled water, kettles or mineral water. u can also buy mineral water easily in shops.

Photo Equipment: photo films r cheaper comparing with the same brand sold abroad (e.g. kodak, fuji) and can be developed at a cheaper price (usually $2-$3 for a 36-photo one) with good quality. all kinds of batteries can be found in shoppping centers or photo shops.
however, in some area it might not be that convinient to re-charge digital camera.

Camping/Beach/Outdoor Gear: as i mentioned, winter is FREEZING in the north, if u wanna play David Blaine, then go ahead & i wish u good luck! and summer... MOSQUITOS! (zeee....zeeeeeee... gonna suck ur blood good!)

Miscellaneous: u can buy most of the stuffs u want here, really. unless there is something SPECIAL and u DESPERATELY need it... say... like... blue cheeze?! *once a friend asked me where he can buy basil.. that i honestly don't know, maybe u can grow some on ur terrace? :-O

Toiletries and Medical Supplies: Bring all the medicines that you might need for general ailments like viral fever, gastric infections, etc. It is very difficult to get the western medicines. I had severe food poisoning but still had to go without medicines coz I couldn't find it anywhere, and I wasn't too enthusiastic about Chinese medicine

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Bring good shoes, because it can be a lot of walking. If you go in the winter bring warm clothes, I went there in March and it was very cold walking around in Beijing.

Toiletries and Medical Supplies: It is a good idea to bring with you some toilet paper , because there is often no toilet paper at the toilets.