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<blockquote data-quote="He-Er-Mu-Te" data-source="post: 835" data-attributes="member: 1464"><p>The very first time I'm going on an individual trip to Shenzhen and Guilin. As I'm not joining a tour group, which usually has a person from China as a tour guide, I have to do my own planning. In doing so, I encounter real challenges in finding my desired hotspots or sights. This is partly due to the Great Firewall, my lack of knowledge of Chinese characters or the poor data available on Google or Apple Maps.</p><p></p><p>I already have maps.me, baidu, shenzhen metro and petal maps as apps on my iPhone. But I can only find streets or buildings in bits and pieces. How can I orientate myself better so that I can get to my hotspots more easily? I also sometimes need information about ticketing and opening hours. That's completely easy with Madrid or Rome. But navigation and travel planning work differently here. I've been learning a bit of Chinese since February, by the way.</p><p></p><p>Do you have any advice for me? My next step is to get an eSim from airalo or holafly so that I can go online later in the country for orientation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="He-Er-Mu-Te, post: 835, member: 1464"] The very first time I'm going on an individual trip to Shenzhen and Guilin. As I'm not joining a tour group, which usually has a person from China as a tour guide, I have to do my own planning. In doing so, I encounter real challenges in finding my desired hotspots or sights. This is partly due to the Great Firewall, my lack of knowledge of Chinese characters or the poor data available on Google or Apple Maps. I already have maps.me, baidu, shenzhen metro and petal maps as apps on my iPhone. But I can only find streets or buildings in bits and pieces. How can I orientate myself better so that I can get to my hotspots more easily? I also sometimes need information about ticketing and opening hours. That's completely easy with Madrid or Rome. But navigation and travel planning work differently here. I've been learning a bit of Chinese since February, by the way. Do you have any advice for me? My next step is to get an eSim from airalo or holafly so that I can go online later in the country for orientation. [/QUOTE]
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