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We are currently on a Yangtze River cruise. Allow me to present the dinner special: beef steak. Yes, it was labelled in English as beef steak and likewise in Chinese. How good was it? Let's say it was medium.... as in it isn't rare and it wasn't well done 🙃 :D it basically tasted like a...

Maybe they should stop serving mashed potatoes and serve rice. It's hard for rice to look like slop in a photo, and it soaks up some residual sauce.

I paid $58 for 11 days on Holafly. That's a bit more than $5 per day, but it is unlimited data. My usage logs say I've used 8.63GB over 2 and a bit days now. If there's a throttle I haven't felt it hard yet. Relative to the international packs I could have bought from my telco Tangerine, the...

You pay less, you expect less, as you would say. That said, are we all implying the average Filipino is more stupid than the average Australian, even in the realm of cybersecurity? I dare someone to say that. The main difference is that if it were in Australia, we would have a lot more control...

Just to be clear, for those not in the know, there is a separate Didi app for China/HK; the existing Didi app for Australia (and a handful of other countries) will not work. As usual, you will need to sign up and so on for Didi CN/HK, but there appears to be a SSO option for Alipay and WeChat...

Haven't really tried Amap, but I did install it. Been using Baidu maps. Still semi-frustrating as I copy the Chinese from other app searches into Baidu (or I type out the Pinyin), but at least the information is reliable and I can make out a decent portion of the information. Also decent for...

I've used Alipay and WeChat today to pay for a few small items - drinks from convenience stores and a bar. They were all fine scanning my "pay vendor" barcode (paid a couple using my WeChat balance). I wonder what happens in WeChat if you pay using Balance but the amount is insufficient to...

Got the email - I may be impacted in this. Another day, another idiot falls for it, and then there the door opens forthwith...

I should probably clear this one a bit up. My dad is mainly admonishing me. Why? I did Mandarin weekend classes for six years when I was a child. The language in our household was English as it was the only language that everyone in the household could speak fluently (all aside from English, my...

I've attached my ING Orange Everyday Debit card to Alipay. I've actually already used it once because I paid for our high speed train tickets with it (the agent sent us a payment link to Alipay, which opened the app and allowed the payment to proceed, with the usual 3% foreign card surcharge for...

A bit of an update. We flew into Chongqing today... and a bit of a mixed bag overall. First of all, I have a feeling that WeChat Pay and Alipay with a foreign card will not work when paying for some public transportation. I say, a feeling, because more than likely I've missed something or...

LOL that's how it was marketed. Go figure :D

Alright jury, what is/are the correct and/or acceptable form/s of writing wireless fidelity (yes, I'm aware people use it to represent "wireless Internet" or "wireless network", but that is what the abbreviation stands for). Choices include: Wi-Fi Wi Fi WiFi Wifi All of the above choices...

I just purchased a Holafly eSIM. Apparently it has a built in VPN (no app required), or so I've been told by the customer support. This is supposed to let me use services as normal (including Facebook etc.), but unlike other VPNs you can't change the geolocation. Without Holafly, I might have...

Well, pretty much set up. I'm going to leave my CPAP power bank at the concierge of a Hong Kong hotel which we will be staying at when we leave China (Holiday Inn Golden Mile). This will allow me to use my power bank and thus my CPAP for my CX long haul flights between Hong Kong and Australia...

What's everyone's advice about the water from Chinese taps? I think "don't drink" is fairly evident (almost anywhere in the world anyway), except after boiling, but would you brush your teeth in tap water, and should you actively avoid mouthing or swallowing water in the shower?

Probably deserves its own thread, but there is a new rule for powerbanks on Chinese domestic flights (so far, may be extended to international flights). No power banks are allowed on board unless they bear the CCC (or 3C) certification; that's Chinese Compulsory Certificate, typically only...

I think I get where you're coming (ranting) from. Lounges have proliferated so much around the world, but it's all not necessarily been for the best. And with so many more ways that people can afford to get into a lounge (including, for example, premium fares being somewhat more accessible) and...

Damn, too late. We booked the tickets through the portal online on their website, and selected an entry time at around the middle of the day. Guess we'll be squeezed. Oh well. We're going to take the train from Xi'an to Shenzhen. It works out to be about 9.5 hours. Fortunately we'll be in...