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Yup...was standing ouside Hilton Xi'An and google maps said the hotel was 500m away! A Map all the way in China!

Yup, +1 had to use her mum's local number to register for 12306 to buy train tickets without the booking fee that trip.com charges.

As I said, in Guangzhou, the public incl hotel WiFi does not seem to have a Firewall....in Xian and Chengdu different story. At Hilton Xian, the hotel Wifi actually disabled my VPN! In future trips to China, I will just buy double the data I normally would buy...having said that, I have just...

Currently on Day 18 of a 19 Day trip to China...would love the Visa free status to continue beyond 31.12.25!

Just to wrap up....Interesting, on connecting to the Conrad Guangzhou WiFi, there was no Firewall at all! Had lunch in a Dim Sum place in city, and there was no Firewall on their Wifi either...was able to post on FB using their WiFi :) Have just over 2 GB left on my foreign registered SIM card...

$20 voucher! Forget it!!

My VPN cannot penetrate the Great Firewall through the Hilton Xi'An wifi...only my data SIM card can...have ~ 5 GB left for remaining 6 days in China :( Somehow the Hilton WiFi disconnecrs my VPN :(

I have now been in China for 11 days, with a week to go. Based on my personal ewperiences so far, if intending to use a VPN, setup before arriving. If buying a non Chinese data SIM, by at least double the anount you would normally use. Set up both WeChat Pay and AliPay linked to your credit...

This is referring to hotel wifi...the physical SIM i bought works fine just that Im running out of dara for this 4 week trip...temporary solution found ..see above post

So far for last 2-3 days, VPN routed via Philipines allows me to access all sites via hotel wifi saving my SiM data.

An AFFer repurted seeing him on the flight. Apparently he declined a selfie ;)

Currently in China...we bought 2x "CCC"Powerbanks ahead of our domestic flight next week. We did not bring our old powerbanks.

Interesting....I have to keep changing the country Im routing the VPN through....first Australia, then Singapore, then Japan and now Philipines...it seems the Firewall works out what you are doing and starts blocking... :(

Yes it does....I bought 20 GB for a 4.5 week trip which is not enough! By using the VPN workaound, I can use hotel / local Wifi networks to save my Sim data. FB app does not work at all, only the desktop version which took me 5 days to figure out :(

It is such an important train connecting the terminals too! Used it last Saturday and it was so much better and faster than the bus!

Thanks but I have a dual physical SIM phone. I seem to have resolved the issue for now by using a VPN routed via Japan.

This. It was meant to work automatically! https://www.travelkon.com.au/product/asia-sim-card-10-countries/

I have been using A map in China :)

Speak to Qf...they are quite understanding. They probably will require a medical letter though confirming your wife's illness. I wish her and you all the best in the cancer treatment.

By using a VPN routed to Japan (not Australia ) and using the desktop version of FB, not the FB app, I have managed to climb over the Great Firewall of China ;)