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God damn I fucking love China. It is so nice here. Little things, like sidewalks being wider, make such a huge difference. Tomorrow I’m going to the tomb of the second Khan of the Jing Dynasty and first emperor of the Qing dynasty. It’s literally just chilling in a public park, and you pay like ¥5 to go inside and check it out. So much history just bursting at the seams, and yet it still feels so much more modern than my home state in many ways.

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[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jealous, would love to go one day

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s totally worth the effort. Hardest part was getting the visa, I don’t have a Chinese consulate in my state so I had to fly to the one assigned to my region. But you can get a 10 year visa so you only have to do it once.

The flight was expensive, but staying is cheap. For two weeks I’m spending less than $1000 in hotels, and I’m staying in really fancy hotels in multiple cities. I spent $2k for a week in a 200sqft hotel in California, so outside of the flight cost, this is probably going to be one of my cheapest vacations ever.

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The hotels really are great aren't they. 30 quid a night for a fucking enormous room, massive TV and a wet room