Originally Posted by
mnredfox
EmailKid, just a fair warning. In China when asking for directions, keep in mind that the person telling you where to go may actually have no clue as to the location of the place you want to go. So take every direction with a grain of salt.
LOL .... exactly what we experienced as "dumb" foreigners on our first introduction to Beijing ...
It was around 10pm when we finally exited the line 2 station in the freezing cold at where we had expected to be closest to our hotel.
While looking around for a taxi, we were approached by some kids with red rickshaws who were able to convince us with plenty of talk and gestures that they knew of course exactly where the location of our hotel was
How naive .....
On our next visit we will (hopefully) be much better prepared and armed with all the great info of this thread.
Like I said before ..... there's nothing as an experience like when entering a foreign country for the first time fully unprepared - y'll likely be in for surprises, pleasant or not so
Can't wait to do it again .... China got me hooked !