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5 top tips for China first-timers Despite the fact that it seems to be in the news almost every day of the week, China - impossibly vast and fascinatingly diverse - remains a travel destination with an unquestionable mystique. As exciting as that sounds, it also makes travelling to China for the first time an incredibly daunting prospect. To help you venture into the unknown, here's our first-timer's guide to the most populated land on the planet. How to Outsmart the Airlines and Beat the Shrinking Airplane Seat The Wall Street Journal recently posted a brilliant article about the supposed ‘Shrinking’ airline seat, where airlines have become savvy about squeezing in an extra seat per row to get extra revenue, whilst losing an inch per seat width in comfort. Interestingly the main airframes this applies to are the 777 (nine across comfortably, but now fitting 10) and the A380 (ten across comfortably on the lower deck, but able to stretch to 11), which are wide enough to be able to squeeze the passengers in tightest. The older A330 frame hasn’t changed in width for a while can comfortably fit eight abreast, although some airlines have been fitting in nine abreast for sometime, mainly in the Asian market, where statistically passengers are slightly smaller. Europe and North America suffer from some of the largest passengers in the air.

How To Travel Cheaply in South East Asia Lonely Planet and Friends I admit it...I have carried Lonely Planet and still like to try and get a look at it or one of its equivalents like Footprint, Rough Guide and Let's Go. They are all good and everyone has their favourite. The Straight-A Method: How to Ace College Courses March 9th, 2009 · 32 comments Last year I introduced The Straight-A Method: a general framework for all of the tactical studying advice that appears in the red book and on this blog. A lot has changed since then, so in this post I describe a new and improved version of this key piece of the Study Hacks canon. The Straight-A Method The Straight-A Method is supported by four pillars: capture, control, plan, and evolve. Each pillar is associated with a high-level goal you should strive to achieve as a student.

Download Chinese travel tools and more... Tip: Some of the files mentioned on this web page are not hosted at YLW, they are hosted at rapidshare.com. You can download them for free. What you have to do is the following: when you click on the icon and the new window opens first click on "Free" button on the first page. Work in Buenos Aires: The jobs you are able to find if you don’t have a visa Jobs — By Diego Travelers often come to Buenos Aires with the idea to stay and work for a while. Others plan on spending only a few days in Buenos Aires, and realize they don´t want to leave. Whatever your reason is for wanting to live in Buenos Aires is, chances are you will need some form of work to hold you over. Read on for an idea of the types of jobs you can find while living in BA. One of the first questions that travelers will ask is “How hard is it to find work in Buenos Aires?”

30 Incredible Infinity Pools Incredible Infinity Pool in Bali. Photo credit: Sean McGrath It’s the middle of a blistering hot summer in the United States, so taking a dip in the cool water of an infinity pool sounds heavenly. The design of infinity edge pools are visually stunning, as the swimming pool appears like the edge vanished and the pool stretches into the horizon or to infinity. The design concept of infinity pools originated in France, but the very expensive vanishing edge swimming pools are usually found nowadays in gorgeous locations like exotic resorts or exclusive estates.

China Budget Travel - China Travel tips. Along with increased number of highways in China increased the number of bus passengers. Long distance buses are sometimes better choice than trains because bus tickets are less expensive, easier to obtain and also you can see small towns that you otherwise would not be able to see if you traveled by train. Sometimes buses are faster than trains (for example if you want to visit Huángshān and your departing point is Shànghǎi, an express bus will take you there in 5-6 hours while it would take an overnight train ride to reach Huángshān City).  The Team - The Argentina Independent The Indy is produced by a professional team of journalists, photographers, cameramen and editors based in Buenos Aires, who are both from Argentina and overseas. The Argentina Independent is run by three professional editors who coordinate the project: Kristie Robinson came to Argentina at the start of 2006 and is the founder of The Argentina Independent.

Asia News BEIJING (AP) — China has sentenced 20 people to up to 15 years in jail for advocating violence and separatism in the far western region of Xinjiang, where the central government has clamped down on dissent and restricted religious practices. The state-run Xinjiang Daily said Thursday that courts in Aksu, WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has renewed a U.S. import ban against Burma for another year. But Republican minority leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, said Thursday he was encouraged by Burma’s progress in the past year-and-a-half. He said lawmakers would monitor developments there “with hope for the future.” McConnell is

Chinese Paper Currency, Renminbi, China Yuan, Chinese Currency, Chinese money, China money, RMB, CNY, Renminbi information Basic information about spending money in Beijing For many overseas visitors, the Beijing Olympic Games offers a good opportunity not only to watch exciting games, but also to enjoy a shopping spree, as the country is well known for its low-price, good-quality Made-in-China products. Yet prior to splashing out in Beijing, it is useful to know some basics about the Chinese currency yuan (or renminbi), how to change your money into yuan, related Chinese foreign exchange policies and so on. The Moron's Guide to Denmark for Americans This page is intended for the use of Americans coming to Denmark. When I say Americans, I mean adult, English-speaking citizens of the United States of America. The page may be useful to others, but that's incidental to my intentions.

Calculate Flight Duration Beijing to Xi An Use the text boxes in the flight duration calculator below to enter the names of cities or airports (airport codes) between which you wish to travel or find the flight travel time. An auto complete dropdown box will appear once you enter the first three alphabets of the city name, airport name or airport code. Click on the Show Additional Inputs text within the form to include additional inputs like intermediate stopovers, waiting time, flight speed etc... to make your flight time calculation even more precise.