You go to China regularly?
Any info on training in China? I want somewhere I can stay cheaply so I can stay and train for a long time.
From your posts you sem to have travelled a lot - I’m hitting Asia in May so if you’ve got any useful advice it’d be much appreciated…
Thanks:)
hey scotty1,
i’ve been a few places in china, and i’m going back at the beginning of february. i’m going as an english teacher so my room is usually taken care of. generally speaking, foreigners are treated differently than locals and i’ve been to places where foreigners are REQUIRED to stay at the more expensive places. i dont have experience trying to find my own lodging except as a hotel/guesthouse situation, which can run between 10 and 20 yuan per night. thats about $2 - $4 CAN. obviously it gets way more if you want any sort of high Western standards (holiday inn and whatnot are huge expensive). staying in thailand is cheaper than china, but i dont suppose you’d be interested in training muay thai. there are places that are willing to train you in Sichuan province where i was, but the language barrier is pretty severe. and then i don’t know what the chinese laws are. when we travelled out of our city, we had to check in with the local police so they could “keep an eye out for us” (translate to: “keep an eye out ON us”. the less metropolitan the city, the more you will stick out. if you’re an american, your money will go a LONG way, never pay the first price you’re offered for anything. a good strategy is to offer 40-50% of the asking price and barter from there.
hope that helps a little. good luck.
Wang Si Zhong
oh yeah…
i forgot to mention that when you check into a hotel you have to have your passport handy and have to fill out forms regarding where you work/usually stay in china, where you’re coming from, why you’re there, how long you’re staying, etc.
be prepared for those sorts of questions.
and if i remember correctly, you have to stay with someone you know. that might be wrong though
i dont remember all of the details, just be prepared for truck loads of red tape.
Wang Si Zhong